Yankuba Minteh

Yankuba Minteh Moat (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.

Yankuba Minteh
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-07-22) 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) 9 (3)
International career‡
2023– Gambia 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2023

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]

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.[8]

Career statistics

Club
As of matches played on 21 October 2023[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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 17400——174
Feyenoord (loan) 2023–24 Eredivisie 93002[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 2]0123
Career total 267002010297
  1. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield

International
As of match played 10 September 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Gambia 202311
Total11
Scores and results list the Gambia's goal tally first.
List of international goals scored by Yankuba Minteh
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
110 September 2023Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco1 Congo1–22–22023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References
  1. "OB-profil: Sisto dræbte hele tiden mit hold". Tipsbladet (in Danish). 1 November 2022.
  2. "OB vs. FC Copenhagen". Soccerway. 10 September 2022.
  3. "Yankuba Minteh Promoted to Odense First Team". GambiaFF.org. 27 October 2022.
  4. "Feyenoord sign 18-year-old Gambian winger Yankuba Minteh on loan from Newcastle United". OneFootball. 2023-06-12. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  5. "Newcastle United sign Gambia forward Yankuba Minteh". Newcastle United Football Club. 2023-06-12. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  6. "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.
  7. "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 2022.
  8. "Yankuba Minteh på landsholdet". OB.dk (in Danish). 4 November 2022.
  9. Yankuba Minteh at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
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