Yakubu Abubakar Akilu
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yakubu Abubakar Akilu | ||
| Date of birth | March 14, 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Ago Iwoye, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | defensive Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| F.C. Ebedei | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2009 | FC Midtjylland | 4 | (0) |
| 2009 | → FC Hjørring (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2010 | Kolding FC | 13 | (0) |
| 2011–2014 | FC Fredericia | ||
| 2015–2016 | Prespa Birlik | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Yakubu Abubakar Akilu (born March 14, 1989 in Ago Iwoye, Ogun State) is a Nigerian professional footballer, who most recently for FC Fredericia.[1]
Career
A paced young midfielder who scored many goals for F.C. Ebedei, he was the ninth player who moved from the club to FC Midtjylland.[2] He played the 2009/2010 season for FC Hjørring, on loan from the Danish Superliga side FC Midtjylland.[3] On 22 December 2010 the young Nigerian forward left Kolding FC and signed for FC Fredericia.[4]
In June 2018, Akilu joined Swedish club KSF Prespa Birlik.[5]
References
- ^ Yakubu Abubakar Akilu at DR (in Danish) (archived)
- ^ Akilu, Yakubu Abubakar - FC Midtjylland
- ^ Nyheder - FC Fredericia
- ^ Ny spiller på plads - Nyheder - FC Fredericia
- ^ Yakubu Akilu klar för Prespa Birlik, prespabirlik.se, 28 June 2019
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