Nigeria goalkeeper Tobias Lawal gets Austrian call-up

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

Nigeria-born goalkeeper, Tobias Lawal could become cap-tied if he features for Austria.

The LASK goalie has been invited by the the Austrian senior men’s national team for their 2024 Euros qualifiers later this month.

The 23-year-old was previously invited to Nigeria’s senior men’s national team camp by Gernot Rohr in 2020.

Lawal was invited to the game alongside another Nigerian who is the team captain, David Alaba.

The Austrian youth international was born in Austria to a Nigerian father and an Austrian mother.

He made his debut for the Austria U-19 team in September 2018 in a friendly versus Denmark. In June 2019, he played for the U-20 team in a match against Switzerland.

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 of that same year, he joined FC Wels on loan and made his debut in the Regionalliga against SV Ried Amateure on Matchday 8.

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.

He was promoted to the senior LASK team in 2020.