Rashidi Yekini
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Job / Known for: Forward
Left traces: Nigeria's all-time top goalscorer
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Date: 1963-10-23
Location: NG Kaduna
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Date: 2012-05-04 (aged 49)
Resting place: NG Ira, Kwara State
Death Cause: --
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Rashidi Yekini was a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a forward. He is the all-time top goalscorer for his nation, with 37 goals in 58 international caps. He was part of the team that participated in the 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cups, scoring Nigeria's first-ever goal in the competition. He was also named the African Footballer of the Year in 1993. His professional career spanned more than two decades, and he played for clubs in Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Portugal, Greece, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia. He was mainly associated with Vitória de Setúbal in Portugal, where he became the Primeira Liga's top scorer in the 1993–94 season. He died on 4 May 2012 at the age of 48, under unclear circumstances.
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