Ex-Real Madrid star Mutiu Adepoju has paid an emotional tribute to Rasheed Yekini on his eighth year of remembrance.
Yekini, famed for becoming the first Nigerian to be named African Player of the Year and the country’s first goalscorer at the Fifa World Cup, died at the age of 48 on May 8, 2012.
The gangling striker also holds the record as the Super Eagles’ all-time top scorer having accrued 37 goals in 58 international outings.
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The former Vitoria Setubal man also led the Class of 94 which included Adepoju, Emmanuel Amuneke, Peter Rufai and Augustine Eguavoen to win the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia.