Personal information | |||
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Full name | Olalekan Ibrahim Babatunde | ||
Date of birth | 29 December 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ravecchia | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2002 | Parma | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2003 | Arezzo | 5 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Piacenza | 5 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Mons | 18 | (2) |
2005–2007 | Msida St. Joseph | 48 | (18) |
2007–2008 | Horsens | 6 | (0) |
2008–2010 | Nocerina | 40 | (9) |
2011–2012 | Birkirkara | 11 | (3) |
2013–2014 | Daugava | 24 | (8) |
2014–2015 | Racing Beirut | 11 | (1) |
2015–2016 | Saronno | ? | (?) |
2016–2017 | Garda | 24 | (15) |
2017–2018 | Vedeggio | ? | (?) |
2018–2019 | Novazzano | 11 | (3) |
2019–2020 | Real Melegnano | ? | (?) |
2020–2021 | Vedeggio | ? | (?) |
2021–2022 | Locarno | ? | (?) |
2022- | Ravecchia | ? | (?) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Olalekan Ibrahim Babatunde (born 29 December 1984) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Swiss 4. Liga club FC Ravecchia.
A striker, Babatunde began his career in Italy where he entered the youth system at Parma in 2008. After a brief stint with Arezzo, he made his Serie A debut in the 2002–03 season for Piacenza against his former club Parma, coming on as a 64th-minute substitute for Claudio Ferrarese in a 2–3 away loss at Stadio Ennio Tardini. [2]
After only two appearances in Serie A, [3] and three in the Serie B the following season, after Piacenza had suffered relegation, [4] Babatunde had spells in Belgium, at Mons, and then in Malta, at Msida St. Joseph. At the latter, he was voted as the Malta Football Best Foreign Player award. [5] In 2007, he signed with Danish Superliga club AC Horsens. [6] He was first the subject of racist taunts in a match on 26 September 2007 against Næstved Boldklub. [7] Babatunde was the subject of racism again in a friendly against Holstein Kiel in January 2018, when Kiel-player Peter Schyrba called him "an animal". [8]
In 2008, Babatunde returned to Italy to play for Nocerina. With the Campania-based team he won the 2008–09 Serie D title and subsequent promotion to the Lega Pro Prima Divisione. [9] Following an injury, he left the club in 2010. [10]
In February 2011, Babatunde returned to Malta, reaching an agreement with Birkirkara. [5] At the end of the season he left the club when his contract expired, [11] and in March 2013, he joined Latvian Higher League champions Daugava and helped them win the Latvian Supercup. [12] In September 2014 he moved to the Lebanese Premier League side Racing Beirut, [13] before returning to Italy in 2015 playing for amateur clubs Saronno, Garda, Vedeggio, Novazzano and Real Melegnano the following years. [14] [15] [16]
In July 2021, Babatunde made his footballing comeback signing for FC Locarno in the sixth-tier Swiss 2. Liga. [14]
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