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Taiwo Awoniyi

Taiwo Awoniyi

Attack - Centre-Forward  at Nottingham Forest
Age28
CitizenshipNigeria
Height1.83 m
Footright
BornAugust 12, 1997
at Nottingham Forest 1,423 days · joined 2022-07-01
👕200+ Apps 50+ Goals 🏴25+ Caps
Market value €16.00m
Centre-Forward Attack

Career snapshot

9
clubs played for
15/16
debut season
0.29
goals / match
Nottingham Forest
top club · 85 apps

Career highs

€30.00m
peak value · 2023
€20.50m
top transfer fee · 22/23
20
best season · 21/22
34 / 13
int'l caps / goals
275Appearances
79Goals
23Assists
20Yellow cards
1Red cards
61Full matches (90′)
Full nameTaiwo Awoniyi
Name in home countryTaiwo Michael Awoniyi
Date of birth1997-08-12 (28 yrs)
Place of birthIlorin, Nigeria
CitizenshipNigeria
PositionAttack - Centre-Forward (main: Attack)
Footright
Height183.00 m
Current clubNottingham Forest
Joined2022-07-01
Contract expires2027-06-30
AgentROOF
Jul 2025
25/26 — Nottingham Forest
0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
May 2025
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Apr 2025
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Feb 2025
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2024
24/25 — Nottingham Forest
32 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Mar 2024
Injury: unknown
14 games missed
Nov 2023
Injury: unknown
18 games missed
Jul 2023
23/24 — Nottingham Forest
23 matches · 6 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2023
Injury: unknown
17 games missed
Jul 2022
22/23 — Nottingham Forest
30 matches · 11 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2022
Transfer: Union Berlin → Forest
22/23 · Transfer · €20.50m
Jul 2021
Transfer: Liverpool → Union Berlin
21/22 · Transfer · €8.55m
Jul 2021
21/22 — 1.FC Union Berlin
43 matches · 20 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
Jun 2021
Transfer: Union Berlin → Liverpool
20/21 · Return from loan
Feb 2021
Injury: unknown
13 games missed
Sep 2020
Transfer: Liverpool → Union Berlin
20/21 · Loan
Jul 2020
20/21 — 1.FC Union Berlin
22 matches · 5 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2020
Transfer: 1.FSV Mainz 05 → Liverpool
19/20 · Return from loan
Jun 2020
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Aug 2019
Transfer: Liverpool → 1.FSV Mainz 05
19/20 · Loan
Jul 2019
19/20 — 1.FSV Mainz 05
12 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2019
Transfer: Mouscron → Liverpool
18/19 · Return from loan
Jan 2019
Transfer: Liverpool → Mouscron
18/19 · Loan
Jan 2019
Transfer: KAA Gent → Liverpool
18/19 · Return from loan
Jul 2018
Transfer: Liverpool → KAA Gent
18/19 · Loan
Jul 2018
18/19 — KAA Gent, Royal Excel Mouscron (-2022)
38 matches · 14 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jun 2018
Transfer: Mouscron → Liverpool
17/18 · Return from loan
Apr 2018
Injury: unknown
8 games missed
Jul 2017
Transfer: Liverpool → Mouscron
17/18 · Loan
Jul 2017
17/18 — Royal Excel Mouscron (-2022)
31 matches · 10 G · 7 A · across 3 competitions
Jun 2017
Transfer: NEC Nijmegen → Liverpool
16/17 · Return from loan
Aug 2016
Transfer: Liverpool → NEC Nijmegen
16/17 · Loan
Jul 2016
16/17 — NEC Nijmegen U21, NEC Nijmegen
28 matches · 8 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jun 2016
Transfer: FSV Frankfurt → Liverpool
15/16 · Return from loan
Sep 2015
Transfer: Liverpool → FSV Frankfurt
15/16 · Loan
Aug 2015
Transfer: Imperial Acad. → Liverpool
15/16 · Transfer · €1.10m
Jul 2015
15/16 — FSV Frankfurt
14 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2014
2014 — Kalmar FF U21
2 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 1 competition
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €30.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
5,454 min
Minutes played by club
Nottingham Forest 22.0%
1.FC Union Berlin 16.4%
Kalmar FF U21 3.3%
1.FSV Mainz 05 8.7%
KAA Gent 6.3%
Royal Excel Mouscron (-2022) 13.4%
NEC Nijmegen 11.5%
NEC Nijmegen U21 1.9%
FSV Frankfurt 16.6%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Nottingham Forest 4 22/23 25/26 85 19 4 1,199
1.FC Union Berlin 2 20/21 21/22 65 25 7 893
Kalmar FF U21 1 2014 2014 2 1 2 180
1.FSV Mainz 05 1 19/20 19/20 12 1 0 476
KAA Gent 1 18/19 18/19 22 3 0 341
Royal Excel Mouscron (-2022) 2 17/18 18/19 47 21 8 729
NEC Nijmegen 1 16/17 16/17 22 3 0 628
NEC Nijmegen U21 1 16/17 16/17 6 5 1 105
FSV Frankfurt 1 15/16 15/16 14 1 1 903

