Rabiu Afolabi (an haife shi a ranar 18 ga watan Afrilu a shekarar ta 1980) shi ne tsohon ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ta Nijeriya, wanda ya yi wasa a matsayin mai tsaron baya . Afolabi wanda aka haifa a Osogbo, jihar Osun, Nigeria, ya fara harkar kwallon kafa a NEPA Lagos . Afolabi ba da daɗewa ba ya bar ƙasarsa ta hanyar komawa Belgium zuwa Standard Liège bayan ya yi rawar gani a Kofin Meridian na shekarar 1997 . Da zarar ya yi ƙaura zuwa Belgium, Afolabi nan da nan ya ƙaunaci salon wasa. A cikin kakar 1997-98, ya buga wasanni uku a cikin Eerste Klasse, wanda biyu daga cikin kungiyar farko suka buga. Standard, duk da haka, ya buga kaka mara kyau kuma ya gama matsayi na 9 a tebur. A kakar wasa mai zuwa ya buga wasanni 26, ya ci kwallo kuma Liège ya kare a matsayi na shida a gasar. Standard ya kuma buga wasan karshe na Kofin Belgium, inda aka doke 1-3 a hannun Lierse SK A kakar shekarar 1999-2000, Standard ya kare a matsayi na biyar; Afolabi ya buga wasanni 24 ya ci kwallo 1.