{"id":433824,"date":"2017-11-03T11:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T11:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/03\/watch-late-yakubu-abubakaris-incredible-moments-for-ajax-amsterdam\/"},"modified":"2017-11-03T11:00:34","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T11:00:34","slug":"watch-late-yakubu-abubakaris-incredible-moments-for-ajax-amsterdam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/03\/watch-late-yakubu-abubakaris-incredible-moments-for-ajax-amsterdam\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch late Yakubu Abubakari\u2019s incredible moments for Ajax Amsterdam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday,  3 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-11-03<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/24440349.295.jpg\" alt=\"Yakubu Abubakar Ajax\" title=\"Yakubu Abubakar Ajax\" width=\"295\" height=\"443\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Yakubu helped Ajax to win league titles in 2002 and 2004<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150834795848671\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150834795848671\">&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1509706834_588_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Football was thrown into an emotional state of complete agony following the death of Ghana and Ajax midfielder Yakubu Abubakari on Wednesday November 1, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The death of the combative midfielder left his former club Ajax Amsterdam in a state of utter shock and complete dismay demonstrated in a club tribute released after the player\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Yakubu Abubakar spent a decade with Ajax before crossing carpet to fellow eredivise side Vitesse Arnhem<\/p>\n<p>Yakubu won the Eredivise with Ajax in 2002 and 2004 alongside world superstars like Van der Vaart, Wesley Sneijder, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Nigel de Jong, Maxwell and Christian Chivu.<\/p>\n<p>The hard tackler is always remembered for his bullish tackles and combative midfield display during his hey days.<\/p>\n<p>Yakubu was strong, defensively apt and offensively clever as he guided the Dutch side to their league titles in 2002 and 2004.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder passed on after battling with illness. He died aged 35 at the Tema General Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>He was buried yesterday and his funeral was attended by people in the football fraternity.<\/p>\n<p>In the video below, Ajax Amsterdam show how the late Ghanaian midfielder was influential to them, his crunchy tackles and his celebrating mood after winning the titles with them:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZXoAl7c9tY0?ecver=2\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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