| 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) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *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]
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Club career
Babangida was born in Kaduna. He played for Bank of the North, Stationery Stores F.C. and Katsina United in his home country and for Dutch club FC Volendam.[2]
International career
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
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
- ^ 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.
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