Taye Taiwo
Taye Taiwo with Marseille in 2008
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Taye Ismaila Taiwo | ||
| Date of birth | 16 April 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Lausanne | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2004 | Gabros | ||
| 2004 | Lobi Stars | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2011 | Marseille | 192 | (17) |
| 2011–2013 | Milan | 6 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | → Dynamo Kyiv (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Bursaspor | 27 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | HJK Helsinki | 32 | (6) |
| 2017– | Lausanne | 8 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2004–2011 | Nigeria | 53 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 April 2017. |
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Taye Ismaila Taiwo (born 16 April 1985) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defender for FC Lausanne-Sport.
After spending a year at Nigeria Division 1 club Gabros International, Taiwo was bought by Nigeria Premier League side, Lobi Stars. He spent one season at Lobi Stars.
In 2005, at the age of 20, Taiwo was signed by French club, Olympique de Marseille. Taiwo was brought in to fill the void Bixente Lizarazu had left when he departed for Bayern Munich. The Nigerian left back scored Marseille's winning goal against Olympique Lyonnais on 21 March 2010, with a trademark left-footed strike from long range. He also scored Marseille's winning goal against US Boulogne on 17 April 2010. On 23 April 2011, Taiwo scored the only goal at the Stade de France against Montpellier HSC to win the 2011 Coupe de la Ligue. After the match, Taiwo grabbed a microphone and joined fans in singing an expletive-laden chant aimed at the club's rivals PSG, narrowly escaping a ban from the LFP. However, Taiwo received a one-match ban for his action, missing out on the last games of the season, which could have been his last match and since apologised. Though keen to sign a contract with the club, Taiwo announced that he would leave Marseille at the end of the 2010-11 season, to seek new challenge elsewhere.
On 9 May 2011, A.C. Milan coach, Massimiliano Allegri, confirmed the signing of Taiwo along with French defender Philippe Mexès. The two were to play for Milan for the 2011–12 season. He made his debut with the club on 24 September 2011 in the home league match won 1–0 against Cesena where he was eventually replaced by Luca Antonini. In December 2011, Taiwo made an interview for the French sports newspaper L'Équipe where he said that he was disappointed with his current experience at A.C. Milan, commenting on problems with Massimiliano Allegri and on the fact that he wasn't playing. Despite the player spending much time on the substitutes bench, Taiwo iterated that he remained committed to the Italian club.
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