# Rashidi Yekini

> Rashidi Yekini was a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a forward. Yekini is widely regarded as one of the greatest Nigerian footballers of all time and one of the greatest players from the continent of Africa. Powerful, fast, and clinical in front of goal. His emotional World Cup celebration became one of the most iconic moments in Nigerian sports history. He was known by his Nigerian team mates and fans as "The Goals Father", he scored more than 480 goals in over 670 games in his career.

*Nigerian footballer (1963-2012)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/rashidi-yekini

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Football / Soccer Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857))
- **Category:** Footballers
- **Country:** Nigeria
- **Born:** 1963-10-23
- **Died:** 2012-05-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 57.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 5.3 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 21.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #99

## Sources
- [Йекини, Рашиди](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B8)
- [رشيدي يقيني](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A)
- [رشيدى يقينى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%89)
- [رشیدی یکینی](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C_%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C)
- [Rashidi Yekini](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashidi_Yekini)
- [Rashidi Yekini](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashidi_Yekini)
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- [Ρασίντ Γιεκινί](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%93%CE%B9%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%AF)
- [Rashidi Yekini](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashidi_Yekini)
- [Rashidi Yekini](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashidi_Yekini)
- [رشیدی یکینی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C_%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C)
- [Rashidi Yekini](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashidi_Yekini)
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- [ראשידי יקיני](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%93%D7%99_%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99)
- [Rashidi Yekini](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashidi_Yekini)
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- [ラシディ・イエキニ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B7%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A8%E3%82%AD%E3%83%8B)
- [라시디 예키니](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9D%BC%EC%8B%9C%EB%94%94_%EC%98%88%ED%82%A4%EB%8B%88)
- [Rashidi Yekini](https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashidi_Yekini)
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- [Rashidi Yekini](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashidi_Yekini)
- [Rashid Yekini](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashid_Yekini)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q320194)

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