[4] After a season, he joined Serie A outfit Udinese Calcio, as the club borrowed the registration quota from Sampdoria.
[12] On 6 February 2017, another Russian club FC Dynamo Moscow confirmed that they are considering inviting Rabiu for a tryout.
[13] On 9 February 2017, his agent said Rabiu is still recovering from injury and will not go on Dynamo tryout, and he still might return to Anzhi for the rest of the 2016–17 season.
[16] On 7 July 2019, Krylia Sovetov announced that Rabiu left the team due to health problems.
[19] Rabiu represented the Black Satellites on international level,[20] he played with the team in the qualifications for the 2009 African Youth Championship in Rwanda.