LIVERPOOL "NIGERIAN  BOMBER "SET BELGIUM ON FIRE

Nigerian striker Taiwo Awoniyi, who is on loan from Liverpool, was on target for Mouscron who lost 5-3 away to Anderlecht in the Belgian Jupiler on Sunday.
Awoniyi scored in the 70th minute to make it 4-1 for Mouscron.
The goal was Awoniyi’s seventh in 26 league appearances for Mouscron so far this season.
Mouscron are 13th on 30 points in the 16-club league table.
he has been picked for the Weekly Belgian Best eleven of the season  Weely rankings on at least two different ocassions as he settles down to life in the Belgian Jupiler Liga

Taiwo Micheal Awoniyi (born 12 August 1997) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Royal Excel Mouscron, on loan from Premier League club Liverpool. Taiwo's style of play has been compared to that of Rashidi Yekini, Nigeria's all-time highest goalscorer.^[2]

Club career

Early career

In 2010, Taiwo was voted the Most Valuable Player at a Coca-Cola football competition in London. His performance at the competition was spotted by Seyi Olofinjana who made him join Imperial Soccer Academy.^[3]

Liverpool

On 31 August 2015, Taiwo signed for Liverpool F.C. for a fee of around £400,000 but was immediately loaned out to FSV Frankfurt.^[4][5]

Loan to FSV Frankfurt

He made his debut for the club as a late substitute in a German Cup match against Hertha Berlin. After being named as a substitute for six league matches, he made his debut on 19 February 2016, playing 89 minutes against FC St. Pauli.^[6] With the team of the 2. Bundesliga, Awoniyi suffered relegation and was not kept at the end of the season.

Loan to NEC Nijmegen

On 26 August 2016, NEC confirmed that he had joined them on a season-long loan and was expected to join the squad the following week after the formalities of his work permit were completed.^[7] On 10 September, he made his Eredivisie debut in a 4–0 defeat of NEC to PSV Eindhoven, being replaced in the 72nd minute by Michael Heinloth.^[8] With Nijmegen, the Nigerian suffered his second consecutive relegation, being relegated from Eredivisie in 2017.^[9]

Loan to Royal Excel Mouscron

In July 2017 Awoniyi left Nijmegen and joined Belgian club Royal Excel Mouscron on a season-long loan, and on his debut on 12 August (also his birthday) started the match against KSC Lokeren and scored within 23 minutes.^[10]

International career

Taiwo represented Nigeria at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup and went on to win the tournament, scoring four goals during the competition.^[11] He also represented Nigeria at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand after winning the 2015 African U-20 Championship in Senegal.^[12]
On 12 April 2015, he scored a brace on his debut for the Nigeria U-23 team in a match against Zambia, as his team went on to qualify for the 2015 All African Games.^[13]
He was selected by Nigeria for their 35-man provisional squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics