Rashidi Yekini - Goals in International Matches (original) (raw)

The outstanding Nigerian player scored 37 international goals for his National Team, which is the record number of goals scored by an individual player for Nigeria. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Born: 23-10-1963 Died: 4- 5-2012 Country: Nigeria Caps: 62 (W31 � D18 � L13 � GF102 � GA55 - %64.51) Goals: 37 (0.60 per match) Age First Cap: 20 yr 7 d 30/10/1983 vs. Ghana 2-1 OG Qualifier Age Last Cap: 34 yr 248 d 28/ 6/1998 vs. Denmark 1-4 World Cup National Team Career: 14 yr 241 d

Caps Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition 1 - - 30/10/83 Accra, GHA Ghana 2-1 OG Qualifier 2 - - 26/ 2/84 Casablanca, MAR Morocco 0-0 [1] OG Qualifier 3 - - 5/ 3/84 Bouak�, IVC Ghana 2-1 African Nations Cup
4 - - 8/ 3/84 Bouak�, IVC Malawi 2-2 African Nations Cup
5 - - 11/ 3/84 Bouak�, IVC Algeria 0-0 African Nations Cup
6 - - 14/ 3/84 Bouak�, IVC Egypt 2-2 [2] African Nations Cup
7 1 1 6/ 4/85 Nairobi, KEN Kenya 3-0 WC Qualifier 8 1 2 20/ 4/85 Lagos, NGA Kenya 3-1 WC Qualifier 9 - 2 15/ 6/85 Benin, NGA Ivory Coast 0-0 10 - 2 19/ 6/85 Kano, NGA Ivory Coast 2-0 11 1 3 23/ 6/85 Abidjan, IVC Ivory Coast 1-1 12 1 4 26/ 6/85 Bouak�, IVC Ivory Coast 1-1 13 - 4 6/ 7/85 Lagos, NGA Tunisia 1-0 WC Qualifier
14 - 4 20/ 7/85 Tunis, TUN Tunisia 0-2 WC Qualifier 15 - 4 4/10/87 Harare, ZIM Zimbabwe 0-0 OG Qualifier 16 - 4 17/10/87 Lagos, NGA Zimbabwe 2-0 OG Qualifier 17 1 5 14/ 3/88 Rabat, MAR Kenya 3-0 African Nations Cup 18 - 5 17/ 3/88 Rabat, MAR Cameroon 1-1 African Nations Cup 19 - 5 20/ 3/88 Rabat, MAR Egypt 0-0 African Nations Cup 20 - 5 23/ 3/88 Rabat, MAR Algeria 1-1 [3] African Nations Cup 21 - 5 27/ 3/88 Rabat, MAR Cameroon 0-1 African Nations Cup

- - 18/ 9/88 Seoul, KOR Brazil 0-4 Olympic Games
(1) - 20/ 9/88 Seoul, KOR Yugoslavia 1-3 Olympic Games
- - 22/ 9/88 Seoul, KOR Australia 0-1 Olympic Games 22 - 5 2/ 3/90 Alger, ALG Algeria 1-5 African Nations Cup 23 1 6 5/ 3/90 Alger, ALG Egypt 1-0 African Nations Cup 24 1 7 8/ 3/90 Alger, ALG Ivory Coast 1-0 African Nations Cup 25 1 8 12/ 3/90 Alger, ALG Zambia 2-0 African Nations Cup 26 - 8 15/ 3/90 Alger, ALG Algeria 0-1 African Nations Cup 27 - 8 2/ 9/90 Kumasi, GHA Ghana 0-1 ANC Qualifier 28 4 12 27/ 7/91 Lagos, NGA Burkina Faso 7-1 ANC Qualifier 29 - 12 14/ 1/92 Dakar, SEN Senegal 2-1 African Nations Cup 30 2 14 14/ 1/92 Dakar, SEN Kenya 2-1 African Nations Cup 31 1 15 19/ 1/92 Dakar, SEN Zaire 1-0 African Nations Cup 32 - 15 23/ 1/92 Dakar, SEN Ghana 1-2 African Nations Cup 33 1 16 25/ 1/92 Dakar, SEN Cameroon 2-1 African Nations Cup 34 2 18 10/10/92 Lagos, NGA South Africa 4-0 WC Qualifier 35 1 19 20/12/92 Pointe-Noire,CGO Congo Brazz. 1-0 WC Qualifier 36 - 19 16/ 1/93 Johannesburg,RSA South Africa 0-0 WC Qualifier 37 1 20 24/ 4/93 Enugu, NGA Sudan 4-0 ANC Qualifier 38 1 21 2/ 5/93 Abidjan, CIV Ivory Coast 1-2 WC Qualifier 39 2 23 3/ 7/93 Lagos, NGA Algeria 4-1 WC Qualifier 40 - 23 17/ 7/93 Kampala, UGA Uganda 0-0 ANC Qualifier 41 3 26 24/ 7/93 Lagos, NGA Ethiopia 6-0 ANC Qualifier 42 2 28 25/ 9/93 Lagos, NGA Ivory Coast 4-1 WC Qualifier 43 - 28 8/10/93 Alger, ALG Algeria 1-1 WC Qualifier 44 - 28 9/ 3/94 Lagos, NGA Ghana 0-0
    45 2 30 26/ 3/94 Tunis, TUN Gabon 3-0 African Nations Cup 46 - 30 30/ 3/94 Tunis, TUN Egypt 0-0 African Nations Cup 47 2 32 2/ 4/94 Tunis, TUN Zaire 2-0 African Nations Cup 48 1 33 6/ 4/94 Tunis, TUN Ivory Coast 2-2 [4] African Nations Cup 49 - 33 10/ 4/94 Tunis, TUN Zambia 2-1 African Nations Cup 50 2 35 11/ 6/94 Ibadan, NGA Georgia 5-1 51 1 36 21/ 6/94 Dallas, USA Bulgaria 3-0 World Cup 52 - 36 25/ 6/94 Boston, USA Argentina 1-2 World Cup 53 - 36 30/ 6/94 Boston, USA Greece 2-0 World Cup 54 - 36 5/ 7/94 Boston, USA Italy 1-2 World Cup 55 - 36 14/11/94 London, ENG England 0-1 56 - 36 9/11/96 Lagos, NGA Burkina Faso 2-0 WC Qualifier 57 1 37 22/ 2/98 Kingston, JAM Jamaica 2-2 58 - 37 29/ 5/98 Beograd, YUG Yugoslavia 0-3 59 - 37 13/ 6/98 Nantes, FRA Spain 3-2 World Cup 60 - 37 19/ 6/98 Paris, FRA Bulgaria 1-0 World Cup 61 - 37 24/ 6/98 Toulouse, FRA Paraguay 1-3 World Cup 62 - 37 28/ 6/98 Paris, FRA Denmark 1-4 World Cup

[1] Nigeria lost 3-4 on penalty kicks [2] Nigeria won 8-7 on penalty kicks [3] Nigeria won 9-8 on penalty kicks [4] Nigeria won 4-2 on penalty kicks

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 62 31 18 13 102- 55 80 64.51

37 Goals in 62 Matches (0.60 per match)

Types of Matches and Goals

                 Matches  Goals

Friendlies 9 5 World Cup 8 1 World Cup Qualifiers 12 10 African Nations Cup 24 13 ANC Qualifiers 5 8 OG Qualifiers 4 0

Total 62 37

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Author: Jarek Owsianski Last updated: 12 Mar 2015