Early career Dauda was discovered in Nigeria by an
agent Victor Mcdonald at age eighteen. He was playing with Grassroot Highlanders. Mcdonald helped him to get signed with
Swedish fourth tier club
Sölvesborgs GoIF. His time there was very successful and he was named the best forward of the division in 2007 which made several
Allsvenskan clubs want to sign him.
Kalmar In the end, he decided to join
Kalmar FF the following year. During his time there he very rarely got to play the full 90 minutes in games but he still had a prolific 2012 season where he scored a total of 14 goals. After the season had ended he declared that he was leaving the club to look for a new challenge. During his spell with Kalmar, he won the
Swedish championship in
2008 and the
Swedish Supercup in
2009, besides having been twice runner-up of the
Swedish Cup, in
2008 and
2011.
Red Star Belgrade On 8 February 2013, which was the last day of the transfer market window in
Jelen Super Liga Dauda signed a contract with
Red Star Belgrade. The first occasion on which Dauda scored for Red Star came on 3 April 2013, when he scored two goals and provided an assist for teammate
Darko Lazović in a 3–0 win at home against
Hajduk Kula.
Vitesse On 21 July 2014, Red Star Belgrade announced they had agreed a €500,000 fee for the transfer of Dauda to
Eredivisie club
Vitesse Arnhem.
Heart of Midlothian On 1 February 2016,
Scottish Premiership side
Heart of Midlothian signed him on a loan deal for the remainder of the season. He scored his first goals for the club when he scored a brace in the league against
Ross County on 10 February 2016. His five goals in the
2016–17 Greek Cup made him top scorer for the season. Dauda scored as Atromitos beat
AEK Athens 1–0 to go top of
the table on 23 October 2017. His goal on 28 January 2018 secured a 1–0 home win over
AEL, and two goals in the last match of the season took his personal total to nine. The 4–0 home win against
Kerkyra gave Atromitos a fourth-place finish.
Giresunspor Dauda spent the 2018–19 season with
TFF First League (Turkish second-tier) club
Giresunspor, for which he scored 12 goals from 28 league appearances.
Panetolikos On 16 January 2020, following his release from AEL, he joined
Panetolikos on a six-month contract. In his debut, two days later, he salvaged a point in a home game against
Lamia, with a last-minute penalty. On 22 January 2020, Abiola Dauda, who recently moved from Larissa to Panetolikos a few days ago, struck a brace, first in the 28th minute after dribbling past the goalkeeper and slotting the ball into the net, and in the 63rd minute when his left-footed strike gave the visitors a 0–2 lead in a thrilling 2–2 away draw against
AEL.
Apollon Smyrnis On 4 September 2020, he signed with
Apollon Smyrnis on a free transfer.
Ionikos On September 2023, he moved to
Ionikos on a free transfer.
Aris Petroupolis On 27 July 2024, he signed with
Aris Petroupolis on a free transfer. == Career statistics ==