United
Nigerian Textiles Limited (Nigeria), Shooting Stars (Nigeria),
Abiola Babes (Nigeria), Africa Sports (Nigeria), Vitoria FC
(Portugal), Olympiacos (Greece), Sporting Gijón (Spain), Vitoria
Setubal (Portugal), FC Zürich (Switzerland), Bizerte (???), Al-Shabab
(???), Africa Sports (Nigeria), Julius Berger FC (Nigeria),
Gateway FC (???)
Honours
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Biography
Rashidi
Yekini (born October 23, 1964 in Kaduna) is a former football
striker from Nigeria. Scoring 37 goals for Nigeria, he is the
national record top goalscorer. Yekini was part of the team that
participated in the 1994 World Cup and 1998 World Cup and won
the 1994 African Nations Cup, a tournament in which he became
top goalscorer. Yekini also played Olympic football, in Seoul
1988.
After playing well in the Nigerian league, he went to Côte
d'Ivoire to play for Africa Sports. From here he went on to
Portugal and Vitoria Setubal, where he eventually became top
scorer in the Portuguese league. His performances earned him the
title African Footballer of the Year in 1993. After the1994
World Cup Yekini was bought by Olympiacos, but didn't get along
with the players and left. 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. In 2003, Yekini,
39 years old, was back in the Nigerian Premier League with
Julius Berger.
