Tobias Lawal
{{short description|Austrian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use Nigerian English|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Tobias Lawal
| image = FC RB Salzburg gegen LASK (2023-10-21) 34.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Lawal in 2023
| fullname = Tobias Okikiola Lawal
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|6|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Linz, Austria
| height = 1.95 m
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub = LASK
| clubnumber = 1
| youthyears1 = 2008–2013
| youthclubs1 = ASKÖ Donau Linz
| youthyears2 = 2013–2014
| youthclubs2 = LASK Juniors OÖ
| youthyears3 = 2014–2018
| youthclubs3 = AKA Linz
| years1 = 2017–2022
| clubs1 = LASK Juniors OÖ
| caps1 = 65
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2017
| clubs2 = FC Wels (loan)
| caps2 = 8
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2018–
| clubs3 = LASK
| caps3 = 57
| goals3 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2018
| nationalteam1 = Austria U19
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2019
| nationalteam2 = Austria U20
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 26 April 2025
| nationalteam-update = 10:13, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
}}
Tobias Okikiola Lawal (born 7 June 2000) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays for LASK in the Bundesliga as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Lawal started his career with ASKÖ Donau Linz. In 2013, he transferred to LASK Juniors. In 2014, he joined AKA Linz, where he played till 2018 before returning to LASK Juniors.
In June 2017, he made his debut for LASK Juniors against USV Allerheiligen, in September that same year, he joined FC Wels on loan and made his debut in the Regionalliga against SV Ried Amateure on Matchday 8.{{cite web|url=https://www.nachrichten.at/sport/fussball/unterhaus/Alabas-Double-steht-im-Wels-Tor;art103,2693859|title=Tobias Lawal joins FC Wels|work=nachrichten.at|language=de|date=2 October 2017|accessdate=7 October 2020}} During the winter break of that season, he rejoined LASK Juniors.
Lawal was part of the LASK Juniors OÖ team that got promoted to the Second League in 2018 where he made his first professional league debut against Wacker Innsbruck II on the first matchday of that season.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/07/29/austria/1-liga/fc-pasching/fc-wacker-innsbruck-ii/2802670/|title=1.Liga - FC Pasching vs Wacker Innsbruck II|work=Soccerway|date=29 July 2020}} He was promoted to the senior LASK team in 2020 and made his debut in the Bundesliga, in a 3–0 defeat to Rapid Vienna.{{cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2020/10/04/austria/bundesliga/sk-rapid-wien/lask-linz/3341892/|title=Rapid Vienna vs LASK - 4 October 2020|work=Soccerway|date=4 October 2020}}
International career
Lawal was born in Austria to a Nigerian father and an Austrian mother.{{Cite web|url=https://scorenigeria.com.ng/passport-issues-knock-out-goalkeeper-tobias-lawal-from-super-eagles-friendlies/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006233310/https://scorenigeria.com.ng/passport-issues-knock-out-goalkeeper-tobias-lawal-from-super-eagles-friendlies/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=6 October 2023|title=Passport issues knock out goalkeeper Tobias Lawal from Super Eagles friendlies|date=8 October 2020|website=Score Nigeria}} Lawal made his debut for the Austria U19 team in September 2018 in a friendly versus Denmark. In June 2019, he played for the U20 team in a match against Switzerland. In September 2020, he was called up by Gernot Rohr for Nigeria for the friendly matches against Algeria and Tunisia.{{cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/rohr-calls-up-youngsters-tijani-and-lawal-for-nigeria/1f4qrcqh6uuza17hwvxbx0iq1e|title=Rohr calls up youngsters Tijani and Lawal for Nigeria|work=Goal.com|date=21 September 2020|accessdate=7 October 2020}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 26 April 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="5"|Juniors OÖ
|23 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20
|2. Liga |20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21
|2. Liga |15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22
|2. Liga |7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!72||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||73||0 | ||||||||||
| Wels (loan)
|2017–18 |8 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 0 | ||||
| rowspan="8"|LASK
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019–20
|Austrian Bundesliga |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020–21
|Austrian Bundesliga |2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021–22
|Austrian Bundesliga |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022–23
|Austrian Bundesliga |7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2023–24
|Austrian Bundesliga |32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
| 2024–25
|Austrian Bundesliga |16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!57 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!124||0||5||0||7||0||0||0||136||0 |
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References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|486449}}
- {{Worldfootball.net|tobias-lawal}}
- [https://www.oefb.at/bewerbe/Spieler/7212710/? Tobias Lawal] at the ÖFB website
{{LASK squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lawal, Tobias}}
Category:Footballers from Linz
Category:Austrian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Austria men's youth international footballers
Category:Austrian people of Nigerian descent
Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga players