Michael Babatunde

Michael Babatunde
Babatunde with Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-12-24) 24 December 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Mash’al Mubarek
Number 80
Youth career
Water FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010 Heartland 29 (15)
2011–2013 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 64 (32)
2013–2015 Volyn Lutsk 46 (24)
2015 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 15 (7)
2015–2016 Raja Casablanca 25 (15)
2016–2018 Qatar SC 25 (20)
2018–2021 Wydad AC 9 (4)
2022–2023 Laçi 24 (2)
2024– Mash’al Mubarek 12 (3)
International career‡
2013–2016 Nigeria[1] 17 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 November 2016

Michael Babatunde (born 24 December 1992) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Mash’al Mubarek.[2]

Club career

In December 2015, he joined Moroccan club Raja Casablanca.[3] On 31 May 2016, Babatunde joined Qatar SC in the Qatar Stars League.[4] In 2018, Babatunde returned to Morocco to join Wydad AC.[5]

International career

Babatunde is a frequent player in the Nigeria national team, playing for Nigeria in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Honours

Qatar SC

Wydad

References

  1. ^ Michael Babatunde at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ Michael Babatunde at Soccerway
  3. ^ "Nigeria's Michael Babatunde joins Raja Casablanca". Television Africa.
  4. ^ "Babatunde joins relegated Qatar SC". BBC Sport.
  5. ^ "Michael Babatunde seals Wydad Casablanca move". Goal.com. 6 February 2018.
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