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
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
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
- Oladipupo Babalola – FIFA competition record (archived)
- FIFA U-20 World Cup squads 1987
- Jalkapalloseura Hercules
- Living people
- Yoruba sportspeople
- 1969 births
- Nigerian footballers
- Association football defenders
- Association football midfielders
- Nigeria under-20 international footballers
- Nigeria international footballers
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- Nigerian football managers
- Expatriate footballers in Finland
- Sportspeople from Lagos
- Nigerian football defender stubs