Brought in from the
Nigerian
FC Ebedei Football Academy to Denmark at a young age, Lawal joined
FC Midtjylland's youth academy. In March 2006 he renewed his contract with
Vejle Boldklub until 1 July 2010. Lawal played 2009 Vejle Boldklub of the
Danish Superliga, but he was on loan to
Lyngby Boldklub. After the end of the season 2010 joined to Swedish club
Kristianstads FF. In December 2012 he made contract with B36 Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands. In 2015, he signed for
ÍF Fuglafjørður He joined Víkingur Gøta in 2017, and scored the winning goal in their 2–1
2017–18 Champions League home triumph over
KF Trepça'89 of Kosovo. ==Honours==