Sports News of Monday, 1 March 2021
Source: www.mynigeria.com
Nigeria's legendary striker, Rashidi Yekini missed out on the all-time best strikers list in the latest compilation by top football platform, GOAL.
This is despite scoring 200 career goals and 37 for the Super Eagles. He donned the number 9 jersey during his playing days.
Goal scoring is an art, a special talent that can’t just be found in a footballer, but there are strikers who find the back of the net for fun, Legit.ng reports.
The number 9 jersey is more or less ‘sacred’ only reserved for a particular striker who can, in a twinkle of an eye, get the ball in the back of the net.
Alan Shearer who scored 260 goals in 441 Premier League appearances and struck 30 goals in 63 games for England was mentioned.
According to Legit.ng, Liberian legend George Weah who won the Ballon d’Or in 1995 revolutionized the number 9 shirt in the 1990s bringing greater emphasis on power, speed and skill.
Of course, Ronaldo Nazario de Lima who many consider as one of the greatest strikers of all-time was named in the list.
Better kown as 'The Phenomenon' in Brazil, Ronaldo is widely regarded as one of the best Number 9s ever to grace a football pitch.