Rashidi Yekini

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Rashidi Yekini
Personnel
Surname Rasheed Yekini
birthday October 23, 1963
place of birth Kaduna ,  Nigeria
date of death May 4, 2012
Place of death Ibadan ,  Nigeria
size 190 cm
position striker
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1981-1982 UNTL Kaduna
1982-1984 Shooting Stars FC
1984-1987 Abiola Babes
1987-1990 Africa Sports
1990-1994 Vitória Setúbal 108 (90)
1994-1995 Olympiacos Piraeus 4 0(2)
1995-1996 Sporting Gijón 14 0(3)
1997 Vitória Setúbal 14 0(3)
1997-1998 FC Zurich 28 (14)
1998-1999 Club Athlétique Bizertin
1999 Al-Shabab
1999-2002 Africa Sports
2002-2003 Julius Berger FC
2005 Gateway FC
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1984-1998 Nigeria 58 (37)
1 Only league games are given.

Rashidi Yekini (* 23. October 1963 in Kaduna as Rasheed Yekini ; † 4. May 2012 in Ibadan ) was a Nigerian football player . He was mostly used in the position of the striker .

Career

In the club

After Rashidi Yekini made his debut at his home club UNTL Kaduna , he moved to Africa Sports after six years in the Nigerian league in the Ivory Coast . From there he moved to Vitória Setúbal in Portugal in 1990 , where he spent the most successful years of his career. In four years, Yekini scored 90 goals in 108 games for Setúbal. In 1991/92 and 1992/93 he was the top scorer there with 22 and 34 goals respectively. He was the first Nigerian to be voted Africa's Footballer of the Year 1993. After the 1994 World Cup , Yekini moved to Olympiacos . There he was not happy and left the club after just one season. As a result, Yekini's career was no longer successful. Neither at Sporting Gijón , nor on his return to Vitória Setúbal or at FC Zurich , he was able to prevail. After further positions in Tunisia and Saudi Arabia, he moved back to Africa Sports. At the age of 39, Yekini returned to Nigeria in 2002 to join Julius Berger FC . He actually ended his career there in 2003. But in 2005 Yekini made a brief comeback at Gateway FC at the age of 41 before retiring for good.

In the national team

In 58 games for the Nigerian national soccer team , Rashidi Yekini scored 37 goals and is Nigeria's record scorer . Yekini took part in the soccer world championships in 1994 , in which he scored his country's first goal at a World Cup in the game against Bulgaria (3-0) , and in 1998 . In 1994 the African footballer of the year 1993 won the African continental championship, in which, as in 1992, he was the top scorer of the tournament. In 1988 he was a participant in the Olympic football tournament .

death

On May 4, 2012, Yekini died in a private hospital in Ibadan after a brief serious illness. The professed Muslim was buried in his homeland Kwara according to Muslim custom. He leaves three women and three children.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Rasheed Yekini buried amid tears, eulogies - Naijanedu ( Memento of May 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 5, 2012
  2. ↑ career data . In: foradejogo.net . Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  3. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/yekini-intlg.html
  4. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/nig-recintlp.html
  5. ↑ Rashidi Yekini in the FIFA database (accessed on September 16, 2010)
  6. ↑ http://www.fussballdaten.de/vereine/nigeria/1998/kader
  7. ↑ FIFA.com - Mourning the Deceased Yekini , accessed May 5, 2012
  8. ↑ Legendary footballer, Rashidi Yekini dies at 49
  9. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Rashidi Yekini Is Dead • Survived By 3 Wives, 3 Children • Ogunjobi, Odegbami, Others React@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.tribune.com.ng
personal data
SURNAME Yekini, Rashidi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yekini, Rasheed (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaduna , Nigeria
DATE OF DEATH May 4, 2012
Place of death Ibadan , Nigeria