Solomon Oladiran Taiwo (born 29 April 1985) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Bishop's Stortford. He previously played for a number of clubs at Conference
South level and
below before joining League Two side Dagenham & Redbridge in 2007. He signed for Championship team Cardiff
City in 2009,
though was restricted to only a few appearances and left the club in June 2012.
Personal Life
Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Taiwo moved to London with his family when he was
eighteen months old.
Career
Taiwo began his career as a YTS trainee
at Millwall but
was unable to break into the first team and was released in the summer of 2004.
He joined Bromley and
had short spells with Maidenhead United, Fort Wayne Fever in the USA, Tooting
& Mitcham United, Weymouth, Chesham United,
and Windsor & Eton.
He joined Conference South side Sutton United in
March 2007 after a second term with Bromley.
Dagenham & Redbridge
In October 2007, Taiwo joined League Two side Dagenham
& Redbridge on an initial one-month loan deal from Sutton United,
making his debut in a 1–0 win over Leyton Orient in
the Football League
Trophy. He signed a two-year contract with Dagenham in November 2007. At
the end of the 2008–09 season,
Taiwo was voted the club's player of the year after the side reached a
then-highest finish of eighth in the league.
Cardiff City
On 25 August 2009 he signed a three-year deal
with Championship side Cardiff City for a fee of up to £250,000,
depending on appearances and promotion. Described by Cardiff manager Dave Jones as
"a good prospect, a strong player, a good athlete and comfortable on
the ball", Taiwo had played against the side two weeks earlier in the
first round of the Football League Cup] He made his Cardiff debut in a 2–0 defeat to Doncaster Rovers at
the Keep moat Stadium as
a substitute in place of Peter Whittingham. He made his first start and
his home debut against Queens Park
Rangers. He played his first South Wales Derby on 7 November 2009 in a
3–2 loss, coming on for Tony Capaldi.
On 12 January, during a post
match interview against Bristol City, Dave Jones stated that they had
agreed a deal with Colchester United for
Taiwo to join them on loan, but the move was later cancelled due to an ongoing
midfield injury crisis at Cardiff .On 31 May 2010, Taiwo was set to sign for
Championship rivals Norwich City, for a fee of £150,000, however
the move later collapsed after he failed a medical.
On 29 October, Dagenham boss John Still confirmed
that Taiwo would be re-joining the Daggers on loan until the
end of the season. He made his return at home to Hartlepool United,
with the match ending in a 1–1 draw.
After returning to Cardiff, Malky Mackay was put in place, and after
not making an appearance the previous season for the Bluebirds, Taiwo made his
first appearance in a year for Cardiff in the League Cup against Oxford United,
only to be taken off after 15 minutes with an ankle injury. His first league
appearance of the season came in a 2–1 win over Southampton coming on for an
injured Filip Kiss.
After
only two appearances for the Bluebirds, Taiwo's agent, Simon Dent, confirmed he
had inquiries from two unnamed League One clubs
for a short-term loan. Taiwo then joined League One side Chesterfield on 29 December on trial with
potential for a loan move, but he elected to join Leyton Orient on
loan for the remainder of the season instead on 24 January 2012.
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