Career
After over five years of playing competitive football in Sweden, Dauda gained Swedish citizenship in June 2013. Dauda has vertical scars under each of his eyes which are family markings that were given to him shortly after birth. He has eleven siblings in his family.
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.
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. Vitesse
On 21 July 2014, Football Club Red Star Belgrade announced they had agreed a €0.5 million 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.