Abubakari Yakubu

Born on : December 18, 1981 at Tema

Date of death : October 31, 2017

Nationality : Ghana

Height : 1m78

Weight : 64 kg

Number of international caps : 16

First cap : vs Uganda 07/09/2002

Main position
Defensive Midfielder	56%

Yakubu's career statisticsLast updated on 18/04/2024 at 08:20

Offense

Defense

Playing time

Presence

discipline

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Results

Season

Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

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goals

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2008/2009

Vitesse

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Vitesse	Eredivisie	6					8		277	0	33%	4	18%	2		17%	33%	50%
Vitesse	KNVB-Beker	1						1	90	0	100%		50%			100%	0%	0%

2007/2008

Vitesse

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Vitesse	Eredivisie	17					18	5	987	0	71%	5	50%	6		41%	18%	41%
Vitesse	KNVB-Beker	1					2		74	0	100%		100%	1		0%	0%	100%

2006/2007

Vitesse

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Vitesse	Eredivisie	4					4		112	0	25%	3	12%	2		25%	25%	50%

2005/2006

Vitesse

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Vitesse	KNVB-Beker	2	4		210	100%		100%	1	50%	50%	0%
Vitesse	Eredivisie	22	38	4	1856	100%		65%	5	41%	9%	50%
Vitesse	Eredivisie Intertoto Play-offs	1	1		45	100%		17%		0%	100%	0%
Ghana	Friendlies	1	1		90	100%		50%		100%	0%	0%
Ghana	Friendlies	2	2		92	50%	1	33%		0%	0%	100%
Ghana	CAF Nations Cup	3		1	219	100%		100%	1	33%	0%	67%

2004/2005

Vitesse

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Vitesse	Eredivisie	31	44	8	2790	100%		91%	7	48%	16%	35%
Vitesse	KNVB-Beker	2	1	1	180	100%		67%		50%	0%	50%
Ghana	Friendlies	1	2		90	100%		100%		0%	100%	0%
Ghana	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	2	1	1	103	50%	1	40%		100%	0%	0%

2003/2004

Ajax

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Ajax	Champions League	5	6	1	346	80%	1	63%	1	20%	20%	60%
Ajax	Eredivisie	11	8	5	461	36%	7	32%		73%	9%	18%
Ajax	KNVB-Beker	1			31	0%	1	100%	1	0%	0%	100%
Ghana	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	2		2	101	50%	1	40%		100%	0%	0%

2002/2003

Ajax

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Ghana	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	3		2		265	0	100%		75%	1		33%	33%	33%
Ghana	Friendlies	1		1		90	0	100%		25%			100%	0%	0%
Ghana	Friendlies	1		2		90	0	100%		20%			0%	100%	0%
Ajax	Eredivisie	15	1	16	2	1135	0	87%	2	44%	2		87%	13%	0%
Ajax	Champions League	8		5	3	390	22	38%	7	57%	1	1	38%	38%	25%
Ajax	KNVB-Beker	2		2		180	0	100%		67%			50%	0%	50%
Ajax B	KNVB-Beker	1		1		90	0	100%					100%	0%	0%

2001/2002

Ajax

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Ajax	Champions League	2	3	1	163	100%		100%	1		50%	0%	50%
Ajax	Eredivisie	21	22	8	1459	81%	4	62%	2	1	62%	19%	19%
Ajax	(C3) UEFA Cup	3		3	270	100%		75%			67%	33%	0%
Ajax	KNVB-Beker	1		1	22	0%	1	25%			100%	0%	0%

2000/2001

Ajax

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Ajax	(C3) UEFA Cup	2						1	41	0	0%	2	50%			50%	0%	50%
Ajax	Eredivisie	13		1			15	2	951	0	69%	4	38%	2		46%	31%	23%

1999/2000

Ajax

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Ajax	Eredivisie	5		1			7	1	364	0	60%	2	15%			20%	40%	40%

Total

145

192

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Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

Eredivisie	2	20022004
KNVB-Beker	1	2002

Runner-ups

Eredivisie

2003

Transfers

01/07/09 > 31/10/17	Retired
01/07/05 > 01/07/09	Vitesse Arnhem	750 k€
12/07/04 > 30/06/05	Vitesse Arnhem	Loan
01/07/99 > 01/07/05	Ajax Amsterdam

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Player career by clubLast updated on 18/04/2024 at 08:20

Club	Played matches	Assists	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Red cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Ajax	89	3	5813	10	2	67%60	57%51	22%20
Ajax B	1		90			100%1	100%1	0%0
Ghana	16		1140	2		81%13	50%8	31%5
Vitesse	87		6621	24		86%75	41%36	41%36

