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Taiwo Awoniyi is a Nigerian skilled footballer who performs as a ahead for Premier League membership Nottingham Forest and the Nigeria nationwide crew.
Awoniyi gained the Most Worthwhile Participant award at a Coca-Cola soccer match in London in 2010. Seyi Olofinjana seen his efficiency on the occasion and prolonged an invite for him to affix the Imperial Soccer Academy.
Awoniyi paid over £400,000 to affix the English membership Liverpool on August 31, 2015, nevertheless, he was instantly loaned to FSV Frankfurt in Germany.
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As a late substitution in a German Cup encounter in opposition to Hertha Berlin, Awoniyi made his Frankfurt debut. He performed six league video games instead earlier than making his league debut on February 19, 2016, in opposition to FC St. Pauli, for 89 minutes.
Awoniyi was demoted whereas taking part in for Frankfurt, and on the finish of the marketing campaign, he joined Liverpool. Awoniyi signed a five-year contract to affix Nottingham Forest, a not too long ago promoted Premier League crew, on June 25, 2022. For Forest, the switch payment paid was alleged £17 million, setting a membership document.
He scored his first Premier League objective in a 1-0 victory over West Ham United on August 14, 2022. He scored the game-winning objective in a 1-0 victory at residence over his outdated crew, Liverpool, on October 22, 2022.
He scored 5 targets in three video games towards the shut of the marketing campaign, together with the game-winning objective on Might 20, 2023, at residence in opposition to Arsenal to maintain the crew within the Premier League.
On the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Awoniyi performed for Nigeria and helped his nation win the title by tallying 4 targets. After profitable the 2015 African U-20 Championship in Senegal, he additionally represented Nigeria on the FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.
He made his Nigeria U-23 crew debut on April 12, 2015, and scored twice in opposition to Zambia to assist his squad advance to the 2015 All-African Video games.
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He was chosen by Nigeria for his or her 35-man provisional Olympic crew in 2016. He made his debut in Nigeria’s 1-0 loss to the Central African Republic after Gernot Rohr selected him to characterize Nigeria within the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
What is Taiwo Awoniyi nationality?
Taiwo Awoniyi is a Nigerian who comes from Ilorin, Nigeria. Awoniyi has a youthful twin sister referred to as Kehinde. He married his companion Taiwo Jesudun in an engagement and conventional wedding ceremony in Kabba on 15 June 2018, adopted by a white wedding ceremony on 16 June in Ilorin.