Abdulrahman Taiwo
Personal information
Full name Abdulrahman Taiwo
Date of birth (1998-08-05) 5 August 1998
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward[1]
Team information
Current team
 Riga
Number 19
Youth career
Abees Academy Abuja
Kwara United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Kwara United
2017 Bursaspor 0 (0)
2017 Zbrojovka Brno 0 (0)
2018–2019 Nitra 18 (3)
2019–2021 DAC Dunajská Streda 33 (10)
2020 → Karviná (loan) 13 (3)
2020 → Zemplín Michalovce (loan) 8 (6)
2021–2023 SønderjyskE 17 (1)
2022–2023 → Spartak Trnava (loan) 21 (14)
2023– Riga 7 (3)
International career
2016 Nigeria U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2023

Abdulrahman Taiwo (born 5 August 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Riga.[2]

Club career

Taiwo played in Nigeria with Abees Academy Abuja and Kwara United.[3][4] In 2017, he had a nine-month stint with Turkish club Bursaspor, which preceded a move to FC Zbrojovka Brno of the Czech First League in September 2017.[5][6][7] In January 2018, Taiwo completed a transfer to Slovakia to join Nitra.[8][9] He scored five goals in pre-season for Nitra, notably netting braces against ex-team FC Zbrojovka Brno and MTK Budapest respectively.[10][11] He made his debut on 28 July in the Slovak Super Liga, featuring for the full duration of a 2–1 loss against Žilina.[2] Taiwo's first competitive goal came in August versus Slovan Bratislava.[2]

In January 2019, Taiwo moved across Slovakia to DAC Dunajská Streda.[4] A year later, after six goals for DAC, Taiwo returned to the Czech First League on loan with Karviná.[2][12] He scored on debut versus Zlín on 15 February 2020.[2][13]

On 19 August 2021, Taiwo joined Danish Superliga club Sønderjyske on a deal until June 2025.[14] On 5 September 2022, it emerged that a rift had arisen between the management of SønderjyskE and Taiwo. As a result, he was sent down to the U19 team, but that decision didn't have the support of the first-team squad. Shortly after, he was back in the first team squad.[15] On 6 September 2022, the club confirmed that Taiwo had left the club to join Slovak side FC Spartak Trnava on a loan deal for the 2022-23 season.[16][17]

On 17 July 2023, Taiwo joined Latvian side Riga FC.[18]

International career

In June 2016, Taiwo was selected for the Nigeria U23s' provisional squad ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[19] However, he wasn't picked in Samson Siasia's final selection.[20] Taiwo did represent the U23s at the 2016 Suwon Invitational Tournament a month prior.[21]

Honours

Spartak Trnava

Career statistics

As of 23 June 2020.[2]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bursaspor 2016–17 Süper Lig 0000—0000
FC Zbrojovka Brno 2017–18 First League 0000—0000
Nitra 2018–19 Super Liga 18300—00183
DAC Dunajská Streda 9400—0094
2019–20 92102[lower-alpha 1]000122
Total 186102000306
Karviná (loan) 2019–20 First League 12300—00123
Career total 49131020005213
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League

References

  1. ↑ "Abdulrahman Taiwo". World Football. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Nigeria - A. Taiwo". Soccerway. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Kwara hit amateurs for seven in Cup". SuperSport. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Dunajská Streda podpísala trojročnú zmluvu s Taiwom". MY Nitra. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Zbrojovka přivedla portugalského beka Gomeze a nigerijského útočníka Taiwa". Brnensky Denik. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Abdulrahman Taiwo - Nitra". Football Database. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Abdulrahman Taiwo Nitra - Soccer iDNES.cz". iDNES.cz. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Pod Zoborom začala zimná príprava". FC Nitra. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Z Nitry do AS Rím a naspäť: Najväčší slovenský útočnícky talent je späť". Sport7. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "NIT 3-0 BRN - Nitra - Brno - Match Summary". FlashScore. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "MTK 3-3 NIT - MTK Budapest - Nitra - Match Summary". FlashScore. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "Posila do útoku. Karviná získala Taiwa z Nigérie". Deník. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  13. ↑ "Nigerijský hráč Karviné Abdulrahman Taiwo: Všichni v klubu jsme jako rodina". Deník. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  14. ↑ NIGERIANSK ANGRIBER TIL SØNDERJYSKE, soenderjyske.dk, 19 August 2021
  15. ↑ Splid i SønderjyskE: Uærlig Taiwo er sendt på U19-holdet, bold.dk, 5 September 2022
  16. ↑ Do Spartaka prichádza Taiwo, fcspartaktrnava.com, 6 September 2022
  17. ↑ TAIWO UDLEJES TIL SLOVAKISK KLUB, soenderjyske.dk, 6 September 2022
  18. ↑ STRIKER TAIVO BECOMES A "RIGA" PLAYER, rigafc.lv, 17 July 2023
  19. ↑ "Kelechi Iheanacho included in Nigeria's Olympics squad". BBC Sport. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  20. ↑ "Siasia names Mikel, 17 others for Rio 2016". Pulse. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  21. ↑ "Siasia names Okechukwu, Awoniyi, 18 others for Suwon pre-Olympics tournament". Goal. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
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