Issah Yakubu (born 17 December 1992) is a Ghanaian professional

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who plays as a

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for club Ahed.

Career

Ghana and Libya

Starting his senior career in 2010 at Liberty Professionals, Yakubu joined

Asante Kotoko Asante Kotoko Sporting Club, simply known as Asante Kotoko, is a professional football club founded on 31 August 1935 and based in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Nicknamed the ''Porcupine Warriors'', they compete in the Ghana Premier Lea ...

in 2012, before moving to Libyan side

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the following year on a free transfer. In September 2014, Yakubu moved back to his native Ghana at

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on loan, before ending the season at Inter Allies on another loan in 2015; he played 14 games and scored once in the

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for the side.

Lebanon

On 28 September 2015, Yakubu moved to Lebanon, joining

Nabi Chit Al-Nabi Shayth ( ar, ٱلنَّبِي شَيْت, An-Nabī Shayt, also ''Nabi Chit'' or ''Nabi Sheeth'' ( ar, ٱلنَّبِي شِيْت, An-Nabī Sheeth), literally "The Prophet Seth"), is a village in the Valley of Beqa' and District of Ba'a ...

on a two-year contract, with whom he played 21 games and scored four in the league. The following season, he moved to Shabab Sahel where he scored twice in 19 league games. Ahed signed Yakubu in 2017 on a two-year deal. On 4 November 2019, Yakubu scored a header against North Korean side April 25 in the

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; the match ended in a 1–0 win, as he helped his side become the first Lebanese side to win the competition. He was nominated Man of the Match for his performance.

Al-Arabi and Fujairah

On 21 January 2020, Yakubu was sent on a six-month loan to Kuwaiti side

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. In August 2020, Yakubu moved to Al-Arabi permanently in a deal worth

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100,000. On 19 September 2021, Yakubu joined

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in the UAE First Division League.

Return to Ahed

In December 2022, Yakubu returned to Ahed ahead of the second half of the

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Honours

Asante Kotoko *

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* Ghana Super Cup: 2012 Ahed *

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* Lebanese Premier League: 2017–18, 2018–19 * Lebanese FA Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19 * Lebanese Super Cup: 2017, 2018,

Individual * Lebanese Premier League Best Foreign Player: 2017–18 * Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season: 2017–18, 2018–19

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* * * 1992 births Living people Association football midfielders Ghanaian footballers Liberty Professionals F.C. players Asante Kotoko S.C. players Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi) players BA Stars F.C. players International Allies F.C. players Al Nabi Chit SC players Shabab Al Sahel FC players Al Ahed FC players Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait) players Fujairah FC players Ghana Premier League players Libyan Premier League players Lebanese Premier League players Kuwait Premier League players UAE First Division League players AFC Cup winning players Ghanaian expatriate footballers Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Libya Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate footballers in Lebanon Expatriate footballers in Libya Expatriate footballers in Kuwait Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates {{Ghana-footy-midfielder-stub