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

6€7.5M12€15M18€22.5M24€30M15/16 — 1 goals (FSV Frankfurt)15/16 — 1 assists215/1616/17 — 8 goals (NEC Nijmegen)16/17 — 1 assists916/1717/18 — 10 goals (Royal Excel Mouscron (-2022))17/18 — 7 assists1717/1818/19 — 14 goals (KAA Gent)18/19 — 1 assists1518/1919/20 — 1 goals (1.FSV Mainz 05)119/2020/21 — 5 goals (1.FC Union Berlin)20/21 — 3 assists820/212014 — 1 goals (Kalmar FF U21)2014 — 2 assists3201421/22 — 20 goals (1.FC Union Berlin)21/22 — 4 assists2421/2222/23 — 11 goals (Nottingham Forest)22/23 — 1 assists1222/2323/24 — 6 goals (Nottingham Forest)23/24 — 3 assists923/2424/25 — 2 goals (Nottingham Forest)224/2525/2615/16 — €300K16/17 — €300K17/18 — €400K18/19 — €1.5M19/20 — €4.5M20/21 — €3.2M21/22 — €15M22/23 — €20M23/24 — €30M24/25 — €28M25/26 — €18MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

15/16: 1115/1616/17: 8816/1717/18: 101017/1818/19: 141418/1919/20: 1119/2020/21: 5520/212014: 11201421/22: 202021/2222/23: 111122/2323/24: 6623/2424/25: 2224/2525/26: 0025/26

