Yakubu Alfa

Yakubu Alfa
Personal information
Full nameYakubu Alfa
Date of birth31 December 1990
Place of birthMinna, Nigeria
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Forward
Club information
Current team
AS Trenčín
NumberTBC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007-2008Niger Tornadoes
2009Helsingborgs IF2(0)
2010Skoda Xanthi0(0)
2011-2012AEK Larnaca[1]10(0)
2013-Trenčín0(0)
2014-2015Niger Tornadoes
National team
2007Nigeria U-176(2)
2009Nigeria U-20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 March 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ 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 currently plays for AS Trenčín.

Career

Alfa moved on 8 January 2009 from Niger Tornadoes to Helsingborgs IF. After just one year who earned two professional caps for his Swedish club Helsingborgs IF was sold by Skoda Xanthi on 31 January 2010,[2] formerly was linked in October 2009 with a move to Germinal Beerschot.[3] On May 2011 he signed with AEK Larnaca. In March 2013, he came 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.[4] On 15 December 2008 was called for the Nigerian under-20 national team for the African Cup of Nations U-20 2009 in Rwanda.[5] On 3 March 2010 earned his first call-up for the Super Eagles.[6]

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