Ibrahim Babangida (footballer)
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1 August 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Kaduna, Nigeria | ||
Date of death | 9 May 2024 | (aged 47)||
Place of death | Kaduna, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990–1991 | Bank of the North | ||
1992–1994 | Stationery Stores F.C. | ||
1995–1997 | Katsina United | ||
1997–2002 | Volendam | 51 | (7) |
International career | |||
1993 | Nigeria U17 | 4 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ibrahim Babangida (1 August 1976 – 9 May 2024) was a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a right winger.[1]
Club career[edit]
Babangida was born in Kaduna. He played for Katsina United, Stationery Stores F.C. and Bank of the North in his home country and for Dutch club FC Volendam.[2]
International career[edit]
Babangida represented the Nigeria national under-17 football team at the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Japan and was the world champion.[3]
Personal life and death[edit]
Babangida was the brother of former Ajax winger Tijani Babangida and former Olympiacos forward Haruna Babangida.
On 9 May 2024, Babangida died after being involved in a traffic collision in Zaria. He was 47. Other occupants, including his elder brother, Tijani, survived the accident.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Ibrahim Babangida at WorldFootball.net
- ^ (in Dutch) In memoriam in the FC Volendam's web
- ^ Ibrahim Babangida – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Olympic gold medallist Babangida, wife hospitalised after road crash, brother dies". Punch Newspapers. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
Categories:
- 1976 births
- 2024 deaths
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Footballers from Kaduna
- Men's association football wingers
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Stationery Stores F.C. players
- Katsina United F.C. players
- FC Volendam players
- Babangida brothers
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Road incident deaths in Nigeria
- Nigerian football midfielder stubs