player · international archive · 2000–2006

Garba Lawal

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b. 1974midfielder

Nigeria

Archive goals

for Nigeria

Matches scored in

every one opens its match page below

Tournaments

most in the African Cup of Nations (3)

Career span

2000–2006

first 2000-04-22 · last 2006-02-09

Counted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.

Garba Lawal is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a winger. From 2014 to 2015, he was general manager at Kaduna United. He is with the technical department of the Nigeria Football Federation. — Wikipedia

identity matched to Wikidata · last verified 2026-08-20

In the line-ups

11 appearances in recorded line-ups · 1998–2005

The archive holds 11 team sheets naming Garba Lawal in Nigeria's starting line-up, from 1998-06-13 to 2005-06-18.

11 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.

International goals in our archive

4 goals across 4 scoring matches · 2 tournaments · 2000–2006

Date	Opponent	Result	Minutes	Competition	Venue
2006-02-09	Senegal	W1–0(n)	79'	African Cup of Nations	Cairo
2004-02-04	Benin	W2–1(n)	35'	African Cup of Nations	Sfax
2002-02-03	Ghana	W1–0(n)	80'	African Cup of Nations	Bamako
2000-04-22	Eritrea	W4–0(h)	20'	FIFA World Cup qualification	Lagos

Honours

3 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated

Team honours3
	KNVB Cup	×2	1996–97, 1999–2000	Roda JC
	Bulgarian Cup	×1	2002–03	Levski Sofia

Garba Lawal

In the line-ups

International goals in our archive

Honours

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