Yakubu Alfa

Yakubu Alfa

Personal information
Full name	Yakubu Alfa
Date of birth	(1990-12-31) 31 December 1990
Place of birth	Minna, Nigeria
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Niger Tornadoes F.C.
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007-2008	Niger Tornadoes F.C.	35	(8)
2009	Helsingborgs IF	2	(0)
2010	Skoda Xanthi	0	(0)
2011-2012	AEK Larnaca	10	(0)
2013-	Trenčín	0	(0)
2014-2015	Niger Tornadoes F.C.	29	(6)
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

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

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. He had been linked in October 2009 with a move to Germinal Beerschot. On May 2011 he signed with AEK Larnaca. In March 2013, he moved to AS Trenčín.

International career

He represented his homeland by 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. 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. On 3 March 2010 earned his first call-up for the Super Eagles.

Titles

• 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

External links

• Yakubu Alfa at Soccerway