Rashidi Yekini Is Trully A Role Model - Dimeji Lawal

[Folami David]

Erstwhile Super Eagles striker,Dimeji Lawal, has labelled former teammate, the late Rashidi Yekini as a down to earth person.
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The former Real Madrid of Spain star opined that, the Eagles goal king will be remembered for his unique attitude of putting smiles on peoples' faces. Lawal, added that Yekini's death should be a lesson to all. "Yekini was no doubt a down to earth person " he begins'.
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"One unique attribute or rather human quality of Rashidi Yekini, was making people laugh and happy through cracking of jokes and funny conversations. If you were close to him, the way and manner he talked and played was enough to make you crack your ribs with laughter. He was a very honest and transparent person who didn't have time to keep malice with anybody, And a lesson to all the upcoming footballers.
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He however doubted the former Vitória Setúbal of Portugal forward's goalscoring feat for club and country could ever be met.
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"This is a man that scored over 30 goals for a Portuguese elite club, he was holding the Nations Cup highest goal scorer record up till the time he died and also scored Nigeria's first World Cup goal in USA '94, so, what else do you want? His goal scoring record will surely be very hard to equal or surpass" insists Dimeji.
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"This man was simply great and we will all miss him."
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Till his death, Yekini was the top scorer of his national team, scoring thirty seven goals in fifty eight appearances and scoring over one hundred and fifty goals during his two hundred and forty seven appearances for all his club sides.
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Rashidi Yekini died in Ibadan on May 4, 2012 at the age of 48.