Yakubu Alfa (born 31 December 1990 in Minna) is a Nigerian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player who plays for

Niger Tornadoes F.C. Niger Tornadoes Football Club is a soccer club based in Minna, Nigeria. They currently play in the Nigerian Professional Football League. Their home stadium is Bako Kontagora Stadium and have also played home game at Confluence Stadium in Lokoja ...

He plays as a central midfielder with scoring and assisting ability.

Career

Alfa moved on 8 January 2009 from

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 Xanthi Football Club ( el, Α.Ο. Ξάνθη Π.Α.Ε.) is a Greek professional football club based in Xanthi, Western Thrace and plays at Xanthi FC Arena. The club resigned from the Super League 2 due to financial issues. Founded in 1967, Xan ...

on 31 January 2010. He had been linked in October 2009 with a move to

Germinal Beerschot Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpen Club (), simply known as Beerschot AC, was a Belgian football club based in southern Antwerp. Beerschot played in the Belgian Pro League from 1999–2000 (as Germinal Beerschot) until 2012–13, when they were ...

. In May 2011 he signed with

AEK Larnaca AEK Larnaca FC ( el, AEK; for short Αθλητική Έvωση Κίτιον Λάρνακας , translit=''Athletiki Enosi Kition Larnakas'', "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Larnaca. The club ...

. In March 2013, he moved to

AS Trenčín AS Trenčín () is a Slovakia, Slovak sports club in the town of Trenčín, most known for its association football, football department. The first team currently plays in the Slovak Super Liga, Fortuna Liga after winning the 2010–11 Slovak Fi ...

International career

He represented his homeland at the

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007, the twelfth edition of the tournament, was held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four ...

in the Korea Republic, he won also with the Nigeria U-17 *Golden Eagles* the World Cup 2007. He won the goal of the tournament after curling the ball at top left-hand corner of the Colombia goalkeeper, his goal was rated by FIFA users as 4.4 out of 5 making him with one point ahead of Japan's

Yoichiro Kakitani (born 3 January 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward or an attacking midfielder for Tokushima Vortis. Club career Cerezo Osaka Born in Osaka, Kakitani joined Cerezo Osaka's youth team at the age of 4. In 2006, he ...

and was the Round of 16 match against Colombia at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Korea 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.Rabiu, Alfa Beg Lagerback For Eagles Chance
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Titles

* 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alfa, Yakubu 1990 births Living people Nigerian footballers Expatriate footballers in Sweden Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Helsingborgs IF players AEK Larnaca FC players AS Trenčín players Slovak Super Liga players Allsvenskan players Cypriot First Division players Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Nigeria international footballers Nigeria under-20 international footballers Association football forwards Nigerian expatriate footballers Niger Tornadoes F.C. players Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Slovakia Expatriate footballers in Greece