Abdulrahman Taiwo
Abdulrahman Taiwo is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Slovak club Spartak Trnava, on loan from Riga.
Club career
Early 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.Dunajská Streda
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 his debut against Zlín on 15 February 2020.Sønderjyske
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.Spartak Trnava (loan)
In the summer of 2022, Taiwo transferred to Slovak club Spartak Trnava, where he initially got the opportunity mainly as a substitute player. He scored his first goal on October 2, 2022, against Zlaté Moravce, where his goal set a 3–0 victory for Spartak. However, he scored only three goals in the fall. He began to do much better in the spring, when his performances gradually earned him a place in the starting line-up and became one of the mainstays of the team. Taiwo managed to score up to 11 goals in 10 matches and thus became the fourth best scorer of Fortuna League 2022/23 with 14 goals. In his final match on May 20, 2023, at home against MŠK Žilina, he scored his first hat trick, which took 52 minutes.He played 27 matches for Spartak and scored 19 goals, one of which was the equalizer in the Slovak Cup final against Slovan Bratislava.