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{{short description|Nigerian footballer (1963–2012)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Rashidi Yekini
| image = Rashidi_Yekini.jpg
| caption = Yekini in 1998
| fullname = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|1963|10|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]], Nigeria
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|5|4|1963|10|23|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Ibadan]], Nigeria
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1981–1982
| clubs1 = UNTL Kaduna
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1982–1984
| clubs2 = [[Shooting Stars F.C.|Shooting Stars]]
| caps2 = 53
| goals2 = 45
| years3 = 1984–1987
| clubs3 = [[Abiola Babes F.C.|Abiola Babes]]
| caps3 = 
| goals3 = 
| years4 = 1987–1990
| clubs4 = [[Africa Sports d'Abidjan|Africa Sports]]
| caps4 = 
| goals4 = 
| years5 = 1990–1994
| clubs5 = [[Vitória F.C.|Vitória Setúbal]]
| caps5 = 114
| goals5 = 91
| years6 = 1994–1995
| clubs6 = [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
| caps6 = 4
| goals6 = 2
| years7 = 1995–1996
| clubs7 = [[Sporting de Gijón|Sporting Gijón]]
| caps7 = 14
| goals7 = 3
| years8 = 1997
| clubs8 = [[Vitória F.C.|Vitória Setúbal]]
| caps8 = 14
| goals8 = 3
| years9 = 1997–1998
| clubs9 = [[FC Zürich|Zürich]]
| caps9 = 28
| goals9 = 14
| years10 = 1998–1999
| clubs10 = [[CA Bizertin]]
| caps10 = 
| goals10 = 
| years11 = 1999
| clubs11 = [[Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)|Al Shabab]]
| caps11 = 
| goals11 = 
| years12 = 1999–2002
| clubs12 = [[Africa Sports d'Abidjan|Africa Sports]]
| caps12 = 
| goals12 = 
| years13 = 2002–2003
| clubs13 = [[Julius Berger F.C.|Julius Berger]]
| caps13 = 
| goals13 = 
| years14 = 2005
| clubs14 = [[Gateway United F.C.|Gateway United]]
| caps14 = 26
| goals14 = 7
| totalcaps = 253
| totalgoals = 165
| nationalyears1 = 1984–1998
| nationalteam1 = [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]
| nationalcaps1 = 62
| nationalgoals1 = 37
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|NGA}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Africa Cup of Nations]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1994 Africa Cup of Nations|1994 Tunisia]]|}}
{{Medal|2nd|[[1984 Africa Cup of Nations|1984 Ivory Coast]]|}}
{{Medal|2nd|[[1988 Africa Cup of Nations|1988 Morocco]]|}}
{{Medal|2nd|[[1990 Africa Cup of Nations|1990 Algeria]]|}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1992 Africa Cup of Nations|1992 Senegal]]|}}
}}
'''Rashidi Yekini''' (23 October 1963 – 4 May 2012) was a Nigerian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]]. Known by his Nigerian team mates and fans as '<nowiki/>'''The Goals Father'''', he scored over 480 goals in over 670 games in his career.[https://punchng.com/nigerian-footballers-with-100-goal-landmark/][https://medium.com/@thegoalsfather/the-goals-father-the-legend-of-nigerias-all-time-goal-scorer-741844224f40] He is the third all time highest goal scorer in '''AFCON''' history with 13 goals.[https://www.goal.com/en-ng/lists/all-time-afcon-top-scorers/blt7c9bf8231d169c11#cs280b73687be391f9]

Yekini scored 37 goals in international matches and represented Nigeria in seven football tournaments including two [[FIFA World Cup|World Cups]] where he scored the country's first-ever goal in the competition. He was also named the [[African Footballer of the Year]] in 1993.<ref name="DEATH">{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/obituary-rashidi-yekini-1963-2012-145000846--sow.html|title=Obituary: Rashidi Yekini (1963–2012)|publisher=[[Yahoo Sports]]|date=4 May 2012|access-date=5 May 2012|archive-date=20 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220210047/https://sports.yahoo.com/news/obituary-rashidi-yekini-1963-2012-145000846--sow.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/201205050115.html Nigeria: Legendary footballer, Rashidi Yekini dies at 48] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508233618/http://allafrica.com/stories/201205050115.html |date=8 May 2012 }}; All Africa, 5 May 2012</ref>

