Rashidi Yekini (1963 – 2012)
The image above is one of the most enduring in world football. Rashidi Yekini’s outpouring of emotion after scorning his county’s first ever goal in a world cup during the ’94 tournament in America.
I remember his closed eyes and pumping clenched fists through the nets as his mind succumbed to the moment. They are nick-named the ‘Super Eagles’, but for those 3 weeks in America Yekini was their lion. Sad day for football.
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