Mo Yaqub

Mohammed Yaqub (born 7 January 1994) is a Scottish former professional footballer who last played at the senior level for Cowdenbeath, as a left back.

Mo Yaqub
Personal information
Full name Mohammed Yaqub
Date of birth (1994-01-07) 7 January 1994
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
2008–2013 Celtic
2012–2013 St Mirren
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 St Mirren 1 (0)
2015–2016 Cowdenbeath 15 (0)
National team
2009 Scotland U15 1 (0)
2009–2010 Scotland U16 4 (0)
2010–2011 Scotland U17 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:51, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

He also represented Scotland at youth levels up to under-17.[1]

Career

Yaqub moved from Celtic to St Mirren in July 2012.[2] He made his senior debut on 18 May 2013, in the Scottish Premier League.[3]

On 28 May 2013, he signed a new one-year deal with St Mirren, until the end of the 2013–14 season.[4] Despite not playing a single game for the first team during season 2013–14, Yaqub signed another one-year deal on 27 May 2014.[5]

Having failed to break into the first team, and with the club suffering relegation, Yaqub was released by St Mirren on 29 May 2015.[6][7]

On 15 July 2015, Yaqub signed for Cowdenbeath.[8][9] Following Cowden's relegation at the end of the 2015–16 season, he did not play again for that club or any other in the SPFL.

Career statistics
As of 6 July 2016
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
St Mirren 2012–13[10] 1000000010
2013–14[11] 0000000000
2014–15[12] 0000000000
Total 1000000010
Cowdenbeath 2015–16[13] 150001010170
Career total 160001010180

See also

References
  1. Mo Yaqub at the Scottish Football Association
  2. Paul Behan (7 July 2012). "Celtic starlets check in at Saints". Paisley Daily Express.
  3. "Kilmarnock 1 – 3 St Mirren". BBC Sport. 18 May 2013.
  4. "One Year Deal for Mo". saintmirren.net. 28 May 2013. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014.
  5. "St Mirren: Paul McGowan exits as Marian Kello signs new deal". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  6. "Manager's Report- 29/05/2015". St Mirren Official website. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  7. St Mirren: Ten players leave after relegation, BBC Sport, 8 June 2015
  8. "New Signing". Cowdenbeath F.C. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  9. Cowdenbeath defence shuts out Rovers, Central Fife Times, 18 April 2016
  10. "Games played by Mo Yaqub in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  11. "Games played by Mo Yaqub in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  12. "Games played by Mo Yaqub in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  13. "Games played by Mo Yaqub in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 April 2016.


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