# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ayila-yussuf
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:00:18.550Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ayila-yussuf"
name: "Ayila Yussuf"
slug: "ayila-yussuf"
description: "Atanda Ayila Yussuf is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a central defender or defensive midfielder. A former Nigerian youth international player, he moved to Ukrainian Premier League Dynamo Kyiv from Nigerian side Union Bank in 2003. Despite injuries, Yussuf became a regular for both Dynamo Kyiv and the Nigeria national team. He joined Metalist Kharkiv on loan in 2014."
tagline: "Nigerian footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ayila_Yussuf.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1984-11-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.222212
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  249
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "اییلا یوسف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ayila Yussuf"
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    title: "Ayila Yussuf"
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    title: "Ayila Yussuf"
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    title: "Ayila Yussuf"
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    title: "Ayila Yussuf"
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  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayila_Yussuf"
    title: "Ayila Yussuf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Юссуф, Айила"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump