The Lille frontman in on pace to overtake the legendary Super Eagles forward, but will he maintain impressive scoring ratio?
Rashidi Yekini’s place in the pantheon of Nigerian football history is cemented.
The late frontman scored the Super Eagles’ first ever World Cup goal against Bulgaria in 1994, matched with an iconic celebration, and currently sits as the country’s top scorer with 37 strikes in 58 caps.
In addition, the departed forward was the first Nigerian to win the African Footballer of the Year award in 1993, a feat that heralded more successes for the West African nation for the remainder of the 90s: Emmanuel Amunike picked up the award the very next year and was beaten to successive awards by George Weah in 1995, while Daniel Amokachi came in at third.