Babatunde Yusuf

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Yusuf Babatunde
Personal information
Full name Yusuph Babatunde Bakare
Date of birth (1983-06-13) June 13, 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Owu, Nigeria
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Kwara United F.C.
Number 2
Youth career
–1999 Calabar Rovers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2000 Calabar Rovers 6 (0)
2000–2001 FAAN F.C. 17 (0)
2001–2002 Crown F.C. 20 (0)
2002–2003 Bida Lions F.C. 11 (0)
2003–2004 Diskabog F.C. 39 (0)
2005–present Kwara United F.C.
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 31, 2006

Yusuph Babatunde Bakare (born January 29, 1985, in Osi) is a Nigerian football player currently with Kwara United F.C. of Ilorin. [1]

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Early life

Hails from Osi in the Ekiti local government area of Kwara State.

Career

He is otherwise called ‘Keshi', he started his professional career with the Calabar Rovers of Calabar (1999–2000), FAAN F.C. of Lagos (2000–2001), Crown F.C. of Ogbomoso (2001–2002), Bida Lions F.C. (2002–2003), Diskabog F.C. of Ilorin (2003–2004) and Kwara United F.C. of Ilorin (2005 to date). He was two time runner-up in the state FA Cup in Niger (2002) & Kwara (2003) and won the 2005 edition with Kwara United F.C. [2]

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