Sport: Blatter Pays Tribute To Rashidi Yekini

FIFA President, Sepp Blatter has paid tribute to late Nigeria striker Rashidi Yekini.The formal striker Rashidi Yekini died last year after lenghty illness. Yekini scored 37 goals as a Nigerian international , and represented the nation in five major tournaments, including two World Cups , where he scored the country's first-ever goal in the competition. He was also named the African Footballer of the Year once. Blatter has now used his twitter to hail the formal striker saying; "Rasheed Yekini would have been 50 today. His name as scorer of Nigeria's 1st World Cup finals goal, lives on. pic.twitter.com/B0H6dlMJFO"

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