==Club career==
Yekini was born in [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]], of [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]] origin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.completesports.com/odegbami-remembering-gangling-rashidi-yekini-2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026140042/https://www.completesports.com/odegbami-remembering-gangling-rashidi-yekini-2/|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 October 2019|title=Odegbami: Remembering Gangling Rashidi Yekini|publisher=Complete Sports|access-date=13 December 2019}}</ref> After starting his professional career in the [[Nigerian Premier League|Nigerian league]], he moved to Ivory Coast to play for [[Africa Sports d'Abidjan|Africa Sports]], and from there he went to Portugal and [[Vitória F.C.|Vitória de Setúbal]] where he experienced his most memorable years, eventually becoming the [[Primeira Liga]]'s top scorer in the [[1993–94 Primeira Liga|1993–94 season]] after scoring 21 goals;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/porttops.html|title=Portugal – List of Topscorers|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=5 April 2017|archive-date=18 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118103450/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/porttops.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[1992–93 Segunda Divisão de Honra|the previous campaign]] he had netted a career-best 34 in 32 games to help the ''[[Sado River|Sadinos]]'' gain promotion from the [[Segunda Liga|second division]], and those performances earned him the title of [[African Footballer of the Year]] once, the first ever for the nation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afrpoy93.html|title=African Player of the Year 1993|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=31 March 2017|archive-date=24 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924005916/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afrpoy93.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the summer of 1994, Yekini signed for Greek club [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]], but did not get along with teammates and left soon after. His career never really got back on track, not even upon a return to [[Setúbal]] which happened after another unassuming spell, in [[La Liga]] with [[Sporting de Gijón]];<ref>{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1995/10/30/pagina-23/1315642/pdf.html|title=El Sporting remonta dos veces|trans-title=Sporting comes back from behind twice|publisher=[[Mundo Deportivo]]|language=es|date=30 October 2005|access-date=30 May 2014|archive-date=31 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531105441/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1995/10/30/pagina-23/1315642/pdf.html|url-status=live}}</ref> he successively played with [[FC Zürich]], [[CA Bizertin]] and [[Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)|Al Shabab]], before rejoining Africa Sports. In 2003, aged 39, he returned to the Nigerian championship with [[Julius Berger F.C.|Julius Berger]].<ref name=BBC>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/4470421.stm|title=Yekini set for another return|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=21 April 2005|access-date=31 March 2017|archive-date=31 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331211522/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/4470421.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2005, 41-year-old Yekini made a short comeback, moving alongside former national teammate [[Mobi Oparaku]] to [[Gateway United F.C.|Gateway United]].<ref name=BBC/>

==International career==
Scoring 37 goals for [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]] in 62 appearances,<ref name=RSSSF>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/yekini-intlg.html|title=Rashidi Yekini – Goals in International Matches|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=6 August 2011|archive-date=6 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306033401/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/yekini-intlg.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Yekini is the national record goalscorer. He was part of the team that participated in the [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]] (where he netted Nigeria's first-ever goal in a [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]], in a 3–0 win against [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]], his celebration after scoring, crying while holding the goal's net, became one of the iconic images of the tournament<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3986/editorial/2012/05/05/3082248/nigerias-first-ever-world-cup-goal-rashidi-yekinis-five-most|title=Nigeria's first-ever World Cup goal & Rashidi Yekini's five most memorable moments|publisher=[[Goal (website)|Goal]]|date=5 May 2012|access-date=6 May 2012|archive-date=7 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507172417/http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3986/editorial/2012/05/05/3082248/nigerias-first-ever-world-cup-goal-rashidi-yekinis-five-most|url-status=live}}</ref>) and the [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]] [[FIFA World Cup]]s.

Additionally, Yekini helped the ''Super Eagles'' win the [[1994 Africa Cup of Nations]] in Tunisia where he also topped the goal charts and was named best player of the competition.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/jun/21/rashidi-yekini-nigeria-best-african-players|title=Rashidi Yekini: 'One of the best African players ever to walk this earth'|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=21 June 2014|access-date=21 June 2014}}</ref> He also [[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|participated]] at [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympic level]] in [[1988 Summer Olympics|Seoul 1988]].

