 Awoniyi playing for Union Berlin in 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Taiwo Micheal Awoniyi[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 August 1997[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ilorin, Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Nottingham Forest | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2015 | Imperial Soccer Academy | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2021 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | → FSV Frankfurt (loan) | 13 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | → NEC (loan) | 18 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Mouscron (loan) | 27 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Gent (loan) | 16 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | → Mouscron (loan) | 9 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | → Mainz 05 (loan) | 12 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Union Berlin (loan) | 21 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Union Berlin | 31 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Nottingham Forest | 55 | (16) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Nigeria U17 | 8 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Nigeria U20 | 9 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Nigeria U23 | 3 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Nigeria | 10 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:05, 10 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:35, 11 October 2024 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Taiwo Micheal Awoniyi (born 12 August 1997) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Nottingham Forest and the Nigeria national team.
- ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/08/2017 and 31/08/2017". The Football Association. p. 1. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019.
- ^ "Taiwo Awoniyi: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "Taiwo Awoniyi". Nottingham Forest F.C. Retrieved 23 July 2022.