Name: Taye Ismaila Taiwo




Country: Nigeria
Club: Olympique de Marseille
Position: *SB, WB
Side: LF/LS
Age: 20-25 years (16/04/1985)

Height: 183 cm
Weight: 81 kg


Attack: 73
Defence: 66
Balance: 84
Stamina: 82
Top Speed: 83
Acceleration: 78
Response: 77
Agility: 77
Dribble Accuracy: 77
Dribble Speed: 78
Short Pass Accuracy: 75
Short Pass Speed: 81
Long Pass Accuracy: 79
Long Pass Speed: 83
Shot Accuracy: 68
Shot Power: 92
Shot Technique: 65
Free Kick Accuracy: 76
Curling: 69
Header: 76
Jump: 83
Technique: 75
Aggression: 78
Mentality: 74
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 71

Injury Tolerance: A
Condition: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 3
Weak Foot Frequency: 3
Consistency: 5
Growth type: Early/Peak

CARDS:
P11 - Long Ranger

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Middle Shooting

Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Balanced


INFO:
Taiwo is a former left-back. His career started in 2005 at Olympique de Marseille where he had his best time, spending six and a half seasons, making 256 appearances, scoring 23 goals and winning the 2009-10 Ligue 1 title. His peak ended following his departure from Marselle as he never found the same success. He played for Milan, Queens Park Rangers, Dynamo Kyiv, Bursaspor, HJK Helsinki, Lausanne-Sport, Eskilstuna, and RoPS, before retiring in 2019. He earned 54 caps for Nigeria between 2004 and 2012, scoring 5 goals.
Taiwo was a very good left-back, mostly offensive but solid in defence too as he could be seen performing accurate slide tackles on occasion and stopping opponents crosses. He was physically strong, possessed good pace over long distance, decent technical skills, solid heading ability, remarkable jump, a terrific shot, and overall good ball distribution, although he often seemed too hasty in providing a long ball, sending it where there was no teammate. Due to his threatening shots, he was often in charge of free kicks, particularly those from long range.