Domestic-league season · Qingdao Youth Island.
Following his move to Qingdao Youth Island, Yakubu's current-season form is up 84% on last season (Season 25→46), while his Rating eased 58→29. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Qingdao Youth Island · 9th | 30 | 10 | 7 | 7.07 | 29 | 46 |
| 2023/24 | Rio Ave · 11th | 16 | 6 | 2 | 6.91 | 58 | 25 |
| 2022/23 | Rio Ave · 12th | 17 | 7 | 3 | 6.89 | 60 | 30 |
| 2021/22 | Rio Ave · 1st | 33 | 11 | 0 | — | 56 | 37 |
| 2020/21 | Estoril · 1st | 28 | 12 | 0 | — | 57 | 38 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
A. Yakubu is a 27-year-old centre-forward at Qingdao Youth Island, rated 28.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 33rd of 271 in the Super League. In his prime years, he has been an ever-present this season (92.6% of available minutes). He brings 0.61 goal contributions per 90 (0.36 goals, 0.25 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Yakubu.
Judged on this season alone, Yakubu graded 46 — a strong campaign that ranks top 23% of the 27 centre-forwards in the Super League, on 10 goals and 7 assists in 30 appearances (0.612 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 25 → 46). Across the 5 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 29, top 19% of the 27 centre-forwards in the Super League. At 27 Yakubu is in his prime years, and a market index of 8.1 reflects that trajectory.
A career still climbing — Yakubu is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
10 goals in 30 appearances (0.33 per game) — double figures playing for a mid-table side (9th of 16). He also laid on 7 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 17 goal contributions (0.57 per appearance).
With a Rating of 28.8, Yakubu carries the 5th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Super League (top 19%). In the final third he profiles as a genuine goal threat (0.61 goal contributions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~8), then tapers with age. At 27, Yakubu sits on 8.1, at or near its peak. The blue line is Yakubu's projected Rating — 28.8 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
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