Oladipupo Babalola

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Ladi Babalola
Personal information
Full name Oladipupo Babalola
Date of birth (1968-08-04) 4 August 1968 (age 54)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Centre back / Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Attack F.C.
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1983 Nigeria Airways
1984–1994 Julius Berger
1994–1995 Concord F.C.
2010 JS Hercules
International career
1985–1990 Nigeria 22
Managerial career
2010 OPS (youth)
2010 Oulun Tarmo
2010–2011 JS Hercules
2012– Brothers Union
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oladipupo "Ladi" Babalola (born 4 August 1968) is a retired Nigerian international footballer. He has three caps for Nigerian U-20 national team from FIFA U-20 World Cup played in Chile.

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Early career

Babalola started his coaching career at Tervarit youth teams and JS Hercules in Finland. During his first season with Js Hercules he led the team to gain a promotion to Kolmonen, Finnish third division and in his second season his team finished on 6th place and thus secured a place in the third division also for next season. Ladi holds a UEFA certified coaching license.

Career

In 2012 Ladi was appointed as a head coach of Bangladesh-based professional team Brothers Union. In 2014–15, Babalola was appointed as the head coach of Bangladesh-based professional team Feni Soccer club and in 2015–16 he was still with Feni soccer club .


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