Yakubu Ayegbeni (an haife shi a ranar 22 ga Nuwamban 1982), wanda aka fi sani da Yakubu, tsohon ɗan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na Nijeriya wanda ya yi wasa a matsayin ɗan wasan gaba . Lakabinsa shi ne " Yak ". An haifi Yakubu a garin Benin, jihar Edo . Ya fara aikin sa ne da Julius Berger a Legas tun yana saurayi a Firimiyar Nigeria￼￼. Daga baya sai aka bayar da shi aro ga kulob din ƙasar fotugal mai suna Gil Vicente. Kungiyar Maccabi Haifa ta Isra’ila ta biya Julius Berger $ 300,000 don sanya hannu. Lokacin da Yakubu yafi kowa cin kwallaye a Haifa shi ne 2001-02, lokacin da ya ci kwallaye 13 a wasanni 22 (League League was 33 matches). Ya zo Ingila kuma ya yi horo tare da Derby County amma bai sami izinin izinin aiki ba a lokacin. Ya ci kwallaye bakwai a wasanni takwas na Kofin Turai a kakar 2002-03 ta UEFA Champions League, (ciki har da kwallaye uku da ya zira a ragar Olympiakos da bugun fanareti a wasan da Manchester United ta ci 3-0).