Saturday, June 02, 2012

DO YOU KNOW THE SECOND AFRICAN PLAYER TO SCORE A CENTURY OF GOALS IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE?



The Yak
Nigeria's Yakubu Aiyegbeni aka The Yak is the first Nigerian player to score 100 goals in the prestigious English Premier League (EPL) since he started his sojourn with Portsmouth in 2003. He has scored EPL goals for Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Everton and Blackburn Rovers where he made it 101 goals which was against Wigan Athletic in the 2011/2012 season.

Yakubu became the second African striker to score a century of goals after Chelsea FC’s Didier Drogba who is Ivorian.



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