Bala Garba

Bala Garba

Personal information
Full name	Bala Ahmed Garba
Date of birth	(1974-08-09) 9 August 1974
Place of birth	Lagos, Nigeria
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Kopervik
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	NUB
	VIP
	El-Kanemi
1997	Udoji United
1997–2003	Haugesund	137	(54)
2003	Sundsvall	26	(5)
2004–2006	Start	60	(16)
2007–2008	Notodden	36	(4)
2009–2011	Kopervik
2011–2011	Nord
2012–present	Haugaland Fotballklubb
International career‡
199?–199?	Nigeria	7	(-)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:11, 31 December 2008 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:09, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Bala Ahmed Garba (born 9 August 1974 in Lagos) is a Nigerian footballer and coach. He played for FK Haugesund from 1997 to 2002, scoring 61 goals, which is a club record. In the 2005 season he played for Start, winning silver medal in the Tippeliga with the club. In 2006, he played for Notodden Fotballklubb. Later he settled in Kopervik, where he has been coaching local clubs in addition to daytime work.

Career statistics

As of 17 January 2015

Season	Club	Division	League		National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1997	Haugesund	Tippeligaen	14	6	0	0	—		—		14	6
1998			21	6	0	0	—		—		21	6
1999		First Division	26	11	3	2	—		—		29	13
2000		Tippeligaen	23	4	1	0	—		—		24	4
2001		First Division	29	18	2	1	—		—		31	19
2002			24	8	2	0	—		—		26	8
2003	Sundsvall	Allsvenskan	26	5	0	0	—		—		26	5
2004	Start	First Division	29	14	1	0	—		—		30	14
2005		Tippeligaen	16	2	1	0	—		—		17	2
2006			14	0	0	0	—		—		14	0
2007	Notodden	First Division	22	3	0	0	—		—		22	3
2008			11	0	0	0	—		—		11	0
Career total			255	77	10	3	0	0	0	0	265	80