Mario Rabiu

Mario Rabiu

Personal information
Full name	Rabiu Mario Oyindamola Riliwan
Date of birth	(2000-02-06) 6 February 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth	Lagos, Nigeria
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Aktobe
Number	66
Youth career
2016-2017	Abuja Football College
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2022	Modena	48	(3)
2022	→ Grosseto (loan)	11	(0)
2023	Viterbese	10	(0)
2023–2025	Skënderbeu	58	(1)
2025–	Aktobe	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 July 2025

Rabiu Mario Oyindamola Riliwan (born 6 February 2000), known as Mario Rabiu, is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Kazakhstani club Aktobe. ^{[1] [2]}

Career

Modena

After three years of playing with Abuja Football College, Mario Rabiu moved to Italian club Modena, in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy on 5 October 2018, Starting his first senior career matches. He won promotion (playoffs) with the club in the Serie D campionato, moving to Serie C, Then winning Serie C campionato, moving to Serie B with The club. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} He made his Serie C debut for Modena on 31 August 2019 in a game against Piacenza. ^[7]

Loan to Grosseto

On 18 January 2022, Mario Rabiu joined Serie C club Grosseto on loan from Modena . ^{[8] [9] [10]} He made his professional Serie C debut for Grosseto on 9 April 2022 in a game against Delfino Pescara 1936. ^[11]

At the end of his loan at Grosseto, Mario Rabiu was released on 1 September 2022, his contract terminated by mutual consent by Modena. ^{[12] [13]}

Viterbese

On 3 January 2023, Mario Rabiu moved to Serie C club Viterbese on a two-year contract. ^[14] He made his Serie C debut for Viterbese on 7 January 2023 in a game against Fidelis Andria. ^[15]

Honours

Modena

• Serie C: 2021–22

References

1. Mario Rabiu at WorldFootball.net
2. Mario Rabiu at Soccerway
3. Mario Rabiu at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
4. "Il Modena tessera Rabiu giovane del 2000 scommessa di Tosi" (in Italian). gazzettadimodena.it. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
5. "Statistiche su Rabiu Riliwan Mario" (in Italian). carrierecalciatori.it. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
6. "MODENA, RABIU: "HO AVUTO PAURA, MA ADESSO MI SENTO BENE. RINGRAZIO TUTTI PER IL SUPPORTO"" (in Italian). modenasportiva.it. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
7. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
8. "RABIU IN PRESTITO AL GROSSETO". modenacalcio.com (in Italian). 18 January 2022.
9. "UFFICIALE – Modena Fc, Mario Rabiu ceduto in prestito al Grosseto". parlandodisport.it (in Italian). 18 January 2022.
10. "Grosseto, dal Modena arriva Mario Rabiu". tuttoc.com (in Italian). 31 December 2021.
11. "Pescara Calcio v Grosseto game report". Soccerway. 9 April 2022.
12. "Grosseto, dal Modena arriva Mario Rabiu". tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). 1 September 2022.
13. "Modena, Rabiu ai saluti: rescissione di contratto del centrocampista". footballnews24.it (in Italian). 1 September 2022.
14. "La Viterbese apre la finestra di mercato: ufficiali Mario Rabiu e Christophe Renault". usviterbese.it (in Italian). 3 January 2023.
15. "FIDELIS ANDRIA V VITERBESE Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 7 January 2023.

External links

• Mario Rabiu at WorldFootball.net