Oladimeji Lawal

Oladimeji Lawal

Personal information
Full name	Mohammed Oladimeji Lawal
Date of birth	24 July 1971 (1971-07-24) (age 40)
Place of birth	Ifo, Nigeria
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1988–1989	Julius Berger
1989–1991	Madrid B	24	(0)
1991–1993	Shooting Stars
1993–1994	Kortrijk	3	(0)
1994	Hellenic
National team
1990	Nigeria
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Mohammed Oladimeji Lawal (born 24 July 1971) is a former Nigerian footballer who played as a midfielder for clubs in Nigeria, Spain and Belgium. He is a FIFA-licensed players' agent.^[1]

Club career

Lawal moved to Spain at age 18 and signed with Real Madrid, and would spend two seasons with the B team, one in the Segunda División and one in Segunda División B. He was never promoted to the main squad, and returned to Nigeria to play for Shooting Stars F.C..

In 1993, Lawal joined Belgian Second Division side K.V. Kortrijk for one season. He played in the South African Premier Soccer League with Hellenic FC during 1994.^[2]

International career

Lawal played for Nigeria in the 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship in Canada and the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship in Saudi Arabia.^[3]

Lawal made several appearances for the senior Nigeria national football team. He scored on his debut, an 1992 African Nations Cup qualifier against Togo in 1990.^[4]

Personal

His younger brother, Abass Muyiwa, is also a footballer. A midfielder, he has had professional stints in Spain, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.^[5]

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ "Callies trap Hellenic" (in Afrikaans). Die Burger Laaste. 12 October 2004. http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/dieburger/1994/10/12/16/7.html. 
3. ^ Oladimeji Lawal – FIFA competition record
4. ^ Solaja, Kunle (10 February 2011). "Ehiosun is 58th scoring debutant". Supersport.com. http://www.supersport.com/football/nigeria/news/110210/Ehiosun_is_58th_scoring_debutant. 
5. ^ Passela, Amith (11 November 2010). "Value for money is Lawal's main goal". thenational.ae. http://www.thenational.ae/sport/football/value-for-money-is-lawals-main-goal. 

External links

• Oladimeji Lawal at National-Football-Teams.com
• BDFutbol profile

Persondata
Name	Lawal, Oladimeji
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	24 July 1971
Place of birth	Ifo, Nigeria
Date of death
Place of death