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
NEC Nijmegen	8	6	0
FC Groningen	10	6	0
NAC Breda	9	5	0
Willem II	9	7	0
Feyenoord	12	4	0
FC Twente	10	5	0
AZ Alkmaar	7	5	1
ADO Den Haag	5	3	0
Sp. Rotterdam	3	3	0
Apollon	2	2	0
Somalia	2	2	0
Roda JC	12	5	0
PSV	10	1	0
RKC Waalwijk	8	5	0
RBC Roosendaal	7	5	0
Utrecht	7	4	1
Heerenveen	6	1	0
De Graafschap	5	3	1
AC Milan	4	0	0
Den Bosch	4	1	0

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
PSV	10	6	16
Ajax	6	5	14
Heerenveen	6	4	21
AC Milan	4	3	5
Feyenoord	12	3	13
NAC Breda	9	3	11
FC Twente	10	3	13
Roda JC	12	3	21
Utrecht	7	3	11
Vitesse	4	2	8
De Graafschap	5	2	5
NEC Nijmegen	8	2	3
ADO Den Haag	5	2	7
AZ Alkmaar	7	2	12
RBC Roosendaal	7	2	12
Lausanne	1	1	1
Celta Vigo	2	1	3
Inter Milan	1	1	2
Celtic	2	1	3
FC Eindhoven	1	1	4

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2008/2009	Vitesse	29%	43%	7	34%	38%	29	Slightly negative
2007/2008	Vitesse	39%	44%	18	29%	47%	17	Slightly positive
2006/2007	Vitesse	25%	50%	4	35%	41%	37	-
2005/2006	Vitesse	40%	44%	25	35%	35%	17	Slightly positive
2004/2005	Vitesse	48%	36%	33	50%	25%	4	-
2003/2004	Ajax	53%	35%	17	73%	12%	26	Slightly negative
2002/2003	Ajax	68%	12%	25	56%	15%	27	Slightly positive
2001/2002	Ajax	63%	19%	27	71%	12%	17	Slightly negative
2000/2001	Ajax	47%	27%	15	54%	29%	24	Slightly negative
1999/2000	Ajax	20%	40%	5	54%	32%	37	-

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Ajax Amsterdam
19/04/2000	E	Den Bosch - Ajax Amsterdam	1 - 1	First match with the club
30/04/2000	E	Vitesse Arnhem - Ajax Amsterdam	3 - 0	First start, first loss
07/05/2000	E	Ajax Amsterdam - Maastricht VV	1 - 0	First victory
03/04/2002	E	Ajax Amsterdam - FC Groningen	4 - 3	First red card
Ajax Amsterdam B
04/12/2002	KNVBB	Ajax B - Willem II	2 - 1	First match with the club, first start, first victory
Vitesse Arnhem
13/08/2004	E	Roda JC - Vitesse Arnhem	2 - 3	First match with the club, first start, first victory
11/09/2004	E	RBC Roosendaal - Vitesse Arnhem	4 - 1	First loss

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 18/04/2024 at 08:20

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Own goals	Match starts	Yellow cards	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses
Eredivisie	Eredivisie	145	3	10392	79%114	1	51%74	18%26	31%45
KNVB-Beker	KNVB-Beker	11		877	82%9		55%6	9%1	36%4
EIP	Eredivisie Intertoto Play-offs	1		45	100%1			100%1
Friendlies	Friendlies	6		452	83%5		33%2	33%2	33%2
CAF Nations Cup	CAF Nations Cup	3		219	100%3		33%1		67%2
WCQAZ	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	4		204	50%2		100%4
CAFNCQ	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	3		265	100%3		33%1	33%1	33%1
Champions League	Champions League	15		899	60%9	1	33%5	27%4	40%6
Europa League	Europa League	5		311	60%3		60%3	20%1	20%1

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2008/2009	Vitesse	1	10	43	34	11	10	13	41	48
2007/2008	Vitesse	1	12	43	34	12	7	15	46	55
2006/2007	Vitesse	1	12	38	34	10	8	16	50	55
2005/2006	Vitesse	1	11	44	34	13	5	16	52	54
2004/2005	Vitesse	1	7	54	34	16	6	12	53	49
2003/2004	Ajax	1	1	80	34	25	5	4	80	31
2002/2003	Ajax	1	2	83	34	26	5	3	96	32
2001/2002	Ajax	1	1	73	34	22	7	5	73	34
2000/2001	Ajax	1	3	61	34	18	7	9	85	43
1999/2000	Ajax	1	5	61	34	18	7	9	72	51

