Michael Babatunde

Michael Babatunde

Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-12-24) 24 December 1992
Place of birth	Lagos, Nigeria
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Wydad AC
Number	10
Youth career
	Water FC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010	Heartland
2011–2013	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	44	(2)
2013–2015	Volyn Lutsk	46	(4)
2015	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2	(0)
2016	Raja Casablanca	5	(3)
2016–2018	Qatar SC	10	(3)
2018–	Wydad AC	4	(0)
International career‡
2013–	Nigeria	17	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 November 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 November 2016

Michael Babatunde (born 24 December 1992) is a Nigerian football midfielder, who plays for Wydad AC in Botola Pro.

Nigerian native Michael Babatunde has established records for goals scored and great performances en route to worldwide recognition as midfielder and forward.

Biography

Born on December 24, 1992, in Lagos, Nigeria, soccer player Michael Babatunde moved to Ukraine at the age of 19, signed by FC Kryvbas of Ukraine from Heartland FC of Nigeria. Michael Babatunde became a star in Ukraine after Scoring his first goal against FC Chornomorets Odesa, scoring 2 goals at will with the team which lead his club to stay at the Ukrainian Premier League from 2010 to 2013 before the club went bankrupt. In 2012-2013 he set a record for most goals to assist in a calendar year and has scored 6 goals in total at the Ukrainian Premier League from 2010-2015. He later went on a free transfer to FC Volyn, he was invited a couple of times to the Nigeria National Team, and later played in Fifa confederation cup Brazil 2013 and the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Babatunde Michael was born on December 24, 1992, in Lagos, Nigeria. As a young boy, he tagged along when he turns 5 years, he was playing soccer with friends, un-intimidated by the bigger boys. At the age of 8, he was recruited to join the youth academy club in Lagos. Recognized smaller than most of the kids in his age group, Michael eventually got recognized by a bigger academy Water Fc Academy Abuja where he was groomed as a professional, later linked with FC Heartland, played several games for U-17, U-20 and Super Eagle the National Team of Nigeria. Michael has played a total of 14420 minutes, 188 Appearances, 163 Lineups, 35 Substitutes, 10 Substitute out, 25 Substitute on the bench, 101 Goals, 19 Yellow Cards, 0 Red Cards. He has been in Ukraine from 2010 to 2015.

On 31 May 2016 Michael Babatunde joined Qatar SC in the Qatar stars league.

External links

• Official website Template:Uk icon