Nana Kofi Babil

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Nana Kofi Babil
Personal information
Full name Nana Kofi Babil
Date of birth (2002-01-04) January 4, 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Ghana
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Medeama
Number 20
Youth career
Charity FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Medeama 12 (4)
2020–2021 → SCR Altach (loan) 2 (0)
2021–2022 Aluminij 1 (0)
2023– Medeama 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 25, 2023

Nana Kofi Babil (born January 4, 2002) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a winger for Medeama.

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Playing career

Babil joined Medeama SC from a lower division side called Charity FC in December 2019 ahead of the 2019–20 Ghana Premier League season. He signed a three-year contract. [2] He featured prominently for the club in their Ghana Premier League campaign which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] He scored 4 goals for Medeama before the league was called off.[ citation needed ] He made his debut on December 29, 2019, coming on in the 69th minute for Ebenezer Ackahbi. [4] Babil registered his first goal in the Ghanaian top-flight division when he netted a 90th-minute goal for Medeama in their 3–1 win over Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs on December 29, 2019. [5] He enhanced his scoring credentials when he climbed off the bench to score the third goal for his side against Accra Hearts of Oak in a 3–0 win in early January 2020. [6] His other goals in the Ghana Premier League came against Liberty Professionals on January 11, 2020 [7] and International Allies on February 19, 2020. [8] In January 2020, Babil was named in the Ghana Premier League Team of the Week by Ghanaian football web portal 442 Ghana. [9] On March 16, 2020, the Ghana Football Association's disciplinary committee deducted points from Medeama for fielding Nana Babil in a league game against Accra Great Olympics because he was deemed unqualified to have featured in the game. [10]

In July 2020, Babil joined Austrian side SCR Altach on a season-long loan. [11]

In August 2021, Babil signed a two-year contract with Slovenian PrvaLiga side Aluminij. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ghana – N. Babil – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Medeama SC announce signing of forward Nana Kofi Babil". GhanaSoccernet. December 27, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Coronavirus: Ghanaian league canceled due to pandemic". AS.com. July 1, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Match Report of Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs vs Medeama SC – 2019-12-29 – Ghana Premier League". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Ebusua – Medeama 1:3". flashscore.com. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Medeama – Hearts of Oak 3:0". flashscore.com. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Liberty – Medeama 1:1". flashscore.com. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Inter Allies – Medeama 1:2". flashscore.com. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  9. ↑ "GPL Team of the Week: Medeama's Nana Kofi Babil' Super sub strike heads him into TOTW". 442 GH. January 1, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Medeama suffer points deduction for using unqualified player against Gt. Olympics". Pulse Gh. March 1, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Medeama star Nana Kofi Babil joins Austrian side SCR Altach on a one-year loan deal". GhanaWeb. July 20, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  12. ↑ Prosenc, Timotej (August 31, 2021). "Aluminij pripeljal še devetega novinca". Slovenski nogometni portal (in Slovenian). Retrieved August 31, 2021.
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