Yankuba Minteh

Yankuba Minteh (born 22 July 2004) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Newcastle United, and the Gambia national team.

Yankuba Minteh
Minteh in 2024 with Feyenoord
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-07-22) 22 July 2004
Place of birth Bakoteh, The Gambia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Newcastle United
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) 27 (10)
International career‡
2022– Gambia 7 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:12, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024

Club career

OB

Minteh started his career at Steve Biko FC in The Gambia.[1] Minteh's agent Bakary Bojang asked Danish club OB to have a look at Minteh and a fellow Gambian, Dawda Darboe. They were both called in for a try-out in the summer of 2021, playing for OB in their preparation ahead of the 2021–22 season.[2] Minteh didn't leave a good impression, but he got a second chance at a try-out, and that was a way better impression. In the summer of 2022, he signed a two-year contract with OB.[3] First for the U19-team, and later the same year a first-team contract.[4] 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.[5][6]

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.[7] Simultaneously, Newcastle also announced that upon his arrival, Minteh would be immediately loaned out to Eredivisie champions Feyenoord for the 2023–24 season.[8]

Feyenoord (loan)

Minteh made his debut for the club on 4 August in the 2023 Johan Cruyff Shield.[9] He scored his first goal for the club on 3 September, scoring the fifth goal in a 5–1 away win against FC Utrecht.[10] In late October 2023, he picked up a muscle injury, missing several weeks as a result.[11] 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.[12]

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.[13]

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.[14] Minteh scored his first international goal during Gambia's 2-2 draw against Congo.[15]

He participated in the 2023 AFCON in Ivory Coast playing in the last two games of the group stages.[16] Minteh scored his second goal for the Gambia on 8 June 2024 in a 3-1 Victory over Seychelles.[17] He scored his 3rd international goal against Gabon in a FIFA World Cup Qualifier.

Career statistics

Club
As of matches played on 19 May 2024[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] 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 2710306[lower-alpha 2]11[lower-alpha 3]03711
Career total 43123061105415
  1. Includes KNVB Cup
  2. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield

International
As of match played 11 June 2024[19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Gambia 2022 1 0
202311
202452
Total73
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
28 June 2024Berkane Municipal Stadium, Berkane, Morocco5 Seychelles3–15–12026 FIFA World Cup qualification
311 June 2024Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon6 Gabon1–02–32026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Feyenoord

References
  1. 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.
  2. "24 spillere er klar til tirsdagens Næsby-kamp". ob.dk (in Danish). 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  3. "Yankuba Minteh på kontrakt i OB". ob.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  4. "OB-profil: Sisto dræbte hele tiden mit hold". Tipsbladet (in Danish). 1 November 2022.
  5. "Debutanten Yankuba Minteh blev matchvinder mod F. C. København". ob.dk (in Danish). 2022-09-20. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  6. "Yankuba Minteh Promoted to Odense First Team". GambiaFF.org. 27 October 2022.
  7. "Feyenoord sign 18-year-old Gambian winger Yankuba Minteh on loan from Newcastle United". OneFootball. 2023-06-12. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  8. "Newcastle United sign Gambia forward Yankuba Minteh". Newcastle United Football Club. 2023-06-12. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  9. "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.
  10. "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.
  11. "Yankuba Minteh season comes to shuddering halt after blistering start". TheMag. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  12. "Ebrima Colley and Yankuba Minteh made history after scoring in UEFA Champions Leage". Gambiana.com. 14 December 2023.
  13. "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.
  14. "Yankuba Minteh på landsholdet". OB.dk (in Danish). 4 November 2022.
  15. Times, The Alkamba (2023-09-10). "Yankuba Minteh and Mohammed Badamoesi secure AFCON spot for the Gambia". The Alkamba Times. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  16. "International Magpies: Minteh's AFCON journey ends". Newcastle United Football Club. 2024-01-24. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  17. "gambia fc - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  18. Yankuba Minteh at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  19. Yankuba Minteh at National-Football-Teams.com
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