Yakubu Ayegbeni Profile

Born:	22/11/1982
Nationality:	Nigeria
Height:	1.83m
Weight:	82.6kg
Birthplace:	Nigeria
Position:	Forward

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Lennart Roth

Yakubu Ayegbeni joined Everton for a Club record fee of £11.25 million.

The striker switched from Middlesbrough to Merseyside with the 2007/08 season barely two weeks old.

Yakubu began his career with Israeli side Maccabi Haifa before moving to Portsmouth in January 2003.

The Nigerian international shot to fame during his time on the south coast in which he scored 29 Premiership goals in just 68 games.

Nicknamed The Yak, he is a powerful striker and one feared by Premiership defences.

After being courted by many clubs, Yakubu signed for Middlesbrough for £7.5 million in 2005 and ended the season as the club’s top goalscorer with 19 league and cup goals.

He formed a formidable partnership with Mark Viduka and helped spearhead Boro into the UEFA Cup final in 2006.

Yakubu's Everton career got off to a flying start when he scored on his debut against Bolton Wanderers.

He remained a constant scoring threat throughout the season, notching a career best 21 goals.

That haul included hat-tricks against Fulham and SK Brann. But it wasn't an unblemished season for the striker as he was dropped by David Moyes following a late return from the African Cup of Nations.

Yakubu was the first Toffees player to score more than 20 goals in a season since Peter Beardsley in 1992.

And he began the 2008/09 campaign in similar fashion, notching four times in the first five games.

Sadly though, his season ended in late November when a ruptured Achilles as Tottenham ruled him out until the summer of 2009.

Yak made his comeback in September 2009, and scored in the Carling Cup at Hull that month. He then featured regularly before heading to the African Cup of Nations after Christmas.

Yakubu is sponsored for the 2009/10 season by Lennart Roth.

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