===International goals===
:''Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yekini goal''.<ref name=RSSSF/>''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Rashidi Yekini
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 6 April 1985 || [[Nairobi]], Kenya || {{fb|KEN}} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center"|3–0 || [[1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|1986 World Cup qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || 20 April 1985 || [[Lagos]], Nigeria || {{fb|KEN}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|3–1 || 1986 World Cup qualification
|-
| align="center"|3 || 23 June 1985 || [[Abidjan]], Ivory Coast || {{fb|CIV}} || || align="center"|1–1 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|4 || 26 June 1985 || [[Bouake]], Ivory Coast || {{fb|CIV}} || || align="center"|1–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|5 || 14 March 1988 || [[Rabat]], Morocco || {{fb|KEN}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|3–0 || [[1988 African Cup of Nations]]
|-
| align="center"|6 || 5 March 1990 || [[Algiers]], Algeria || {{fb|EGY}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || [[1990 African Cup of Nations]]
|-
| align="center"|7 || 8 March 1990 || Algiers, Algeria || {{fb|CIV}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || 1990 African Cup of Nations
|-
| align="center"|8 || 12 March 1990 || Algiers, Algeria || {{fb|ZAM}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–0 || 1990 African Cup of Nations
|-
| align="center"|9 || rowspan="4"|27 July 1991 || rowspan="4"|Lagos, Nigeria || rowspan="4"|{{fb|BFA}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="4" align="center"|7–1 || rowspan="4"|[[1992 African Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|10 || align="center"|3–1
|-
| align="center"|11 || align="center"|4–1
|-
| align="center"|12 || align="center"|6–1
|-
| align="center"|13 || rowspan="2"|14 January 1992 || rowspan="2"|[[Dakar]], Senegal || rowspan="2"|{{fb|KEN}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" align="center"|2–1 || rowspan="2"|[[1992 African Cup of Nations]]
|-
| align="center"|14 || align="center"|2–0
|-
| align="center"|15 || 19 January 1992 || Dakar, Senegal || {{fb|ZAI}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || 1992 African Cup of Nations
|-
| align="center"|16 || 25 January 1992 || Dakar, Senegal || {{fb|CMR}} || align="center"|2–1 || align="center"|2–1 || 1992 African Cup of Nations
|-
| align="center"|17 || rowspan="2"|10 October 1992 || rowspan="2"|Lagos, Nigeria || rowspan="2"|{{fb|RSA|1982}} || align="center"|3–0 || rowspan="2" align="center"|4–0 || rowspan="2"|[[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|1994 World Cup qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|18 || align="center"|4–0
|-
| align="center"|19 || 20 December 1992 || [[Pointe-Noire]], Congo || {{fb|CGO}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || 1994 World Cup qualification
|-
| align="center"|20 || 25 April 1993 || Lagos, Nigeria || {{fb|SDN}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|4–0 || [[1994 African Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|21 || 2 May 1993 || Abidjan, Ivory Coast || {{fb|CIV}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–2 || 1994 World Cup qualification
|-
| align="center"|22 || rowspan="2"|3 July 1993 || rowspan="2"|Lagos, Nigeria || rowspan="2"|{{fb|ALG}} || align="center"|2–1 || rowspan="2" align="center"|4–1 || rowspan="2"|1994 World Cup qualification
|-
| align="center"|23 || align="center"|3–1
|-
| align="center"|24 || rowspan="3"|24 July 1993 || rowspan="3"|Lagos, Nigeria || rowspan="3"|{{fb|ETH|1991}} || align="center"|2–0 || rowspan="3" align="center"|6–0 || rowspan="3"|1994 African Cup of Nations qualification
|-
| align="center"|25 || align="center"|3–0
|-
| align="center"|26 || align="center"|5–0
|-
| align="center"|27 || rowspan="2"|25 September 1993 || rowspan="2"|Lagos, Nigeria || rowspan="2"|{{fb|CIV}} || align="center"|3–1 || rowspan="2" align="center"|4–1 || rowspan="2"|1994 World Cup qualification
|-
| align="center"|28 || align="center"|4–1
|-
| align="center"|29 || rowspan="2"|26 March 1994 || rowspan="2"|[[Tunis]], Tunisia || rowspan="2"|{{fb|GAB}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" align="center"|3–0 || rowspan="2"|[[1994 African Cup of Nations]]
|-
| align="center"|30 || align="center"|3–0
|-
| align="center"|31 || rowspan="2"|2 April 1994 || rowspan="2"|Tunis, Tunisia || rowspan="2"|{{fb|ZAI}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" align="center"|2–0 || rowspan="2"|1994 African Cup of Nations
|-
| align="center"|32 || align="center"|2–0
|-
| align="center"|33 || 6 April 1994 || Tunis, Tunisia || {{fb|CIV}} || align="center"|2–2 || align="center"|2–2 || 1994 African Cup of Nations
|-
| align="center"|34 || rowspan="2"|11 June 1994 || rowspan="2"|[[Ibadan]], Nigeria || rowspan="2"|{{fb|GEO|1990}} || align="center"|2–1 || rowspan="2" align="center"|5–1 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|35 || align="center"|3–1
|-
| align="center"|36 || 21 June 1994 || [[Dallas]], United States || {{fb|BUL}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|3–0 || [[1994 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| align="center"|37 || 22 February 1998 || [[Kingston, Jamaica]] || {{fb|JAM}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–2 || Friendly
|}

