Yusuf_Lawal

Yusuf Lawal

Yusuf Lawal

Nigerian footballer

Yusuf Lawal (born 23 March 1998), nicknamed Obagol,[1] is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Primeira Liga club Arouca. [2]

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Club career

Lawal is a youth product of 36 Lion FC in Lagos since 2011,[3] and gained the nickname Obagoal because of the similarity of his play to Obafemi Martins. He signed a 3+1 year contract with Lokeren in the summer of 2017.[4] Lawal made his professional debut for Lokeren in a 3-0 Belgian First Division A win over Eupen on 14 April 2018.[5]

On 16 July 2020, Lawal signed a 2+1 year contract with Azerbaijan Premier League side Neftçi PFK.[6] [7] Yusuf Lawal scored his last goal against Sabah FK in a match played in Azerbaijan Premier League on August 20, 2022. [8] [9] [10]

International career

Lawal was called up to a training camp for the Nigeria national under-23 football team in preparation for the 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, but did not make the final squad.[11]

References

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    admin. "Lokeren new signing 'Obagol' Yusuf Lawal will play in Premier League – Agent - SCORE NIGERIA". scorenigeria.com.ng.
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    "Yusuf Lawal". Neftçi PFK.
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    36Lion. "Lawal Yusuf - Official Site - 36Lion Football Club". www.36lionfc.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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    admin. "'Obagoal' Yusuf Lawal scores first goal for Lokeren - SCORE NIGERIA". scorenigeria.com.ng.
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    "Lokeren vs. AS Eupen - 14 April 2018 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
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    "Nigeriyalı futbolçu "Neftçi"də". neftchipfk.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Neftçi PFK. 16 July 2020.
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    "Yusuf Laval 300 min dollar istəyir – "Neftçi"dən ayrılmaq üçün". Sportinfo.
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    "Yusuf Lawal'ın maaşı şaşkına çevirdi". Yeni Şafak/ (in Turkish). 18 September 2020.
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    "Yusuf Laval: "Bizi güclü rəqiblə çətin oyun gözləyir"". Qol Az/ (in Azerbaijani). 10 August 2022.
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    "Yusuf Laval "Neftçi"dən gedir?". İdman Tv/ (in Azerbaijani). 30 September 2022.
  11. [11]
    "Siasia calls up 30 for U23 camp".


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