Player · Nigeria · Defender

Taye Ismaila Taiwo

Scored on 23 Jan 2006

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Caps: 27
Starts: 26
Minutes: 2,287
Win % when playing: 51.9%
Goals: 1
Matches scored in: 1
Penalties: 0
Hat-tricks: 0
For their side: 92nd of 159
Yellow cards: 1
Sent off: 0
Minutes per goal: 2287

Goals by year

2006

Tallest: 1 · Year

When they scored

By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.

1–15′16–30′31–45′46–60′61–75′76–90′ET

Tallest: 1 · Minute

What the goals did

Winning goal1

Nigeria with and without them

Nigeria's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.


With them	27	14	8	5	36	20	51.9%
Without them	13	6	4	3	16	9	46.2%

Played most alongside10


Joseph Yobo	21
Victor Obinna	21
John Obi Mikel	18
Peter Odemwingie	17
Vincent Enyeama	17
Kanu	16
Ikechukwu Uche	15
Chidi Odiah	14
Kalu Uche	14
Obinna Nwaneri	14

Faced most10


John Mensah	Ghana	3
Karim Haggui	Tunisia	3
Abdoulaye Méité	Ivory Coast	2
Ahmed Deen	Sierra Leone	2
Anthony Annan	Ghana	2
Arthur Boka	Ivory Coast	2
Asamoah Gyan	Ghana	2
Bote Silvestre Mesaka	Equatorial Guinea	2
Christian Caulker	Sierra Leone	2
Danilo Clementino	Equatorial Guinea	2

Against1


Ghana	1	1

At tournaments1

Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.


African Cup of Nations 2006	1	1

Every goal1


23 Jan 2006	v Ghana	1–0	85′	—	Winning goal	1–0	African Cup of Nations 2006 · Group stage

Every match on record27

In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.


11 Oct 2011	v Ghana	0–0	started	90	—	—	Friendly
6 Sep 2011	v Argentina	1–3	started, off 46′	46	—	—	Friendly
6 Jun 2010	v North Korea	3–1	started, off 46′	46	—	—	Friendly
30 May 2010	v Colombia	1–1	started	90	—	—	Friendly
3 Mar 2010	v DR Congo	5–2	came on 85′	5	—	—	Friendly
30 Jan 2010	v Algeria	1–0	started	90	—	—	African Cup of Nations 2010 · Third-place play-off
12 Jan 2010	v Egypt	1–3	started	90	—	—	African Cup of Nations 2010 · Group stage
6 Sep 2009	v Tunisia	2–2	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2009
20 Jun 2009	v Tunisia	0–0	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2009
29 Mar 2009	v Mozambique	0–0	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2009
11 Oct 2008	v Sierra Leone	4–1	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2008
6 Sep 2008	v South Africa	1–0	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2008
21 Jun 2008	v Equatorial Guinea	2–0	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2008
15 Jun 2008	v Equatorial Guinea	1–0	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2008
7 Jun 2008	v Sierra Leone	1–0	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2008
1 Jun 2008	v South Africa	2–0	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2008
27 May 2008	v Austria	1–1	started	90	—	—	Friendly
3 Feb 2008	v Ghana	1–2	started	90	—	Yellow	African Cup of Nations 2008 · Quarter-final
29 Jan 2008	v Benin	2–0	started	90	—	—	African Cup of Nations 2008 · Group stage
25 Jan 2008	v Mali	0–0	started	90	—	—	African Cup of Nations 2008 · Group stage
21 Jan 2008	v Ivory Coast	0–1	started	90	—	—	African Cup of Nations 2008 · Group stage
9 Feb 2006	v Senegal	1–0	started	90	—	—	African Cup of Nations 2006 · Third-place play-off
7 Feb 2006	v Ivory Coast	0–1	started	90	—	—	African Cup of Nations 2006 · Semi-final
4 Feb 2006	v Tunisia	1–1	started	120	—	—	African Cup of Nations 2006 · Quarter-final
31 Jan 2006	v Senegal	2–1	started	90	—	—	African Cup of Nations 2006 · Group stage
27 Jan 2006	v Zimbabwe	2–0	started	90	—	—	African Cup of Nations 2006 · Group stage
23 Jan 2006	v Ghana	1–0	started	90	1	—	African Cup of Nations 2006 · Group stage

Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.