Oladipupo Babalola
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Oladipupo Babalola | ||
Date of birth | 4 August 1968 | ||
Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back / Defensive midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Attack F.C. | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1983 | Nigeria Airways | ||
1984–1994 | Julius Berger | ||
1994–1995 | Concord F.C. | ||
2010 | JS Hercules | ||
International career | |||
1985–1990 | Nigeria | 22 | |
Managerial career | |||
2010 | OPS (youth) | ||
2010 | Oulun Tarmo | ||
2010–2011 | JS Hercules | ||
2012– | Brothers Union | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Oladipupo "Ladi" Babalola (born 4 August 1968) is a retired Nigerian international footballer. He has three caps for Nigerian U-20 national team from FIFA U-20 World Cup played in Chile.
Early career[edit]
Babalola started his coaching career at Tervarit youth teams and JS Hercules in Finland. During his first season with Js Hercules he led the team to gain a promotion to Kolmonen, Finnish third division and in his second season his team finished on 6th place and thus secured a place in the third division also for next season. Ladi holds a UEFA certified coaching license.
Career[edit]
In 2012 Ladi was appointed as a head coach of Bangladesh-based professional team Brothers Union. In 2014–15, Babalola was appointed as the head coach of Bangladesh-based professional team Feni Soccer club and in 2015–16 he was still with Feni soccer club .
External links[edit]
- Oladipupo Babalola – FIFA competition record (archived)
- FIFA U-20 World Cup squads 1987
- Jalkapalloseura Hercules
- Living people
- Yoruba sportspeople
- 1969 births
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Men's association football midfielders
- Nigeria men's under-20 international footballers
- Nigeria men's international footballers
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Nigerian football managers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Footballers from Lagos
- JS Hercules players
- JS Hercules managers
- Nigerian football defender stubs