Garba Lawal

Garba Lawal

Personal information
Full name	Garba Lawal
Date of birth	May 22, 1974 (1974-05-22)
Place of birth	Kaduna, Nigeria
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Left Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Lobi Stars
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1993–1995	Julius Berger
1995–1996	Espérance ST
1996–2002	Roda	154	(20)
2002–2003	Levski Sofia	15	(3)
2004	Elfsborg	12	(0)
2004–2005	Santa Clara	16	(0)
2005–2006	Iraklis	33	(1)
2007	Changsha Ginde	3	(0)
2007	Julius Berger	18	(8)
2009–	Lobi Stars F.C.	3	(1)
National team
1993–2006	Nigeria	53	(5)
Teams managed
2009–	Lobi Stars F.C. (Assistant Coach)
2009	Nigeria U-17 (Team Coordinator)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Garba Lawal (born May 22, 1974 in Kaduna) is a football midfielder from Nigeria. He is currently a contracted player-assistant manager with Lobi Stars F.C..

Career

Lawal has had his most successful time at Roda JC in the Dutch Eredivisie. In August 2009, he announced his return as a player-coach for Makurdi side Lobi Stars, recently played for Julius Berger F.C. in Nigeria and Chinese side Changsha Ginde.

International career

Lawal took part at the Football World Cups in 1998 and 2002. He won the Olympic gold medal in 1996.

Coaching career

In August 2009 was named as the assistant coach of Lobi Stars F.C. He is currently employed as Team Coordinator for the Nigeria national under-17 football team.

References

Olympic medal record
Competitor for Nigeria
Men's Football
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Team Competition