The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), also paid its respects to the legend via the body’s official twitter handle (@thenff), dubbing Yekini, the ‘Yeking of goals.’??Rashidi Yekini, scorer of @NGSuperEagles‘s first goal at the #WorldCup, would have been 55 today.
The celebration from Nigeria’s record goal-scorer will live on in World Cup folklore. pic.twitter.com/Kfv0waQJLG — FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) October 23, 2018
Fans also took to their twitter handles to celebrate the icon who many remember as the best number 9 Nigeria has ever had. Yekini was born on the 23rd of October 1963, in Kaduna, and died on the the 4th of May 2012, in Ibadan, Oyo State.Posthumous Birthday shout-out to our legend, ‘Yeking of goals,’ Late Rashidi Yekini. Power, pace and precision best describe Yekini on the pitch. The big man would have been 55 today. He remains the all-time top scorer of the @NGSuperEagles with 37 goals. Rest on legend!??pic.twitter.com/J0PTjZCIZO
— The NFF ??(@thenff) October 23, 2018
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