Yakubu Alfa

Yakubu Alfa (born 31 December 1990 in Minna) is a Nigerian football player who plays for Niger Tornadoes F.C. He plays as a central midfielder with scoring and assisting ability.

Yakubu Alfa
Personal information
Full name Yakubu Alfa[1]
Date of birth (1990-12-31) 31 December 1990
Place of birth Minna, Nigeria
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Central Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Niger Tornadoes
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Niger Tornadoes 35 (8)
2009 Helsingborgs IF 2 (0)
2010 Skoda Xanthi 0 (0)
2011–2012 AEK Larnaca[2] 10 (0)
2013– AS Trenčín 0 (0)
2014 – 2015 Niger Tornadoes 29 (6)
2015 – 2017 Niger Tornadoes 30 (11)
International career‡
2007 Nigeria U-17 6 (2)
2009 Nigeria U-20 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 March 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 March 2013

Career

Alfa moved on 8 January 2009 from Niger Tornadoes F.C. to Helsingborgs IF. After one year in which he earned two professional caps for his Swedish club Helsingborgs IF, his contract was sold by Skoda Xanthi on 31 January 2010.[3] He had been linked in October 2009 with a move to Germinal Beerschot.[4] In May 2011 he signed with AEK Larnaca. In March 2013, he moved to AS Trenčín.[5]

International career

He represented his homeland at the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in the Korea Republic, he won also with the Nigeria U-17 *Golden Eagles* the World Cup 2007.[6] He won the goal of the tournament after curling the ball at top left-hand corner of the Colombia goalkeeper, his goal was rated by FIFA users as 4.4 out of 5 making him with one point ahead of Japan's Yoichiro Kakitani[7] and was the Round of 16 match against Colombia at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Korea 2007.[8] On 15 December 2008 was called for the Nigerian under-20 national team for the African Cup of Nations U-20 2009 in Rwanda, scored a goal against Egypt.[9] On 3 March 2010 earned his first call-up for the Super Eagles.[10]

Titles

References
  1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009™: List of Players: Nigeria" (PDF). FIFA. 6 October 2009. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2009.
  2. Footballdatabase Profile
  3. "Blogger". xanthireds.blogspot.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  4. HIF säljer Yakubu Alfa
  5. "Media Nigeria". Media Nigeria. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  6. "FIFA-Turniere Spieler & Trainer - Yakubu ALFA". FIFA.com (in German). Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  7. FIFA.com (17 September 2007). "Top marks for Nigeria's Alfa- FIFA U-17 WORLD CUP 2007". FIFA. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  8. "Goal of the Tournament". FIFA. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  9. Ezimakor, Tony (15 December 2008). "Nigeria/Rwanda: Bosso Invites 46 Players for Rwanda". Daily Independent (Lagos). Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  10. Rabiu, Alfa Beg Lagerback For Eagles Chance
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