#ThrowBack: Nigeria's first goal at the World Cup. "The moment of Glory"



On the night of June 21, late Super Eagles striker Rashidi Yekini entered the history books after scoring Nigeria's first goal at the FIFA World Cup.
Rashidi Yekini latched on to a cross from Finidi George to score a tap in and followed it up with one of the iconic goal celebration of the World Cup.
After scoring what he knew was the first goal of Nigeria at the World Cup, the then reigning African Footballer of the Year ran into the goals, grabbed the net, and shook it endlessly while screaming to the high heavens

Personality Profile : Rashidi Yekini (23 October 1963 – 4 May 2012) was a Nigerian footballer who played as a striker.

His professional career, which spanned more than two decades, was mainly associated with Vitória de Setúbal in Portugal, but he also played in six other countries his own notwithstanding.[1]

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 in 1993.[