Samson Tijani

**Samson Okikiola Tijani** (born 17 May 2002) is a Nigerian professional footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Fredrikstad FK in Norway. He is on loan from Red Bull Salzburg. He also plays for the Nigeria national team.

## Club career

Tijani began his career with Collins Edwin Sports Club On July 17th 2020 he signed with Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg. On 14 August, Tijani came to Hartberg for the season on loan. He made his  debut for Hartberg on 30 August against Dornbirner SV in the Austrian Cup. In the league he made his debut on 12 September 2020  against Rheindorf Altach.

### FC Liefering

On 1 July 2021, Tijani was loaned out to Liefering on a season long loan.

### FC Red Bull Salzburg

On 6 February Tijani made his professional debut for the Red Bull Salzburg in the Cup match against LASK. He came in in min 89 for Nicolas Capaldo in a 3:1 win.

In the league he debuted on February 11 when he came in for Antoine Bernede in min 74 in the match versus SK Rapid Wien.

In a friendly match before the start of the 2022-23 season  versus Feyenoord Rotterdam on 9 July 2022 he suffered a shin and fibula fracture. After his recovery, he was loaned out to league rivals Wolfsberger AC in August 2023.

## International career

Tijani was part of the Nigeria team in the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations. Tijani made his debut with the senior Nigeria national team in a friendly 1-0 loss to Algeria on 9 October 2020. He returned to Salzburg for the 2024/25 season . He was loaned to Fredrikstad FK in Norway in September 2024.

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|Cup|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=1|Red Bull Salzburg|2020–21|Austrian Bundesliga|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|rowspan=1|Hartberg (loan)|2020–21|Austrian Bundesliga|14|0|3|0|1|0|18|0|
|Liefering (loan)|2021–22|Austrian 2. Liga|8|0|0|0|0|0|8|0||
|rowspan=1|Red Bull Salzburg|2021-22|Austrian Bundesliga|1|0|1|0|0|0|2|0|

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Samson Tijani
- **image**: FC Liefering gegen SK Vorwärts Steyr (29.Oktober 2021) 73.jpg
- **caption**: Tijani in 2021
- **fullname**: Samson Okikiola Tijani
- **birth place**: Enugu, Nigeria
- **height**: 1.66m
- **position**: Midfielder (association football), Midfielder
- **currentclub**: FC Liefering, Liefering
(on loan from FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg)
- **clubnumber**: 28
- **youthyears1**: –2019
- **youthclubs1**: Collins Edwin Sports Club
- **years1**: 2020–
- **clubs1**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **caps1**: 0
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2020–2021
- **clubs2**: → TSV Hartberg (loan)
- **caps2**: 14
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2021–2022
- **clubs3**: → FC Liefering, Liefering (loan)
- **caps3**: 8
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2022-2023
- **clubs4**: → Wolfsberger AC (loan)
- **caps4**: 27
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 2024-
- **clubs5**: →  Fredrikstad FK  (loan)
- **caps5**: 0
- **goals5**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2019
- **nationalteam1**: Nigeria national under-17 football team, Nigeria U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 9
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 2020–
- **nationalteam2**: Nigeria national football team, Nigeria
- **nationalcaps2**: 1
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **club-update**: 15 June 2021
- **nationalteam-update**: 9 October 2020