1985 - Today
Taye Ismaila Taiwo (born 16 April 1985) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Kakkonen club SalPa. Having been a ranks of Gabros International and Lobi Stars, Taiwo moved to France by joining Marseille, where he had a successful spell at the club, winning Ligue 1, Coupe de la Ligue and Trophée des Champions. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Taye Taiwo has received more than 616,075 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Taye Taiwo is the 4,410th most popular soccer player (down from 3,946th in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 50th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Nigerian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Taye Taiwo ranks 4,410 out of 16,880. Before him are Pavol Biroš, Danny Ward, Elkeson, John van Loen, Mamadou Niang, and Miguel Monteiro. After him are Felipe Anderson, David Neres, Luke Shaw, Miguel Brito, Vladimir Astapovsky, and Yoshio Kato.
1953 - 2020
HPI: 41.47
Rank: 4,404
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.47
Rank: 4,405
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.47
Rank: 4,406
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 4,407
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 4,408
1980 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 4,409
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 4,410
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 4,411
1997 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 4,412
1995 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 4,413
1901 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 4,414
1946 - 2012
HPI: 41.45
Rank: 4,415
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.45
Rank: 4,416
Among people born in 1985, Taye Taiwo ranks 163. Before him are Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Arjun Kapoor, Tranquillo Barnetta, Marcell Jansen, Zach Roerig, and Yū Aoi. After him are Gary Cahill, Miyuki Sawashiro, Athina Onassis, Joakim Noah, Adriana Ugarte, and Max Minghella.
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 157
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 158
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 159
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 160
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 161
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 162
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 163
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 164
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 165
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 166
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 167
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.18
Rank: 168
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 169
Among people born in Nigeria, Taye Taiwo ranks 54 out of 236. Before him are Flora Nwapa (1931), Israel Adesanya (1989), Stephen Keshi (1962), Uche Okechukwu (1967), Vincent Enyeama (1982), and Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900). After him are Peter Rufai (1963), Victor Moses (1990), Francis Obikwelu (1978), Hakeem Kae-Kazim (1962), John Onaiyekan (1944), and Buchi Emecheta (1944).
1931 - 1993
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 48
1989 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 49
1962 - 2016
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 50
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 51
1982 - Present
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 52
1900 - 1978
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 53
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 54
1963 - Present
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 55
1990 - Present
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 56
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 57
1962 - Present
HPI: 41.04
Rank: 58
1944 - Present
HPI: 40.89
Rank: 59
1944 - 2017
HPI: 40.66
Rank: 60
Among soccer players born in Nigeria, Taye Taiwo ranks 16. Before him are Finidi George (1971), Sunday Oliseh (1974), Victor Ikpeba (1973), Stephen Keshi (1962), Uche Okechukwu (1967), and Vincent Enyeama (1982). After him are Peter Rufai (1963), Victor Moses (1990), Ahmed Musa (1992), Odion Ighalo (1989), Celestine Babayaro (1978), and Michael Obiku (1968).
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 10
1974 - Present
HPI: 42.62
Rank: 11
1973 - Present
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 12
1962 - 2016
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 13
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 14
1982 - Present
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 15
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 16
1963 - Present
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 17
1990 - Present
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 18
1992 - Present
HPI: 40.60
Rank: 19
1989 - Present
HPI: 40.09
Rank: 20
1978 - Present
HPI: 39.52
Rank: 21
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.30
Rank: 22