3.Rashidi Yekini – Nigeria
His professional career, which spanned more than two decades, was mainly associated with Vitória de Setúbal in Portugal.
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During his era with the Nigerian football team, Yekini scored 37 international goals and represented the nation in five major tournaments, including two World Cups where he scored the country’s first-ever goal in the competition.
In Senegal 1992 and Tunisia 1994 he was given the accolade as the overall goal scorer with 4 goals and 5 goals respectively. In all he has scored 13 Nations Cup goals for the Super Eagles
He was also named the African Footballer of the Year in 1993.
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