Assists by season

15/16: 1115/1616/17: 1116/1717/18: 7717/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 3320/212014: 22201421/22: 4421/2222/23: 1122/2323/24: 3323/2424/25: 0024/2525/26: 0025/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 Premier League Nottingham Forest 0 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 EFL Cup Nottingham Forest 1 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 FA Cup Nottingham Forest 5 1 0 0 0 326
24/25 Premier League Nottingham Forest 26 1 0 0 0 399
23/24 EFL Cup Nottingham Forest 1 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 FA Cup Nottingham Forest 2 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 Premier League Nottingham Forest 20 6 3 2 0 174
22/23 EFL Cup Nottingham Forest 3 1 0 0 0 159
22/23 Premier League Nottingham Forest 27 10 1 2 0 141
21/22 Bundesliga 1.FC Union Berlin 31 15 2 1 0 147
21/22 Conference L. 1.FC Union Berlin 6 2 0 3 0 159
21/22 DFB-Pokal 1.FC Union Berlin 4 1 1 0 0 255
21/22 UECL Quali 1.FC Union Berlin 2 2 1 0 0 59
2014 U21 Allsvenskan Södra Kalmar FF U21 2 1 2 1 0 180
20/21 Bundesliga 1.FC Union Berlin 21 5 3 0 0 273
20/21 DFB-Pokal 1.FC Union Berlin 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Bundesliga 1.FSV Mainz 05 12 1 0 1 0 476
19/20 DFB-Pokal 1.FSV Mainz 05 0 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Croky Cup KAA Gent 2 2 0 0 0 57
18/19 Europa League Qualifying KAA Gent 4 1 0 1 0 284
18/19 JPL Royal Excel Mouscron (-2022) 9 7 1 1 0 102
18/19 JPL KAA Gent 16 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 JPL Playoff II Royal Excel Mouscron (-2022) 7 4 0 0 0 134
17/18 Croky Cup Royal Excel Mouscron (-2022) 2 1 1 0 0 92
17/18 JPL Royal Excel Mouscron (-2022) 27 7 5 3 1 312
17/18 JPL Playoff II Royal Excel Mouscron (-2022) 2 2 1 1 0 89
16/17 Beloften Eerste Divisie NEC Nijmegen U21 6 5 1 0 0 105
16/17 Eredivisie NEC Nijmegen 18 2 0 2 0 479
16/17 Jupiler PO NEC Nijmegen 3 1 0 1 0 149
16/17 KNVB Beker NEC Nijmegen 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 2. Bundesliga FSV Frankfurt 13 1 1 1 0 903
15/16 DFB-Pokal FSV Frankfurt 1 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
15/16 2015-08-31 Imperial Acad. Liverpool Transfer 0 €1.10m
15/16 2015-09-01 Liverpool FSV Frankfurt Loan 0
15/16 2016-06-30 FSV Frankfurt Liverpool Return from loan 300000
16/17 2016-08-26 Liverpool NEC Nijmegen Loan 300000
16/17 2017-06-30 NEC Nijmegen Liverpool Return from loan 400000
17/18 2017-07-31 Liverpool Mouscron Loan 400000
17/18 2018-06-30 Mouscron Liverpool Return from loan 1500000
18/19 2018-07-23 Liverpool KAA Gent Loan 1500000
18/19 2019-01-11 KAA Gent Liverpool Return from loan 1500000
18/19 2019-01-12 Liverpool Mouscron Loan 1500000
18/19 2019-06-30 Mouscron Liverpool Return from loan 4500000
19/20 2019-08-08 Liverpool 1.FSV Mainz 05 Loan 4500000
19/20 2020-06-30 1.FSV Mainz 05 Liverpool Return from loan 3200000
20/21 2020-09-19 Liverpool Union Berlin Loan 3200000
20/21 2021-06-30 Union Berlin Liverpool Return from loan 5000000
21/22 2021-07-20 Liverpool Union Berlin Transfer 5000000 €8.55m
22/23 2022-07-01 Union Berlin Forest Transfer 20000000 €20.50m
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
17/18 Hamstring injury 2018-04-13 2018-06-30 79 8
19/20 concussion 2020-06-15 2020-06-30 16 3
20/21 Torn muscle bundle 2021-02-19 2021-05-11 82 13
22/23 Groin injury 2023-01-04 2023-04-01 88 17
23/24 Groin surgery 2023-11-16 2024-01-29 75 18
23/24 unknown injury 2024-03-14 2024-08-16 156 14
24/25 Broken nose bone 2025-02-12 2025-02-17 6 1
24/25 Thigh problems 2025-04-04 2025-04-18 15 2
24/25 Intestinal surgery 2025-05-14 2025-07-18 66 2
Current€16.00m
Peak€30.00m
Low€300k
Δ since start+€15.70m
€300k€7.73m€15.15m€22.58m€30.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €16.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €18.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €22.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €28.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €28.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €30.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €25.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €20.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €20.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €15.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #31096 #9 7 2 former national player
Team #23135 #18 8 4 former national player
Team #22981 9 5 former national player
Team #3444 #19 10 2 recent national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Robin Knoche 2 0 0
Christopher Trimmel 2 1 0
Grischa Prömel 2 2 0
Sheraldo Becker 2 5 0
Marvin Friedrich 2 0 0
Rani Khedira 2 1 0
Mërgim Vojvoda 2 1 0
Anthony Elanga 1 2 0
Moussa Niakhaté 1 1 0
Genki Haraguchi 2 1 0
Julian Ryerson 2 0 0
Harry Toffolo 1 0 0
Timo Baumgartl 1 1 0
Bruno Godeau 2 1 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
21/22 Bundesliga 1.FC Union Berlin 15 31
22/23 Premier League Nottingham Forest 10 27
18/19 JPL Royal Excel Mouscron (-2022) 7 25

