Saturday, May 4, 2013
Former Nigerian football stars play in memory of late Super Eagles legend, Rashidi Yekini
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Former African Footballer of the
Year Rashidi Yekini who featured for Nigeria at the 1994 and 1998 World Cups was
on Friday remembered by a testimonial match in Ibadan a year after he died.
The former Shooting Stars and
Nigerian striker died at the age of 47 on May 4 2012 after a brief illness.
The memorial match was held at the
Lekan Salami Stadium, Ibadan, Nigeria and was played between the All Stars of
Ibadan (Friends of Rashidi Yekini) against BRF All Stars of Lagos State on
Friday.
The late Yekini remains one of Nigeria’s
most prolific strikers with an all-time record of 37 goals and was the first
Nigerian star to be named Africa’s best player in 1993. His goals
qualified Nigeria for a first-ever World Cup in 1994 and he went on to score
the country’s first-ever goal at tournament.
Among many other tributes from past
Super Eagles stars, former -Eagles star Garba Lawal told MTNFootball.com
Yekini’s shoes are too big to be filled soon.
"Nobody is close to filling Yekini's shoes. He was a legend. There is one
and only ‘Gangling Rashidi’ Yekini. None of the present Eagles can be like him.
In fact no one can replace him in this century," said Lawal. mtnfootball
Ibadan All-Stars, renamed Yekini
Friends, beat their Lagos counterparts 2-1 on Friday to remember the legendary
Rashidi Yekini who died a year ago.
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