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
June 20, 2009	20/06	WCQAZ	Group D	Sudan	0 - 2	Ghana	Absent
June 07, 2009	07/06	WCQAZ	Group D	Mali	0 - 2	Ghana	Absent
May 31, 2009	31/05	F	Africa	Ghana	2 - 1	Uganda	Absent
May 10, 2009	10/05	E	Round 34	ADO Den Haag	3 - 1	Vitesse Arnhem	Absent
May 03, 2009	03/05	E	Round 33	Vitesse Arnhem	1 - 0	Heracles	Absent
April 26, 2009	26/04	E	Round 32	Vitesse Arnhem	6 - 1	Utrecht	Absent
April 18, 2009	18/04	E	Round 31	AZ Alkmaar	1 - 2	Vitesse Arnhem	Absent
April 12, 2009	12/04	E	Round 30	FC Groningen	2 - 3	Vitesse Arnhem	Absent
April 05, 2009	05/04	E	Round 29	Vitesse Arnhem	0 - 0	De Graafschap	Absent
March 29, 2009	29/03	WCQAZ	Group D	Ghana	1 - 0	Benin	Absent
March 21, 2009	21/03	E	Round 28	PSV Eindhoven	2 - 0	Vitesse Arnhem	Absent
March 14, 2009	14/03	E	Round 27	Vitesse Arnhem	0 - 3	NAC Breda	Absent
March 08, 2009	08/03	E	Round 26	Volendam	1 - 0	Vitesse Arnhem	Absent
March 01, 2009	01/03	E	Round 25	Feyenoord	2 - 2	Vitesse Arnhem	Absent
February 20, 2009	20/02	E	Round 24	Vitesse Arnhem	3 - 0	Roda JC	Absent
February 15, 2009	15/02	E	Round 23	Sp. Rotterdam	0 - 0	Vitesse Arnhem	Absent
February 11, 2009	11/02	F	Africa	Egypt	2 - 2	Ghana	Absent
February 08, 2009	08/02	E	Round 22	Vitesse Arnhem	4 - 1	Ajax Amsterdam	Absent
February 03, 2009	03/02	E	Round 21	Vitesse Arnhem	1 - 0	Heerenveen	Absent
January 31, 2009	31/01	E	Round 20	Willem II	0 - 2	Vitesse Arnhem	Absent
January 25, 2009	25/01	E	Round 19	Vitesse Arnhem	0 - 0	NEC Nijmegen	Absent
January 17, 2009	17/01	E	Round 18	FC Twente	2 - 1	Vitesse Arnhem	Absent
December 27, 2008	27/12	E	Round 17	Vitesse Arnhem	3 - 1	Volendam	32 Minutes
December 20, 2008	20/12	E	Round 16	NAC Breda	2 - 0	Vitesse Arnhem	Absent
December 14, 2008	14/12	E	Round 15	Vitesse Arnhem	1 - 1	PSV Eindhoven	12 Minutes
December 06, 2008	06/12	E	Round 14	Roda JC	3 - 0	Vitesse Arnhem	Absent
November 30, 2008	30/11	E	Round 13	Vitesse Arnhem	1 - 1	Feyenoord	Absent
November 23, 2008	23/11	E	Round 12	Utrecht	4 - 0	Vitesse Arnhem	Absent
November 19, 2008	19/11	F	Africa	Ghana	0 - 0	Tunisia	Absent
November 16, 2008	16/11	E	Round 11	Vitesse Arnhem	1 - 1	AZ Alkmaar	Absent
November 12, 2008	12/11	KNVBB	Round of 32	Lienden	1 - 0	Vitesse Arnhem	Absent
November 08, 2008	08/11	E	Round 10	Heracles	0 - 0	Vitesse Arnhem	Absent
November 02, 2008	02/11	E	Round 9	Vitesse Arnhem	3 - 1	ADO Den Haag	Absent
October 29, 2008	29/10	E	Round 8	Heerenveen	0 - 2	Vitesse Arnhem	Absent
October 26, 2008	26/10	E	Round 7	Vitesse Arnhem	0 - 2	FC Twente	Absent
October 19, 2008	19/10	E	Round 6	NEC Nijmegen	3 - 1	Vitesse Arnhem	Absent
October 15, 2008	15/10	F	Africa	South Africa	2 - 1	Ghana	Absent
October 11, 2008	11/10	WCQAZ	Groupe 5	Ghana	3 - 0	Lesotho	Absent
October 04, 2008	04/10	E	Round 5	Vitesse Arnhem	2 - 2	Willem II	45 Minutes
September 28, 2008	28/09	E	Round 4	Ajax Amsterdam	3 - 0	Vitesse Arnhem	19 Minutes
September 24, 2008	24/09	KNVBB	2nd round	Ajax Amateurs	0 - 2	Vitesse Arnhem	90 Minutes
September 20, 2008	20/09	E	Round 3	Vitesse Arnhem	1 - 1	Sp. Rotterdam	Absent
September 14, 2008	14/09	E	Round 2	De Graafschap	1 - 0	Vitesse Arnhem	79 Minutes
September 05, 2008	05/09	WCQAZ	Groupe 5	Libya	1 - 0	Ghana	Absent
August 29, 2008	29/08	E	Round 1	Vitesse Arnhem	0 - 4	FC Groningen	90 Minutes
August 20, 2008	20/08	F	Africa	Tanzania	1 - 1	Ghana	Absent

First XI

On the bench

Absent

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