Again great news for the club. Ismail is a great young player and could play at the top level one day. Izzy has signed a 2 year deal with the club and his contract will end in Mat 2007.
Izzy signs on
Last Updated : 02-May-2005 byIsmail who holds the number 14 shirt at Underhill made 37 appearances last season scoring 2 goals against Farnborough Town in the FA Cup to give the Bees a late 2-1 win and then against local rivals Stevenage Borough where he got the winner in the Bees 2-1 win back at the start of 2005. Ismail has also made an amazing 110 appearances for the club 15 as sub and has scored 5 times. This is amazing for a player that recently turned 20.
Ismail has played in a number of positions for the club including Left Midfield, Left Back,Right Back, Centre Back almost everywhere apart from in goal.
He has also played for the England non league team and has had trials at Arsenal, Manchester City, West Ham United and Spurs.
| Ismail Yakubu (Barnet) Information | |||
| Date of birth | 8 April 1985 | Height | 5.11 |
| Place of birth | London | Weight | 12.0 |
| Nationality | Position | Defence | |
| Comments | Squad No. | 14 | |
| Recent Career History By Club (1999 onwards) | ||||||
| Team | Debut | Apps (+ sub) | Goals | Yellows | Reds | |
| Barnet | 25/03/2002 | 110 (15) | 5 | 8 | 0 | |
| Recent Career History By Season (1999 onwards) | ||||||
| Season | First App. | Apps (+ sub) | Goals | Yellows | Reds | |
| 2004/2005 | 14/08/2004 | 37 (0) | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2003/2004 | 16/08/2003 | 39 (7) | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2002/2003 | 20/08/2002 | 31 (7) | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2001/2002 | 25/03/2002 | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Appearances 110 (+ 15 as sub); Goals 5; Yellow cards 8; Red cards 0 | ||||||