| Rashidi Yekini | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rashidi Yekini | |
| Date of birth | October 23, 1964 | |
| Place of birth | Kaduna, Nigeria | |
| Height | 1. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Kaduna is the state capital of Kaduna State in north-central Nigeria. Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal 83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker (Retired) | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1981-1982 1982-1984 1984-1987 1987-1990 1990-1994 1994-1995 1995-1997 1997-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-1999 1999-2002 2002-2005 2005-2005 |
United Nigerian Textiles Limited Shooting Stars Abiola Babes Africa Sports Vitória Setúbal Olympiacos Sporting Gijón Vitória Setúbal FC Zürich Bizerte Al-Shabab Africa Sports Julius Berger Gateway FC |
- (-) - (-) - (-) - (-) 108 (90) 4 (2) 14 (0) 14 (3) 28 (14) - (-) - (-) - (-) - (-) - (-) |
| National team | ||
| 1986-1998 | Nigeria | 70 (37) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Rashidi Yekini born October 23,1964 in Kaduna,Nigeria is a former football striker from Nigeria. Kaduna is the state capital of Kaduna State in north-central Nigeria. Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal Scoring 37 goals for Nigeria, he is the national record top goalscorer. The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the Super Eagles, is the national team of Nigeria and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation Yekini was part of the team that participated in the 1994 FIFA World Cup (where he scored Nigeria's first ever goal in a World Cup) and 1998 FIFA World Cup and won the 1994 African Nations Cup, a tournament in which he became top goalscorer. The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17 1994 The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th staging of the World Cup was held in France from June 10 to July 12 after 60 years to celebrate the third edition scheduled The 1994 African Cup of Nations was the 19th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the Soccer championship of Africa ( CAF) Yekini also played Olympic football, in Seoul 1988. Final results for the football competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
After playing well in the Nigerian league, he went to Côte d'Ivoire to play for Africa Sports. Côte d'Ivoire (ˌkoʊt divˈwɑː(r ' in English, kot diˈvwaʀ in French) or Ivory Coast, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a Africa Sports National ( Africa Sports) is an Ivorian football club based in Abidjan. From there he went on to Portugal and Vitoria Setubal, where he eventually became top scorer in the Portuguese Liga. Vitória Futebol Clube is a Portuguese Sports club from Setúbal. The Portuguese Liga ( pron 'liɣɐ currently named Liga Sagres after its main sponsor, is the league competition for Portuguese His performances earned him the title African Footballer of the Year in 1993. The African Footballer of the Year award presented to the best African Football (soccer player each year has been conferred by the Confederation of African After the1994 World Cup Height 6ft 1inch Yekini was bought by Olympiacos, but didn't get along with the players and left. The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17 1994 Olympiacos Football Club Honours Total titles 63 Domestic League, Cups His club career never really got back on track, even not upon a return to Setúbal. He did have one quite successful season with FC Zürich, and played in Tunisia and Saudi Arabia before rejoining Africa Sports. FC Zürich or FCZ (short for Fussballclub Zürich) is a football club from Zürich, Switzerland, founded 1896. Tunisia (تونس Tūnis officially the Tunisian Republic ( is a country located in North Africa. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi In 2003, Yekini, 39 years old, was back in the Nigerian Premier League with Julius Berger. The Nigerian Premier League is the highest level of domestic Nigerian football.
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