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
17/18 JPL Royal Excel Mouscron (-2022) 5 27
20/21 Bundesliga 1.FC Union Berlin 3 21
23/24 Premier League Nottingham Forest 3 20

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
20/21 2021-06-30 Union Berlin Liverpool Return from loan €5.00m
20/21 2020-09-19 Liverpool Union Berlin Loan €3.20m
19/20 2020-06-30 1.FSV Mainz 05 Liverpool Return from loan €3.20m
19/20 2019-08-08 Liverpool 1.FSV Mainz 05 Loan €4.50m
18/19 2019-06-30 Mouscron Liverpool Return from loan €4.50m
18/19 2019-01-12 Liverpool Mouscron Loan €1.50m
18/19 2019-01-11 KAA Gent Liverpool Return from loan €1.50m
18/19 2018-07-23 Liverpool KAA Gent Loan €1.50m
17/18 2018-06-30 Mouscron Liverpool Return from loan €1.50m
17/18 2017-07-31 Liverpool Mouscron Loan €400k
16/17 2017-06-30 NEC Nijmegen Liverpool Return from loan €400k
16/17 2016-08-26 Liverpool NEC Nijmegen Loan €300k
15/16 2016-06-30 FSV Frankfurt Liverpool Return from loan €300k
15/16 2015-09-01 Liverpool FSV Frankfurt Loan

Last 50 matches for Nottingham Forest The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

DateCompHomeScoreAwayAvailability
2025-04-27 GB1 Nottingham Forest 0–2 Manchester City Available
2025-03-29 GB1 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–0 Nottingham Forest Available
2025-03-03 GB1 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Ipswich Town Available
2024-08-28 CGB Nottingham Forest 3–4 Newcastle United Available
2024-02-28 GB1 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Manchester United Available
2023-08-30 CGB Nottingham Forest 0–1 Burnley FC Available
2023-02-01 CGB Manchester United 2–0 Nottingham Forest INJURED Groin injury
2023-01-25 CGB Nottingham Forest 0–3 Manchester United INJURED Groin injury
2023-01-11 CGB Nottingham Forest 4–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers INJURED Groin injury
2022-12-21 CGB Blackburn Rovers 1–4 Nottingham Forest Available
2022-11-09 CGB Nottingham Forest 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur Available
2022-08-23 CGB Grimsby Town 0–3 Nottingham Forest Available
2022-03-20 GB1 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Liverpool FC Available
2022-03-07 GB1 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Huddersfield Town Available
2021-08-24 CGB Nottingham Forest 0–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers Available
2021-08-11 CGB Nottingham Forest 2–1 Bradford City Available
2020-09-05 CGB Barnsley FC 1–0 Nottingham Forest Available
2020-06-28 GB2 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Huddersfield Town INJURED concussion
2020-06-20 GB2 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Nottingham Forest INJURED concussion
2020-03-06 GB2 Nottingham Forest 0–3 Millwall FC Available
2020-03-02 GB2 Middlesbrough FC 2–2 Nottingham Forest Available
2020-02-25 GB2 Cardiff City 0–1 Nottingham Forest Available
2020-02-22 GB2 Nottingham Forest 0–0 Queens Park Rangers Available
2020-02-15 GB2 West Bromwich Albion 2–2 Nottingham Forest Available
2020-02-11 GB2 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Charlton Athletic Available
2020-02-08 GB2 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Leeds United Available
2020-02-01 GB2 Birmingham City 2–1 Nottingham Forest Available
2020-01-28 GB2 Brentford FC 0–1 Nottingham Forest Available
2020-01-22 GB2 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Reading FC Available
2020-01-19 GB2 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Luton Town Available
2020-01-11 GB2 Reading FC 1–1 Nottingham Forest Available
2020-01-01 GB2 Nottingham Forest 3–2 Blackburn Rovers Available
2019-12-29 GB2 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Wigan Athletic Available
2019-12-26 GB2 Hull City 0–2 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-12-21 GB2 Huddersfield Town 2–1 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-12-14 GB2 Nottingham Forest 0–4 Sheffield Wednesday Available
2019-12-10 GB2 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Middlesbrough FC Available
2019-12-06 GB2 Millwall FC 2–2 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-11-30 GB2 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Cardiff City Available
2019-11-27 GB2 Queens Park Rangers 0–4 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-11-23 GB2 Bristol City 0–0 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-11-09 GB2 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Derby County Available
2019-11-02 GB2 Luton Town 1–2 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-10-23 GB2 Nottingham Forest 1–2 Hull City Available
2019-10-20 GB2 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-10-05 GB2 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Brentford FC Available
2019-10-01 GB2 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-09-27 GB2 Stoke City 2–3 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-09-24 CGB Arsenal FC 5–0 Nottingham Forest Available
2019-09-21 GB2 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Barnsley FC Available

