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Encyclopedia > Garba Lawal

Garba Lawal (born May 22, 1974 in Kaduna) is a football striker from Nigeria. He has played 35 international matches and scored 4 goals for Nigeria, and played at the Football World Cups in 1998 and 2002. He was a part of the victorious Nigerian team at the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship, and won the Olympic gold medal in 1996. On club level, Lawal has had his most successful time at Roda JC in the Dutch Eredivisie. May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Kaduna is the state capital of Kaduna state. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Strikers, also known as centre forwards, forwards, and attackers, are the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing teams goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals. ... FIFA World Cup Trophy The Football World Cup (official name: FIFA World Cup) is the most important competition in international football (soccer). ... The 1998 Football World Cup was held in France. ... The 2002 Football World Cup (Official name:2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan™) was held in South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30. ... The FIFA U-17 World Championship is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 17 and is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). ... Final results for the Football competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics: Results Categories: Olympic football competitions | 1996 Summer Olympics events | Football at the Olympics ... Roda JC Kerkrade is a Dutch football club located in Kerkrade, a place in the south of The Netherlands near the German border. ... The Eredivisie (English: Honor Division) is the highest football league in the Netherlands. ...


Playing career

  • 1993 - Julius Berger
  • 1994 - Julius Berger
  • 1995 - Julius Berger
  • 1995/96 - Espérance
  • 1996/97 - Espérance
  • 1996/97 - Roda (11/3)
  • 1997/98 - Roda (34/6)
  • 1998/99 - Roda (23/2)
  • 1999/00 - Roda (27/2)
  • 2000/01 - Roda (29/6)
  • 2001/02 - Roda (30/1)
  • 2002/03 - Levski Sofia (15/3)
  • 2004 - Elfsborg (12/0)
  • 2004/05 - Santa Clara (16/0)
  • 2005/06 - Iraklis

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News -- Why I want to join Okocha, Kanu in England - Garba Lawal (0 words)
Super Eagles nomadic midfielder, Garba Lawal is determined to end his professional career in England as he intensified bid to join a new class of players in the Premiership.
Lawal caught the eye for Nigeria in the recent African Cup of Nations where he scored the winner for the Super Eagles in their 2-1 win over Senegal in the third-place play-off.
Lawal was said to have approached his friends in Eagles who are in England to help him secure a good club, after complaining to them about the way he was badly treated by the Greek Club.
Dailytrust.com - Let's tell you how it happened! (0 words)
He would walk alone and never be caught participating in raising hell.
Then there were Tijani Babangida and Garba Lawal, both (like Rashidi) bred in the core north of Nigeria.
That’s why when the story of Nigerian football is to be told in the future one name that will definitely stand out under close scrutiny, not for his exceptional talent or brilliance (which of course he had) but for his industry and commitment to getting the job done, is that of Garba Lawal.
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