Rashidi Yekini

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association football player human

Rashidi Yekini was a prolific Nigerian striker and the country’s all-time leading goalscorer, best remembered for his iconic celebration at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

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Label Occurrences
Rashidi Yekini canonical 8
featuring Rashidi Yekini early in his career 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf association football player ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
surface form: Africa Cup of Nations top scorer

African Footballer of the Year ⓘ
Portuguese Liga top scorer ⓘ
capsForNationalTeam over 50 ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
continentOfCitizenship Africa ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Nigeria ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1963-10-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2012-05-04 ⓘ
familyName Yekini ⓘ
fullName Rashidi Yekini self-link ⓘ
givenName Rashid ⓘ
surface form: Rashidi
goalsScoredForNationalTeam 37 ⓘ
height approximately 1.90 m ⓘ
leagueParticipatedIn La Liga ⓘ
Primeira Liga ⓘ
Saudi Pro League ⓘ
Super League Greece ⓘ
Swiss Super League ⓘ
legacy considered one of Nigeria’s greatest footballers ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam Nigeria national football team ⓘ
nationality Nigerian ⓘ
notableAchievement Nigeria national team all-time leading goalscorer ⓘ
notableFor iconic goal celebration against Bulgaria at the 1994 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
occupation footballer ⓘ
participatedIn Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
surface form: 1992 Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
surface form: 1994 Africa Cup of Nations

1994 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
1998 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kaduna ⓘ
surface form: Kaduna, Nigeria
placeOfDeath Ibadan ⓘ
surface form: Ibadan, Nigeria
playedForClub Abiola Babes F.C. ⓘ
Africa Sports d’Abidjan ⓘ
Al Shabab FC ⓘ
surface form: Al-Shabab Riyadh

FC Zürich ⓘ
Gateway United F.C. ⓘ
Julius Berger F.C. ⓘ
Olympiacos FC ⓘ
surface form: Olympiacos F.C.

Shooting Stars S.C. ⓘ
Sporting de Gijón ⓘ
Vitória F.C. (Setúbal) ⓘ
positionPlayedOnTeam forward ⓘ
striker ⓘ
representedCountryInSport Nigeria ⓘ
scoredInMatch FIFA World Cup 1994 matches ⓘ
surface form: Nigeria vs Bulgaria, 1994 FIFA World Cup group stage
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sport association football ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nigeria national football team → notablePlayer → Rashidi Yekini ⓘ
Rashidi Yekini → fullName → Rashidi Yekini self-link ⓘ
Abiola Babes F.C. → notablePlayer → Rashidi Yekini ⓘ
Abiola Babes F.C. → notableFor → Rashidi Yekini ⓘ
this entity surface form: featuring Rashidi Yekini early in his career
Julius Berger F.C. → notableFormerPlayer → Rashidi Yekini ⓘ
Julius Berger F.C. → developedPlayer → Rashidi Yekini ⓘ
Nigerian Footballer of the Year → hasRecipient → Rashidi Yekini ⓘ
Gateway United F.C. → hasFormerPlayer → Rashidi Yekini ⓘ
Gateway United F.C. → notablePlayer → Rashidi Yekini ⓘ