==Honors==
'''Shooting Stars'''
*[[CAF Champions League]] runner-up: [[1984 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1984]]
*[[Nigerian Premier League]]: 1983

'''Abiola Babes'''
*[[Nigerian FA Cup]]: 1985, 1987

'''Africa Sports'''
*[[Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division]]: 1987, 1988, 1989, 1999
*[[Côte d'Ivoire Cup]]: 1989, 2002
*[[Coupe Houphouët-Boigny]]: 1987, 1988, 1989

'''Al Shabab'''
*[[Crown Prince Cup]]: 1999

'''Nigeria'''
*[[African Cup of Nations]]: [[1994 African Cup of Nations|1994]]; runner-up: [[1984 African Cup of Nations|1984]], [[1988 African Cup of Nations|1988]], [[1990 African Cup of Nations|1990]]; third place: [[1992 African Cup of Nations|1992]]
*[[CSSA Nations Cup]] third place: [[1987 West African Nations Cup|1987]]
*[[CEDEAO Cup]]: [[CEDEAO Cup#1990 CEDEAO Cup|1990]]
*[[World Soccer (magazine)|World Team of the Year]]: 1996
*[[CAF Awards#African National Team of the Year|African National Team of the Year]]: 1993, 1994

'''Individual'''
*[[African Cup of Nations]] best player: [[1994 African Cup of Nations|1994]]
*[[African Cup of Nations]] top goalscorer: [[1992 African Cup of Nations|1992]], [[1994 African Cup of Nations|1994]]
*[[Africa Cup of Nations awards#Team of the Tournament|African Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament]]: [[1992 African Cup of Nations#CAF Team of the Tournament|1992]], [[1994 African Cup of Nations#CAF Team of the Tournament|1994]]
*[[Confederation of African Football#CAF Golden Jubilee Best Players poll|CAF Golden Jubilee Best Players poll]]

==Personal life==
Yekini married three wives. He had three daughters, named Yemisi, Omoyemi and Damilola.<ref name=Premium>{{cite news|url=http://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/5090-agony_of_rashidi_yekini_s_three-year_old_daughter.html|title=The agony of Rashidi Yekini's three-year old daughter|publisher=[[Premium Times]]|date=2012|access-date=10 August 2017|archive-date=10 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810091018/http://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/5090-agony_of_rashidi_yekini_s_three-year_old_daughter.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Punch>{{cite news|url=http://punchng.com/want-fathers-death-investigated-yemisi-yekini/|title=I want my father's death investigated — Yemisi Yekini|publisher=[[The Punch]]|date=19 July 2016|access-date=10 August 2017|archive-date=10 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810090901/http://punchng.com/want-fathers-death-investigated-yemisi-yekini/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Death==
Yekini was reported to be ill for an extended period of time. In 2011, news media in Nigeria begun issuing reports of his failing health, and he was said to suffer from bipolar disorder and some other undisclosed psychiatric condition. He died in [[Ibadan]] on 4 May 2012 at the young age of 48,<ref name="DEATH"/> the news being confirmed by former national teammates [[Mutiu Adepoju]] and [[Ike Shorunmu]];<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribune.com.ng/sat/index.php/front-page-articles/7296-rashidi-yekini-is-dead-survived-by-3-wives-3-children-ogunjobi-odegbami-others-react.html|title=Rashidi Yekini dead: Ex-players react|publisher=Tribune|date=4 May 2012|access-date=5 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203022229/http://www.tribune.com.ng/sat/index.php/front-page-articles/7296-rashidi-yekini-is-dead-survived-by-3-wives-3-children-ogunjobi-odegbami-others-react.html|archive-date=3 December 2013}}</ref> he was buried at his residence in Ira, [[Kwara State]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/4958-updates_on_rashidi_yekini_s_burial.html|title=An era ends: Rashidi Yekini buried in Kwara as hundreds weep|publisher=Premium Times|date=May 2012|access-date=15 March 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402104542/http://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/4958-updates_on_rashidi_yekini_s_burial.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He was surrounded by his aged mother, brother, wives and children, among others.<ref name=Premium/><ref name=Punch/>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://marteloderubinero.com/index.php?/archives/191-Rashidi-Yekini-Nigerias-goal-scoring-legend.html Rashidi Yekini: Nigeria's goal-scoring legend]

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