Abdulrahman Taiwo

Abdulrahman Taiwo (born 5 August 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Auda, on loan from Riga.

Club career
Taiwo played in Nigeria with Abees Academy Abuja and Kwara United. 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. In January 2018, Taiwo completed a transfer to Slovakia to join Nitra. He scored five goals in pre-season for Nitra, notably netting braces against ex-team FC Zbrojovka Brno and MTK Budapest respectively. He made his debut on 28 July in the Slovak Super Liga, featuring for the full duration of a 2–1 loss against Žilina. Taiwo's first competitive goal came in August versus Slovan Bratislava.

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

On 19 August 2021, Taiwo joined Danish Superliga club Sønderjyske on a deal until June 2025. 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. 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.

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

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

Honours
Spartak Trnava
 * Slovak Cup: 2022–23

Career statistics
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