Teams faced most often by Taiwo Awoniyi's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Standard Liège 16 11 0 5 38 21 +17 69%
KRC Genk 15 3 4 8 16 28 -12 20%
Club Brugge KV 14 3 3 8 11 33 -22 21%
Royal Antwerp FC 14 3 6 5 13 17 -4 21%
RSC Anderlecht 14 3 6 5 10 22 -12 21%
Sint-Truidense VV 12 5 4 3 19 13 +6 42%
KV Mechelen 12 8 3 1 26 12 +14 67%
Derby County 11 4 4 3 9 9 0 36%
Birmingham City 10 4 3 3 13 10 +3 40%
Brentford FC 10 4 0 6 12 16 -4 40%
Reading FC 10 3 3 4 12 15 -3 30%
Bristol City 10 2 3 5 6 10 -4 20%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
15/16 Senior debut season
15/16 First senior goal
21/22 Goal #50 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
23/24 23 174 2 0 0 1.03
22/23 30 300 2 0 0 0.6
21/22 43 620 4 0 0 0.58
2014 2 180 1 0 0 0.5
19/20 12 476 1 0 0 0.19
18/19 38 577 2 0 0 0.31
17/18 31 493 4 0 1 0.91
16/17 28 733 3 0 0 0.37
15/16 14 903 1 0 0 0.1

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Bundesliga
64 apps
21 G
5 A
Premier League
73 apps
17 G
4 A
JPL
52 apps
14 G
6 A
JPL Playoff II
9 apps
6 G
1 A
Beloften Eerste Divisie
6 apps
5 G
1 A
Croky Cup
4 apps
3 G
1 A
UECL Quali
2 apps
2 G
1 A
Conference L.
6 apps
2 G
0 A
Eredivisie
18 apps
2 G
0 A
U21 Allsvenskan Södra
2 apps
1 G
2 A

Frequently asked about Taiwo Awoniyi

Who is Taiwo Awoniyi?

Taiwo Awoniyi is a Nigeria professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Nottingham Forest.

How old is Taiwo Awoniyi?

Taiwo Awoniyi is 28 years old. He was born on August 12, 1997 in Ilorin.

What position does Taiwo Awoniyi play?

Taiwo Awoniyi plays as a centre-forward (Attack - Centre-Forward).

What club does Taiwo Awoniyi play for?

Taiwo Awoniyi currently plays for Nottingham Forest.

How many career goals has Taiwo Awoniyi scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Taiwo Awoniyi has scored 79 goals in 275 appearances.

What is Taiwo Awoniyi's market value?

Taiwo Awoniyi's most recent reported market value is €16.00m.