Tobias Lawal
_34.jpg) Lawal in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tobias Okikiola Lawal | ||
| Date of birth | 7 June 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Linz, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Genk | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2013 | ASKÖ Donau Linz | ||
| 2013–2014 | LASK Juniors OÖ | ||
| 2014–2018 | AKA Linz | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2022 | LASK Juniors OÖ | 65 | (0) |
| 2017 | → FC Wels (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2018–2025 | LASK | 59 | (0) |
| 2025– | Genk | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Austria U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | Austria U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021 | Austria U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2025– | Austria | 1 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:35, 10 June 2025 (UTC) | |||
Tobias Okikiola Lawal (born 7 June 2000) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Genk in the Belgian Pro League and the Austria national team.
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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]
On 9 July 2025, Lawal signed a four-year contract with Genk in Belgium.[4]
International career
Lawal was born in Austria to a Nigerian father and an Austrian mother.[5] 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.[6]
Lawal was first called up to the senior Austria national team in November 2023 for an Euro qualifier against Estonia.[7] After several more call-ups as a back-up in the next two seasons, Lawal made his debut on 10 June 2025 in a World Cup qualifier against San Marino.[8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 1 June 2025
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Juniors OÖ | 2018–19 | 2. Liga | 23 | 0 | — | — | — | 23 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 2. Liga | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 2. Liga | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 2. Liga | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 72 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 0 | ||
| Wels (loan) | 2017–18 | OÖ Liga | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| LASK | 2018–19 | Austrian Bundesliga | 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[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Austrian Bundesliga | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | ||
| Total | 59 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 126 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 0 | ||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of 10 June 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
References
- ^ "Tobias Lawal joins FC Wels". nachrichten.at (in German). 2 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ "1.Liga - FC Pasching vs Wacker Innsbruck II". Soccerway. 29 July 2020.
- ^ "Rapid Vienna vs LASK - 4 October 2020". Soccerway. 4 October 2020.
- ^ "Official: Tobias Lawal (25) new goalkeeper of KRC Genk". KRC Genk. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ "Passport issues knock out goalkeeper Tobias Lawal from Super Eagles friendlies". Score Nigeria. 8 October 2020. Archived from the original on 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Rohr calls up youngsters Tijani and Lawal for Nigeria". Goal.com. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ "Neue Gesichter im Nationalteam-Kader" [New faces in the national team squad] (in German). Austrian Football Association. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ Tobias Lawal at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Tobias Lawal at Soccerway
- Tobias Lawal at WorldFootball.net
- Tobias Okiki Lawal at ÖFB (in German)
- Tobias Okiki Lawal at ÖFB (in German) (national team)
- Tobias Lawal on Instagram