By Chrysanthus Ikeh
Yakubu Aiyegbeni made his senior career move in a loan deal from Julius Berger to Gil Vicente in 1998, after which he played for Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel Kfar Saba, Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Everton, Leicester City, Blackburn Rovers, Guangzhou R&F, Al Rayyan and will now turn out for Reading.
Although famous also for losing an open goal scoring chance at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Yakubu scored 21 goals in 57 appearances for the Super Eagles of Nigeria after making his debut at the 200.
