Yekini Missing as Ronaldo, Weah, Others Named In All-Time Best 'Number 9' Strikers In Football

Nigeria’s Rashidi Yekini has been ignored among the all-time best strikers in the latest compilation by top football outlet, GOAL.

The late Nigerian legend who wore jersey number 9 for Nigeria scored over 200 goals during his remarkable career including 37 for the Super Eagles.

Goal scoring is an art, a special talent that can’t just be found in in a footballer, but there are strikers who find the back of the net for fun. 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.

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.

Here is the list:

1. Alan Shearer – England

2. Ronaldo – Brazil

3. Robert Lewandowski – Poland

4. Gabriel Batistuta – Argentina.

5. George Weah – Liberia

6. Harry Kane – England

7. Marco van Basten - Netherlands

8. Zlatan Ibrahimovic – Sweden

9. Ruud van Nistelrooy – Netherlands

10. Karim Benzema – France.