| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 July 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Bakoteh, The Gambia | ||
| 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) | 12 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Gambia | 2 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2023 | |||
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
OB
Minteh started his career at Steve Biko FC in The Gambia. In the summer of 2022 he moved to Danish club OB.[1] 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.[2][3]
Newcastle United
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.[4] Simultaneously, Newcastle also announced that upon his arrival, Minteh would be immediately loaned out to Eredivisie champions Feyenoord for the 2023–24 season.[5]
Feyenoord (loan)
Minteh made his debut for the club on 4 August in the 2023 Johan Cruyff Shield.[6] He scored his first goal for the club on 3 September, scoring the fifth goal in a 5–1 away win against FC Utrecht.[7] In late October 2023 he picked up a muscle injury, missing several weeks as a result.[8]
International career
On 4 November 2022, Minteh received his first call-up to the Gambia national team for friendly matches against DR Congo and Liberia.[9]
Career statistics
Club
- As of matches played on 20 December 2023[10]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | 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 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 18 | 4 |
| Career total | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 8 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
International
- As of match played 15 January 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gambia | 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 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 |
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Yankuba Minteh på landsholdet". OB.dk (in Danish). 4 November 2022.
- ↑ Yankuba Minteh at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
External links
- OB profile
- Yankuba Minteh at Soccerway
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