Rashidi Yekini An haifi marigayi Rashidi Yekini ne a garin Kaduna dake arewacin Najeriya, a ranar 23 ga watan Ogusta shekarar ta 1963. Yakini tun yana da shekarun haihuwa 18 ya soma taka leda a babban mataki inda ya fara da ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta UNTL dake garin Kaduna a shekarar ta 1981. Bayan shekaru kusan biyu sai ya koma ƙungiyar Shooting Stars ta garin Badin wato jihar Oyo, daga nan kuma ya koma Abiola Babes daga shekarar 1984 zuwa 1987. Rashidi Yekini ya tafi ƙasar Ivory Coast inda ƙungiyar Africa Sports ta siye shi don ya murza mata leda, kuma ya shafe shekaru uku a ƙasar kafin ya tsallaka Turai a shekarar 1990 lokacin da ƙungiyar Victória Setúbal ta ƙasar Potugal ta siyeshi. Kuma a kakar wasa ta shekarar 1993 zuwa 1994, Yekini ya kasance ɗan ƙwallon da yafi kowa cin kwallaye a gasar ƙwallon Portugal, inda zira kwallaye 34 cikin wasanni 32. A shekarar 1994 kuwa, Rashidi Yekini ya koma ƙasar Girka ne da taka leda inda ƙungiyar Olympiacos ta siyeshi. Daga nan kuma ya koma murza leda a gasar La Liga tare da Sporting Gijon amma bayan shekara guda sai ya kara komawa tsohuwar ƙungiyar ta Portugal wato Vitoria Setubal.