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Super Eagles striker Taiwo Awoniyi Profile, Age, Salary, Net Worth, Girlfriend, House, Cars, Pictures, Latest News, Transfer News.
Taiwo Awoniyi Background
Taiwo Awoniyi is a 25-year-old Nigerian footballer that plays as a striker for Premier League Serie A side Nottingham Forest at the club level and the Super Eagles of Nigeria at the international level. The Nigerian international is known for his power, work rate, and aerial abilities.
After being noticed for his performances at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup and the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, he was signed by Liverpool as a teenager.
Since then, the Nigerian striker has played for multiple clubs in Europe including Union Berlin where he made his name in Germany and Nottingham Forest where he currently plays.
He has also represented Nigeria in U-17, U-20, U-23 and now the senior level where he has played five games and counting for the Super Eagles at the time of writing.
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Taiwo Awoniyi Profile
Full name: Taiwo Micheal Awoniyi
Birth date: 12 August 1997
Nationality: Nigerian
Place of birth: Kwara, Ilorin, Nigeria
Age: 25 years old (as of April 2023)
Current club: Nottingham Forest
Height: 6ft
Marital status: Married
Spouse: Taiwo Jesudun
Parents: Father - Solomon Awoniyi/Mother - Unknown
Salary: £50,000 weekly
Net worth: Approximately $1.5 million.
Instagram: @awoniyi18
Twitter: @taiwoawoniyi18
How old is Taiwo Awoniyi?
Taiwo Awoniyi is 25 years old as of April 2023
Taiwo Awoniyi Career
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Awoniyi first came into the limelight In 2010 when he was voted the Most Valuable Player at a Coca-Cola football competition in London, catching the eye of ex-Super Eagles star Seyi Olofinjana who invited him to join the Imperial Soccer Academy.
But it was really three years later that he blew up for his performances for Nigeria at the the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates where he scored four goals to help the Golden Eaglets win the tournament.
After that, he represented Nigeria at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand where he scored two goals as the Flying Eagles crashed out in the round of 16.
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He was then signed by English giants Liverpool shortly after in August 2015 for a fee of around £400,000.
The teenager was immediately loaned to German club FSV Frankfurt, followed by loan moves to Dutch side NEC Nijmegen, Belgian teams Royal Excel Mouscron and KAA Gent and then back to Germany with FSV Mainz and finally Union Berlin where he impressed with five goals in 22 games across six months.
After six years at Liverpool in which he failed to make a single appearance and seven loan spells, the youngster left to join Union Berlin permanently for a reported £6.5 million fee in 2021 and instantly repaid the German club’s faith.
The Nigerian striker scored 20 goals in 43 games for Union Berlin across all competitions in the 2021/22 season to help the club finish fifth (their highest Bundesliga finish ever) and reach the DFB Pokal semi-final.
And by virtue of this performance, Awoniyi would leave Union Berlin just a year after signing permanently as he was signed by Nottingham Forest for £17 million in July 2022, which was a club-record fee at the time.
He has had to battle with injury issues in his first season with Nottingham Forest but Awoniyi has still returned five goals in 22 games for the Garibaldi so far.
The 25-year-old only just made a return from a three-month injury layoff after hurting his groin in a 1-0 win against Southampton back in January 2023.
He returned to action with three substitute appearances against Wolves, Leeds United and Aston Villa all in the Premier League but still awaits his first start since the injury.
Taiwo Awoniyi Salary and Contract 2023
On July 1, 2022, Taiwo Awoniyi signed a five-year contract with Nottingham Forest which reportedly earns him £50,000 per week.
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The £50,000 weekly salary nets Awoniyi an annual income of £2,600,000 and will earn £13,000,000 by the end of his current Nottingham Forest contract in July 2027.
The current contract reportedly makes him the seventh-highest earner at Nottingham Forest behind Jesse Lingard, Dean Henderson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Chris Wood, Keylor Navas and Renan Lodi.
Awoniyi currently has a market value of €20 million according to Tranfermarkt.
Taiwo Awoniyi Super Eagles career
Awoniyi made his Super Eagles debut on October 2, 2021, in a World Cup qualification match which Nigeria lost 1-0 to Central African Republic in Lagos. He started the game but was substituted off at halftime by then-manager Gernot Rohr and replaced by Kelechi Iheanacho.
He has played five games in total for Nigeria four of which were as a starter and only one substitute appearance which was also his last game for the Super Eagles to date in a 2-1 friendly defeat to Algeria.
Awoniyi has only scored once for Nigeria, in a 3-1 win against Sudan in a 2021 Africa Cup of Nations group stage match.
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Taiwo Awoniyi Social Media
Taiwo Awoniyi has a social media presence on Twitter and Instagram although he is not the most active Nigerian player.
His Twitter page @taiwoawoniyi18 currently has 21.7k followers and has just 190 tweets since 2015 at the time of writing.
On Instagram, @awoniyi18, Awoniyi has 124k followers and has made 55 posts at the time of writing.
Taiwo Awoniyi Transfer News
The Nigerian striker only just returned from injury and is still in the first season of his transfer to Nottingham Forest so he is not attracting any transfer interest at the moment.
That can be expected to change when Awoniyi returns to action at full flight and is back to scoring regularly for Nottingham Forest as he did before the unfortunate groin injury.
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