PLAYER FOCUS: Yakubu 'The Yak' Aiyegbeni, a forgotten hero but a well remembered villian
byEm jay-September 04, 2019




Yakubu 'The Yak' Aiyegbeni is a retired nigerian footballer, who played as a striker for the super eagles, born on the 22nd of November 1982(37 years old). He had 57 caps for the Super eagles . Yakubu Aiyegbeni is a top striker who has featured for many teams accross europe with a record172 goals in 428 club appearances....

THE HERO
The big Yak is one of nigeria's forgotten hero in modern football, he was one of Europe top shoooters during his days in the EPL banging a total of 95 goals in 252 appearances. Yakubu is the first African a score a Hattrick on his Uefa Champions League Debut, Maccabi Haifa's 3-0 Olympiakos on Tuesday 24th September 2002. The Yak is the first EPL player to score against 20 premier league teams. He is also the top Nigerian scorer in the EPL with 95 goals . He is the third 3rd highest goal scorer for nigeria with 21 goals in 57 appearance behind segun odegbami (22goals) and Rashidi Yekini(37goals) The big Yak was a thorn in the flesh of defenders who comes his way and is also the record holder for the most EPL hattricks (4) for an african.




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THE UNFORGIVABLE VILLAIN
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. https://www.footynaija.com.ng/2019/09/player-focus-yakubu-aiyegbeni-nigeriass.html