Rashidi Yekini
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 October 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Kaduna, Nigeria | ||
| Date of death | 4 May 2012 (aged 48) | ||
| Place of death | Ibadan, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1982 | UNTL Kaduna | ||
| 1982–1984 | Shooting Stars | 53 | (45) |
| 1984–1987 | Abiola Babes | ||
| 1987–1990 | Africa Sports | ||
| 1990–1994 | Vitória Setúbal | 114 | (90) |
| 1994–1995 | Olympiacos | 4 | (2) |
| 1995–1996 | Sporting Gijón | 14 | (3) |
| 1997 | Vitória Setúbal | 14 | (3) |
| 1997–1998 | Zürich | 28 | (14) |
| 1998–1999 | Bizerte | ||
| 1999 | Al-Shabab | ||
| 1999–2002 | Africa Sports | ||
| 2002–2003 | Julius Berger | ||
| 2005 | Gateway | 26 | (7) |
| Total | 253 | (164) | |
| National team | |||
| 1984–1998 | Nigeria | 58 | (37) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Rashidi Yekini (23 October 1963 – 4 May 2012) was a Nigerian footballer who played as a striker.
His professional career, which spanned more than two decades, was mainly associated with Vitória de Setúbal in Portugal, but he also played in seven other countries, including Gateway United FC in Nigeria.
Yekini scored 37 goals as a Nigerian international, and represented the nation in five major tournaments, including two 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.
Yekini was born in Kaduna, of Yoruba origin. After starting his professional career in the Nigerian league, he moved to Côte d'Ivoire to play for Africa Sports National, and from there he went to Portugal and Vitória de Setúbal where he experienced his most memorable years, eventually becoming the Primeira Liga's top scorer in the 1993–94 season after scoring 21 goals; the previous campaign he had netted a career-best 34 in 32 games to help the Sadinos promote from the second division, and those performances earned him the title of African Footballer of the Year once, the first ever for his country Nigeria.
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