Rashford

R.I.p

his manhood lives on...

Rashidi Yekini was also the scorer of Nigeria's first olympic football goal in Seoul - South Korea in 1988. Truely a Legend !!!

Yekini was a lethal striker , a very potent goal score ... His dead but his legacy lives on ..

I love the guy,,, no homo

No nigerian striker now or before can match him....king of goals!!!..adieu

FIFA teaching d NFF on how to honour past heroes. The NFF are only good @ bribe and disagreements.

T

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kudos to the hero

robosky02:
I hope federal govt (Buhari) will also remember his family after FIFA

did federal govt (Gej) ever remember him and his family?v

So pathetic! A Country where the great who worked so hard to put name d country on d map never get celebrated. So bad

Rest on YeKING

SCORE AND TEAR THE NET

I will never forget that goal and the great noise all around the neighborhood the whole Nigeria saw it.

Rest well Sir.

Nice

Yinkatolu:
Rashford

what the furQ did you just say ?
*three slaps *kicks his stomach *kicks his small balls
DON'T EVER DISRESPECT A LEGEND AGAIN
*another slap

RIP to a hero

the man was a legend. What I like about him is the ordinary man look he wears, just like a roadside mechanic who made it to the top but still remained focused.

He was widely loved by all tribes and religion in Nigeria. That was when the Nigerian people were united while their leaders were divided. Now the leaders are united towards looting thereby dividing the people.

My his soul rest in piece.

Rashidi Yekini

FIFA remembers but Naija never does!

the days when there was a team

called SUPER EAGLES....

Just the name send shivers across the opponents

robosky02:
On Friday 4 May 2012, at the age of 48, Rasheed Yekini passed away after a brief but serious illness. Nigeria’s record goalscorer (37 goals) ensured his name went down in the history books when he scored the Super Eagles’ first ever FIFA World Cup™ goal at the 1994 finals in the USA in the 3-0 group stage win over Bulgaria.

FIFA.com looks back on his memorable goal and subsequent celebration. Yekini who played for several clubs in Spain, Greece, Portugal and Switzerland, could hardly believe he had scored and spontaneously grabbed the net, shaking it in celebration.

The photo of the 58-time Nigeria international captivated the world and even today the former striker, who in 1993 was the first Nigerian to be voted African Footballer of the Year, remains a respected figure in the global football family.

“Rasheed Yekini was one of the best players at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the USA,” said former FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter when he learned of Yekini’s death. “Against Bulgaria he scored Nigeria’s first ever FIFA World Cup goal, a strike that will earn him a place in the annals of Nigerian football. He will be sorely missed.”




http://www.fifa.com/news/y=2012/m=5/news=yekini-unforgettable-celebration-1628761.html?intcmp=fifacom_hp_module_news

Medicine after death. FIFA doing it our way.

My most memorable moment is that thunder of a shot that hit the cross bar against Eygpt at the group stage of Tunis 94. Menh the man was a complete striker, He really blended with Oliseh back then, pity we cant put together a team like that era ever again. RIP

what! this guy is my birthday mate.... rest in peace man.

How can we celebrate him when he never looted our treasury or divided us as a nation?

Mbediogu:


Medicine after death. FIFA doing it our way.

why has your NFF not done anything?

even the Yobo that is alive they cant retire with a good match lol

A legendary man. Forever, you will be remembered in Nigeria as the first player to scored for Nigeria team @ the World Cup. Sleep on in the Lord.

honored even in Portugal

CR77:
Indeed he was great. I remember his goal at the '94 W/Cup Nigeria vs Italy.

Vs Italy ke? Maybe Yekini in Tom and Jerry

Once a legend,always a legend. #We miss ya

Once a legend,always a legend. #We miss ya

The goal keeper was no where near it!

profmallory:
My most memorable moment is that thunder of a shot that hit the cross bar against Eygpt at the group stage of Tunis 94. Menh the man was a complete striker, He really blended with Oliseh back then, pity we cant put together a team like that era ever again. RIP