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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 July 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Bakoteh, The Gambia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Feyenoord (on loan from Newcastle United) | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Steve Biko FC | |||
| 2022 | OB | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | OB | 17 | (4) |
| 2023– | Newcastle United | 0 | (0) |
| 2023– | → Feyenoord (loan) | 25 | (9) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Gambia | 4 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:33, 26 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 January 2024 | |||
Yankuba Minteh (born 22 July 2004) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Eredivisie club Feyenoord, on loan from Premier League club Newcastle United, and the Gambia national team.
Club career[edit]
OB[edit]
Minteh started his career at Steve Biko FC in The Gambia.[1] In the summer of 2022, he moved to Danish club OB.[2] He made his Danish Superliga debut on 10 September 2022 in a 2–1 win against Copenhagen and scored the winning goal just three minutes after coming on as a substitute for Franco Tongya.[3][4]
Newcastle United[edit]
On 12 June 2023, Premier League club Newcastle United announced that they had reached a deal to sign Minteh, effective 1 July 2023. Media reports claimed that Newcastle would pay OB a fee in the region of €7 million.[5] Simultaneously, Newcastle also announced that upon his arrival, Minteh would be immediately loaned out to Eredivisie champions Feyenoord for the 2023–24 season.[6]
Feyenoord (loan)[edit]
Minteh made his debut for the club on 4 August in the 2023 Johan Cruyff Shield.[7] He scored his first goal for the club on 3 September, scoring the fifth goal in a 5–1 away win against FC Utrecht.[8] In late October 2023, he picked up a muscle injury, missing several weeks as a result.[9] On 13 December, he scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in a 2–1 away defeat against Celtic in the final group stage match of the 2023–24 season, in which he became the second Gambian to achieve this feat following Ebrima Colley.[10]
On 7 April 2024, he scored a brace and provided an assist for his club in a 6–0 victory over Ajax in De Klassieker, to be their opponent's worst defeat in the Eredivisie history.[11]
International career[edit]
On 4 November 2022, Minteh received his first call-up to the Gambia national team for friendly matches against DR Congo and Liberia.[12]
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
- As of matches played on 21 April 2024[13]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Odense Boldklub | 2022–23 | Danish Superliga | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 4 | ||
| Feyenoord (loan) | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 24 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6[b] | 1 | 1[c] | 0 | 34 | 10 |
| Career total | 40 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 14 | ||
- ^ Includes KNVB Cup
- ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
International[edit]
- As of match played 24 January 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gambia | 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list the Gambia's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 10 September 2023 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco | 1 |  Congo | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
Honours[edit]
Feyenoord
References[edit]
- ^ Whitehead, Jacob (10 April 2024). "One great day in the life of Yankuba Minteh – and what it means for his Newcastle United future". The Athletic.
- ^ "OB-profil: Sisto dræbte hele tiden mit hold". Tipsbladet (in Danish). 1 November 2022.
- ^ "OB vs. FC Copenhagen". Soccerway. 10 September 2022.
- ^ "Yankuba Minteh Promoted to Odense First Team". GambiaFF.org. 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Feyenoord sign 18-year-old Gambian winger Yankuba Minteh on loan from Newcastle United". OneFootball. 2023-06-12. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
- ^ "Newcastle United sign Gambia forward Yankuba Minteh". Newcastle United Football Club. 2023-06-12. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
- ^ "PSV wint derde Johan Cruijff Schaal op rij • Lang schoot zijn ploeg voorbij Feyenoord" [PSV wins third consecutive Johan Cruyff Shield, Lang shoots his team passed Feyenoord] (in Dutch). 4 August 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ "Feyenoord heerst in Galgenwaard en drukt FC Utrecht nog dieper in het moeras" [Feyenoord rules in the Galgenward and further brings FC Utrecht into trouble] (in Dutch). 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ "Yankuba Minteh season comes to shuddering halt after blistering start". TheMag. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ "Ebrima Colley and Yankuba Minteh made history after scoring in UEFA Champions Leage". Gambiana.com. 14 December 2023.
- ^ "Ajax suffer worst Eredivisie defeat EVER as Feyenoord romp to 6-0 De Klassieker victory in shockingly one-sided game - with Jordan Henderson's side also equalling unwanted club record". Goal.com. 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Yankuba Minteh på landsholdet". OB.dk (in Danish). 4 November 2022.
- ^ Yankuba Minteh at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
External links[edit]
- OB profile
- Yankuba Minteh at Soccerway
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