Nigeria striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni has played his first game in 10 months, and scored on his return.

The Everton front-man turned out for their reserve team on Tuesday evening, and fired home in the 3-0 win over Burnley after just 31 seconds.

It was his first game since last November, when he ruptured his Achilles tendon at Tottenham Hotspur.

Later in the game he created a goal for Dan Gosling with a run down the left wing followed by an accurate cross.

American youngster Cody Arnoux then sealed the scoring late in.

Aiyegbeni's absence has been a blow to both Everton and Nigeria.

It is not yet known when he will be fit enough for first-team action.

He has not been named in Nigeria's squad for their 2010 World Cup qualifier against Tunisia next month.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/8221974.stm

The only Nigerian player currently doing us proud

At least we've got one performing again hope he will keep it up and put in more for the Nigerian National Team.

performing? it was a reserve game against burnley!!

shesi:

performing? it was a reserve game against burnley!!

I'm happy the Yak is back! Keep it up bros.

Lets wait and see because he performs beta in his club than his country.

Seun:

The only Nigerian player currently doing us proud

really

shesi:

performing? it was a reserve game against burnley!!

really
go ask Manutd and even everton

Tosin,

The key word is not burnley but reserve game

kay_pumpin:

Tosin,

The key word is not burnley but reserve game 

Abi o! Na reserves game dem come they shout. Even I will score playing for Wolves reserves against Man U reserves. Let him play first team first!

May be in his club as Nigeria do not really miss him much, because he does well in his club than in Nigeria team.

mrperfect:

May be in his club as Nigeria do not really miss him much, because he does well in his club than in Nigeria team.

Supported!

The Everton front-man turned out for their reserve team on Tuesday evening, and fired home in the 3-0 win over Burnley after just 31 seconds.

@kaypumpin & Muzbo
i dnt see where it was stated that burnely used a reserve team, so wut are you sayn

Nice one, bro

welcome back yaks.
no mind your nigerian brother's big mouth.

I will be glad to see u play again

Yak was useless when he was in our national team.
Isaac promise is far better than him, odewinge is betta than him,
I don't see what is sooo fantastic bout his return.

playah P:

Yak was useless when he was in our national team.
Isaac promise is far better than him, odewinge is betta than him,
I don't see what is sooo fantastic bout his return.

Thank you jare

H e scored in reserve game and so what ? Agahowa 's goal for Wigan came in a reserve game aginst Manutd and it never made him a good striker. Make him go score against arsenal ,chelsea or even Burney in a league game first joo

ok

@tosinaded ,they dont have to state it that it was their reserve team he played against,wont it be crazy to play ur reserve games with a full squad.Check am out now ma GUY

May be in his club as Nigeria do not really miss him much, because he does well in his club than in Nigeria team.

@mrperfect,
u are perfect indeed.
would you rather do well in your national team than in your club?
the club is where is daily bread lies while national team is for fun.
by the way, which team is his national team?
who has been paying his bills all these while that he has been out of football? maybe his state?
nigerians must learn to seperate envy, jealousy and greed from people's means of survival.
what is there that worth dying for in our national team?
human beings no matter who or where they are, naturally are forgivably selfish hence yakubu is allowed to please himself before the bunch of ingreats called nigerians.
sam okwaraji died playing for nigeria, what has the family benefited from the so-called nigeria since then?
who among us here has sacrificed himself for nigeria as to encourage these footballers to sacrifice their lives for us?
we must learn to give examples with ourselves.

It's a gooooaaaaal. Yakubull is back.

Nigerians sha, so una no fit give the guy some thumbs up, even na reserve game? What if he had not scored at all, what would you have said? That's why the best seem to always leave Nigeria and perform better elsewhere, shame on bad belle people.

@ lourash

So you mean he cannot score against those teams you mentioned? Get real, guy! Anybody can. Didn't Olofinjana score against Arsenal? Or you want to say that Olofinjana is now a better striker than Yakubu, that is if he is a striker anyway. What the fellow has achieved most here have not and here you people are criticizing, na una sabi o.

@ lourash

So you mean he cannot score against those teams you mentioned? Get real, guy! Anybody can. Didn't Olofinjana score against Arsenal? Or you want to say that Olofinjana is now a better striker than Yakubu, that is if he is a striker anyway. What the fellow has achieved most here have not and here you people are criticizing, na una sabi o.

i never meant to say that he can't score against those teams but what i mean is that people should wait for him to play competitve matches before celebrating him.

i never meant to say that he can't score against those teams but what i mean is that people should wait for him to play competitve matches before celebrating him.

@ lourash,
what abt the ones he played before his injury? what is it you want yak to prove? he has played in about 3 different epl clubs and was those clubs highest goal scorer. how many lions will a man kill to be called a lion killer?

@ lourash,
what abt the ones he played before his injury? what is it you want yak to prove? he has played in about 3 different epl clubs and was those clubs highest goal scorer. how many lions will a man kill to be called a lion killer?

i accept that as far as premiership is concerned , Yak is a proven goal scorer/poacher , lets just wait to see him in action before celebrating, but did we really miss him in the national team ? i have no problem with him anywhere , he is a fellow naija man

brila fm, don spoil nigeria football finish, every morning dem go dey shout,
i have been in japan, malaysia, russia, holland, i never hear nigeria player, but as soon you reach 9ja, brila go make u think say them too dey play,
ivory coast is reigning everywhere. na only inside 9ja we dey reign, champion for mouth, i wish we crash out of world cup sef, cuz 9ja don give me heart attack and it cost me alot to cure it, brila make chukwu fail, my guy man no dey watch his players ball but i no blame am ooo, cuz no light shame to nigeria,,, so chukwu have to buy hand radio to listen to brila and that is why he fail, amodu is doing same, yakubu score reserve game, brila don shout am like say e score against barcelona shame to nigeria, giant of akara and bread

lourash:

i accept that as far as premiership is concerned , Yak is a proven goal scorer/poacher , lets just wait to see him in action before celebrating, but did we really miss him in the national team ? i have no problem with him anywhere , he is a fellow naija man

You, you stubborn sha.

chidichris:

@ lourash,
what abt the ones he played before his injury? what is it you want yak to prove? he has played in about 3 different epl clubs and was those clubs highest goal scorer. how many lions will a man kill to be called a lion killer?
Lmao!

Seun:

The only Nigerian player currently doing us proud

I absolutely disagree with that. You still dey watch football at all? Maybe its 'cos you watch only the English Premiership. And even in the Premiership, my boy, Mikel is doing us proud (whether una gree or not)

Glad that the Yak is back. The injury was a terrible blow to is career. Either performs better for club than country doesn't matter because each time he plays, he's called the Nigerian international Striker. He deserves support

Yak is ever a great striker. The highest goal scoring African player in the history EPL till date.
We need to celebrate our own. Nigeria is blessed

Welcome back YAK, just hoping u will stop using PAMPERS while playing for Nigeria, Peace!!

also the 2nd highest goal scorer behind thierry henry in the history of the epl??

Either Yakubu or Gowon, Make everybody dey struggle for hin garri and leave other people garri alone, make yakubu go defend his salary, i dey my work dey defend my own