| Abdulrahman Taiwo | |
| Fullname: | Abdulrahman Taiwo |
| Birth Date: | 5 August 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Lagos, Nigeria |
| Height: | 1.850NaN0 |
| Position: | Forward[1] |
| Currentclub: | Auda (on loan from Riga) |
| Clubnumber: | 25 |
| Youthclubs1: | Abees Academy Abuja |
| Youthclubs2: | Kwara United |
| Years1: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Kwara United |
| Years2: | 2017 |
| Clubs2: | Bursaspor |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2017 |
| Clubs3: | Zbrojovka Brno |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs4: | Nitra |
| Caps4: | 18 |
| Goals4: | 3 |
| Years5: | 2019–2021 |
| Caps5: | 33 |
| Goals5: | 10 |
| Years6: | 2020 |
| Clubs6: | → Karviná (loan) |
| Caps6: | 13 |
| Goals6: | 3 |
| Years7: | 2020 |
| Clubs7: | → Zemplín Michalovce (loan) |
| Caps7: | 8 |
| Goals7: | 6 |
| Years8: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs8: | SønderjyskE |
| Caps8: | 17 |
| Goals8: | 1 |
| Years9: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs9: | → Spartak Trnava (loan) |
| Caps9: | 21 |
| Goals9: | 14 |
| Years10: | 2023– |
| Clubs10: | Riga |
| Caps10: | 20 |
| Goals10: | 6 |
| Years11: | 2024– |
| Clubs11: | → Auda (loan) |
| Caps11: | 1 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2016 |
| Club-Update: | 11 July 2024 |
Abdulrahman Taiwo (born 5 August 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Auda, on loan from Riga.[2]
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]
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]
Spartak Trnava
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| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Bursaspor | 2016–17 | Süper Lig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FC Zbrojovka Brno | 2017–18 | First League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitra | 2018–19 | Super Liga | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | ||
| DAC Dunajská Streda | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2[22] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | |||
| Total | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 | |||
| Karviná (loan) | 2019–20 | First League | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 49 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 13 | |||