Yakubu Aiyegbeni Expresses Pride as Nigeria’s Top Premier League Goalscorer

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Yakubu Aiyegbeni, a former striker for the Super Eagles, has expressed his delight in being the highest-scoring player in Nigeria’s history in the English Premier League, calling the accomplishment one of his greatest professional honors.

Yakubu Aiyegbeni, 42, played for Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Everton, and Blackburn Rovers before making a name for himself in the English Premier League. He made 252 appearances for the aforementioned clubs during his league tenure, scoring 95 goals. In 2012, he quit the league to join Guangzhou City, a Chinese team.

Everywhere he played, Aiyegbeni’s ability to score goals consistently made him a cult icon. With his tally, he is now sixth among Africa’s all-time Premier League scorers, behind Didier Drogba, Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mané, and Emmanuel Adebayor.

“When you bring up names like Didier Drogba, Mo Salah, Sadio Mane, and (Emmanuel) Adebayor, it’s huge,” Yakubu told Sky Sports. It’s incredible to be on that list and score goals in one of the top leagues in the world.

Being the top-scoring Nigerian striker and ranking in the top five on that list is an incredible accomplishment. It is an honor to go up there and score goals, but records are meant to be broken.

The former forward for Maccabi Haifa, who started playing professionally in Benin City as a youth, talked about how injuries prevented him from scoring 100 goals.

“Scoring goals is really tough in the Premier League; you see a lot of players who have trouble scoring here because it’s a tough league.” You need to adjust to it,” he said.

It’s an honor, and I’m proud of myself for that. I’m happy to have scored 95 goals in the Premier League; many others have scored 100, but I was sidelined for eleven months due to injury.

“I would have scored five more goals if I hadn’t been hurt. I’m not avaricious. Reaching that milestone in a major league makes me delighted, honored even.

“I’m thankful for a Beninese boy who scored 95 goals.”

For the time being, Yakubu appears to be safe as Nigeria’s leading scorer in the Premier League. Second on the list, Kelechi Iheanacho of Leicester City has scored 42 goals so far, which is less than half of Yakubu’s total.

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