Yankuba Minteh

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Yankuba Minteh
Minteh with Feyenoord in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-07-22) 22 July 2004 (age 21)
Place of birth Serekunda, Gambia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Right winger
Team information
Current team
 Brighton & Hove Albion
Number 11
Youth career
Bakoteh United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022[1] Steve Biko
2022–2023 OB 17 (4)
2023–2024 Newcastle United 0 (0)
2023–2024 → Feyenoord (loan) 27 (10)
2024– Brighton & Hove Albion 53 (7)
International career‡
Gambia U17
2022– Gambia 19 (7)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:08, 24 January 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 October 2025

Yankuba Minteh (born 22 July 2004) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Gambia national team.

Club career

The Gambia

Minteh started his senior career at Steve Biko during the 2021–22 GFA League First Division season,[1][2] after playing youth football for local club Bakoteh United.[3] He finished third with Steve Biko in his only season at the club.[4]

OB

Following time playing domestically in The Gambia, 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 trial in the summer of 2021, playing for OB in their preparation ahead of the 2021–22 season.[5] 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.[6] First for the U19-team, and later the same year a first-team contract.[7] 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.[8][9]

Newcastle United

On 12 June 2023, Premier League club Newcastle United announced that they had reached a deal to sign Minteh on a permanent deal from 1 July.[10] Media reports claimed that Newcastle would pay OB a fee in the region of €7 million.[11] Simultaneously, Newcastle also announced that upon his arrival, Minteh would be immediately loaned out to Eredivisie champions Feyenoord for the 2023–24 season.[10][11]

Feyenoord (loan)

Minteh made his debut for the club on 4 August in the 2023 Johan Cruyff Shield.[12] He scored his first goal for the club on 3 September, scoring the fifth goal in a 5–1 away win against FC Utrecht.[13] In late October 2023, he picked up a muscle injury, missing several weeks as a result.[14] 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.[15]

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.[16]

Brighton and Hove Albion

On 1 July 2024, Minteh joined Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion for a reported fee of £30 million, signing a five-year contract with the club.[17] Minteh made his debut for the club on 17 August 2024 in a fixture in which he provided an assist for Kaoru Mitoma in a 3–0 win over Everton.[18] Minteh scored his first Premier League goal on 6 October 2024 in a 3–2 win over Tottenham.[19] He continued to impress for Brighton as their season went on, proceeding to score a brace in a 3–0 victory over Chelsea.[20]

International career

Whilst still playing domestic football in The Gambia, Minteh represented the country’s under-17 side.[21]

On 4 November 2022, Minteh received his first call-up to the Gambia national team for friendly matches against DR Congo and Liberia.[22] Minteh scored his first international goal during Gambia's 2–2 draw against Congo.[23]

He participated in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast playing in the last two games of the group stages.[24] Minteh scored his second goal for the Gambia on 8 June 2024 in a 3–1 victory over Seychelles.[25] He scored his third international goal against Gabon in a FIFA World Cup Qualifier.[26]

Personal life

Minteh is a practising Muslim.[27]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 January 2026[28]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
OB 2022–23 Danish Superliga 17400———174
Feyenoord (loan) 2023–24 Eredivisie 271030—6[c]11[d]03711
Brighton & Hove Albion 2024–25 Premier League 3264110——377
2025–26 Premier League 2110010——221
Total 5374120——598
Career total 97217120611011323
  1. ↑ Includes KNVB Cup, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield

International

As of match played 14 October 2025[1]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Gambia 202210
202311
2024113
202563
Total197
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, Morocco2 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 Gabon1–02–3
411 October 2024Larbi Zaouli Stadium, Casablanca, Morocco9 Madagascar1–11–12025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
520 March 2025Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast14 Kenya2–03–32026 FIFA World Cup qualification
65 September 2025Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya163–1
710 October 202518 Gabon1–13–4

Honours

Steve Biko

Feyenoord

References

  1. 1 2 3 Yankuba Minteh at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Naylor, Andy (18 April 2025). "Yankuba Minteh interview: 'I have nothing against Newcastle, but I have fallen in love with Brighton'". The Athletic.
  4. ↑ "Gambia 2021/22". RSSSF.
  5. ↑ "24 spillere er klar til tirsdagens Næsby-kamp". ob.dk (in Danish). 29 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "Yankuba Minteh på kontrakt i OB". ob.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "OB-profil: Sisto dræbte hele tiden mit hold". Tipsbladet (in Danish). 1 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "Debutanten Yankuba Minteh blev matchvinder mod F. C. København". ob.dk (in Danish). 20 September 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "Yankuba Minteh Promoted to Odense First Team". GambiaFF.org. 27 October 2022.
  10. 1 2 "Newcastle United sign Gambia forward Yankuba Minteh". Newcastle United Football Club. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  11. 1 2 "Feyenoord sign 18-year-old Gambian winger Yankuba Minteh on loan from Newcastle United". OneFootball. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ "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.
  14. ↑ "Yankuba Minteh season comes to shuddering halt after blistering start". TheMag. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  15. ↑ "Ebrima Colley and Yankuba Minteh made history after scoring in UEFA Champions League". Gambiana.com. 14 December 2023.
  16. ↑ "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 (website). 7 April 2024.
  17. ↑ "Brighton sign Yankuba Minteh from Newcastle for £30m". BBC Sport. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  18. ↑ "Everton 0–3 Brighton: Youngest manager Fabian Hurzeler makes instant impact in Premier League appearances". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  19. ↑ "Yankuba Minteh scores first premier league goal to inspire Brighton's comeback against Tottenham". Gambiana. 6 October 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  20. ↑ "Brighton 3–0 Chelsea: Minteh brace leads hosts to comfortable win". Bein Sports.
  21. ↑ "How Brighton's Yankuba Minteh launched career with Steve Biko FC". The Argus. 15 August 2024.
  22. ↑ "Yankuba Minteh på landsholdet". OB.dk (in Danish). 4 November 2022.
  23. ↑ Times, The Alkamba (10 September 2023). "Yankuba Minteh and Mohammed Badamoesi secure AFCON spot for the Gambia". The Alkamba Times. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  24. ↑ "International Magpies: Minteh's AFCON journey ends". Newcastle United Football Club. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  25. ↑ "Gambia vs Seychelles: CAF World Cup Qualifiers". BBC Sport. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  26. ↑ "Gabon vs Gambia: CAF World Cup Qualifiers". BBC Sport. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  27. ↑ "From Bakoteh to Brighton: Yankuba Minteh's rise to the Premier League". NBC Sports. 28 March 2025. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  28. ↑ Yankuba Minteh at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 March 2025.