Photo of Late Rashidi Yekini’s Mother Selling Bread For Survival Goes Viral

The woman (pictured above) is Alhaja Sidikat Yekini. She is the mother of one of Nigeria’s greatest footballer, Rashidi Yekini.

Rashidi Yekini 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.

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.

Yekini was the national record goalscorer. He was part of the team that participated in 1994, where he netted Nigeria’s first-ever goal in a World Cup, in a 3–0 win against Bulgaria, his celebration after scoring, crying while holding the goal’s net, became one of the iconic images of the tournament.

Its unfortunate that after his heroic contribution to his fatherland, his works are soon forgotten as his mother had become a menial trader who sells bread in Kwara state.