{{Short description|Ghanaian footballer (born 1992)}} {{distinguish|Issahaku Yakubu}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Issah Yakubu | image = Issah Yakubu, 2019.jpg | caption = Yakubu with Ahed in 2019 | fullname = Issah Yakubu<ref name=GSA>{{GSA player|issah-yakubu/52671|access-date=26 June 2021}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|12|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Techiman, Ghana<ref name=GSA/> | height = 1.69 m{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2010–2012 | clubs1 = Liberty Professionals | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2012–2013 | clubs2 = Asante Kotoko | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2014–2015 | clubs3 = Al-Nasr | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 2014 | clubs4 = → BA Stars (loan) | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 2015 | clubs5 = → Inter Allies (loan) | caps5 = 14 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2015–2016 | clubs6 = Nabi Chit | caps6 = 21 | goals6 = 4 | years7 = 2016–2017 | clubs7 = Shabab Sahel | caps7 = 19 | goals7 = 2 | years8 = 2017–2020 | clubs8 = Ahed | caps8 = 39 | goals8 = 6 | years9 = 2020 | clubs9 = → Al-Arabi (loan) | caps9 = | goals9 = 1 | years10 = 2020–2021 | clubs10 = Al-Arabi | caps10 = | goals10 = 1 | years11 = 2021–2022 | clubs11 = Fujairah | caps11 = 22 | goals11 = 5 | years12 = 2022–2023 | clubs12 = Ahed | caps12 = 9 | goals12 = 2 | club-update = 30 April 2023 }} '''Issah Yakubu''' ({{Audio|LL-Q56475 (hau)-Eunice Ameh-Issah Yakubu.wav|Listen|help=no}}; born 17 December 1992) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
== Career ==
=== Ghana and Libya === Starting his senior career in 2010 at Liberty Professionals, Yakubu joined Asante Kotoko in 2012,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2012/10/28/ghana-premier-league-kotoko-records-first-win/|title=Ghana Premier League: Kotoko records first win|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=6 November 2011}}</ref> before moving to Libyan side Al-Nasr the following year on a free transfer.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://ghanasoccernet.com/exclusive-promoted-ba-united-sign-issah-yakubu-loan-libyan-outfit-al-nasr|title=EXCLUSIVE: Promoted BA United sign Issah Yakubu on loan from Libyan outfit Al Nasr|website=GhanaSoccernet|language=en|access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref> In September 2014, Yakubu moved back to his native Ghana at BA Stars on loan,<ref name=":2" /> before ending the season at Inter Allies on another loan in 2015;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.modernghana.com/sports/599524/official-inter-allies-sign-former-kotoko-midfield.html|title=OFFICIAL: Inter Allies sign former Kotoko midfielder Issah Yakubu on loan|website=Modern Ghana|language=en|access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref> he played 14 games and scored once in the Ghana Premier League for the side.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Issah-Yakubu-signs-for-Nabi-Chit-club-384437|title=Issah Yakubu signs for Nabi Chit club|website=www.ghanaweb.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref>
=== Lebanon === On 28 September 2015, Yakubu moved to Lebanon, joining Nabi Chit on a two-year contract,<ref name=":0" /> with whom he played 21 games and scored four in the league.<ref name=":1">{{Soccerway|426269|access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref>
The following season, he moved to Shabab Sahel where he scored twice in 19 league games.<ref name=":1" /> Ahed signed Yakubu in 2017 on a two-year deal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ghanasoccernet.com/ex-kotoko-midfielder-issah-yakubu-joins-lebanese-champions-al-ahed|title=Ex-Kotoko midfielder Issah Yakubu joins Lebanese champions Al-Ahed|website=GhanaSoccernet|language=en|access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref>
On 4 November 2019, Yakubu scored a header against North Korean side April 25 in the 2019 AFC Cup Final; the match ended in a 1–0 win, as he helped his side become the first Lebanese side to win the competition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/latest/news/al-ahed-clinch-historic-title|title=Al Ahed clinch historic title|website=www.the-afc.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref> He was nominated Man of the Match for his performance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/15911|title=AFCS|website=stats.the-afc.com|access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref>
=== Al-Arabi and Fujairah === On 21 January 2020, Yakubu was sent on a six-month loan to Kuwaiti side Al-Arabi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://football-lebanon.com/details.php?id=7647|title=يعقوبو إلى العربي الكويتي|last=|first=|date=21 January 2020|website=football-lebanon.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005160530/http://football-lebanon.com/details.php?id=7647|archive-date=5 October 2020|access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref> In August 2020, Yakubu moved to Al-Arabi permanently in a deal worth $USD100,000.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-01|title=اتفاق نهائي بين العربي الكويتي والعهد اللبناني|url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=942367|access-date=2020-11-21|website=كووورة}}</ref>
On 19 September 2021, Yakubu joined Fujairah FC in the UAE First Division League.<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1439643072518885384|user=ALDERBYSHOW|title=نادي الفجيره الاماراتي يوقع مع الغاني اسحاق يعقوبو محترف العربي السابق}}</ref>
=== Return to Ahed === In December 2022, Yakubu returned to Ahed ahead of the second half of the 2022–23 Lebanese Premier League.<ref>{{Cite web |title=موقع المنار الرياضي » لبنان..العهد يضم الغاني عيسى يعقوبو |url=https://sport.almanar.com.lb/825530 |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=sport.almanar.com.lb}}</ref>
== Honours == '''Asante Kotoko''' * Ghana Premier League: 2012–13 * Ghana Super Cup: 2012
'''Ahed''' * Lebanese Premier League: 2017–18, 2018–19 * Lebanese FA Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19; runner-up: 2022–23 * Lebanese Super Cup: 2017, 2018, 2019 * AFC Cup: 2019
'''Individual''' * Lebanese Premier League Best Foreign Player: 2017–18<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.modernghana.com/sports/851412/issah-yakubu-named-best-foreign-player-in-lebanon.html|title=Issah Yakubu Named Best Foreign Player In Lebanon|last=Journalist|first=Samuel Ekow Amoasi Appiah Sports|website=Modern Ghana|language=en|access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref> * Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season: 2017–18, 2018–19<ref name=":2018">{{Cite web|date=1 May 2018|title=|script-title=ar:النجماوي حسن معتوق أفضل لاعب في لبنان!|url=http://aliwaa.com.lb/رياضة/النجماوي-حسن-معتوق-أفضل-لاعب-في-لبنان/|access-date=26 February 2019|website=aliwaa.com|language=ar}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{commons category}} * {{FA Lebanon player|15140}} * {{LFG player|1}} * {{Goalzz|123896}}
{{2017–18 Lebanese Premier League Team of the Year}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yakubu, Issah}} Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:People from Bono East Region Category:Ghanaian men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Liberty Professionals F.C. players Category:Asante Kotoko S.C. players Category:Al Nasr Benghazi SC players Category:BA Stars F.C. players Category:International Allies F.C. players Category:Shabab Baalbek SC players Category:Shabab Al Sahel FC players Category:Al Ahed FC players Category:Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait) players Category:Fujairah FC players Category:Ghana Premier League players Category:Libyan Premier League players Category:Lebanese Premier League players Category:Kuwait Premier League players Category:UAE First Division League players Category:Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Libya Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Lebanon Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Libya Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Category:21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen
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