Ibrahim Olawoyin

Ibrahim Olawoyin is Rizespor’s Gold-tier Engine, a Lagos-born wide midfielder whose game is built on running power and responsibility. From Abia Warriors to Rangers, via Ankara to the Black Sea, his journey tells the story of a late-peak professional focused on graft rather than headlines, still searching for that first career trophy.

This season is defined by his willingness to cover ground. Fourteen appearances and close to a thousand minutes underline the trust placed in him as a SQUAD PLAYER: called upon regularly, asked to do a job, and rarely letting the side down. An overall rating of 26 sits beneath a season ability mark of 38, a gap that hints at more to come once rhythm returns. A quiet spell with no goals or assists across his last five matches shows he is searching for fluency, but his strongest dimension, Workrate, remains his calling card, giving Rizespor crucial Balance between both boxes.

A market value around €2M paints him as a steady asset rather than a headline sale, with the curve holding steady. In crunch match moments, his capacity to keep running, press, and offer passing options in transition raises the team’s Stakes ceiling, turning him into a subtle but important piece of Rizespor’s tactical puzzle.