Tag: Rashidi Yekini

The most prolific striker in Nigeria's football history died on May 4, 2012, aged only 48 Late Super Eagles forward Rashidi Yekini has been given a posthumous national award over ...

With 15 goals in 22 games, Victor Osimhen currently has the best goals-per-game ratio of any striker who has donned the Super Eagles jersey The Napoli forward who has been ...

After scoring four goals against Sao Tomé and Principe, the Napoli forward rose to 10th on the scorers’ list Victor Osimhen only made his debut five years ago and he ...

Ten years to the day the legendary forward departed this realm, one of his former teammates has seized the opportunity to bless his memory Former Racing Santander and Real Sociedad ...

Tragedy struck on this day ten years ago when Rashidi Yekini’s death was announced. Beautiful memories forged teardrops. The painful reality of an everlasting absence meant lovers will wail. The ...

The 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations kicks off on Sunday, January 9, with Nigeria one of the 24 teams contesting for the biggest prize in African football. ...

In Rashidi Yekini, Nwankwo Kanu, Victor Ikpeba, Julius Aghahowa, and Daniel Amokachi, Nigeria have unleashed some fine strikers on the rest of Africa and the world over the years.  But ...

The former Super Eagles captain in his book alleged that senior members of the USA 94 squad were not happy with the late striker ahead of the World Cup, but ...

The legendary attacker is generally regarded as Nigeria's greatest striker in history, but the Napoli ace believes he is on the path to writing his own history Super Eagles forward, ...

The legendary striker is the most prolific Nigerian ever and the first to score for the West Africans at the World Cup, but there's the man who gave him a ...