Michael Babatunde
 Babatunde with Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 December 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Water FC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010 | Heartland | 29 | (15) |
| 2011–2013 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 44 | (2) |
| 2013–2015 | Volyn Lutsk | 36 | (4) |
| 2015 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 2 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Raja Casablanca | 14 | (3) |
| 2016–2018 | Qatar SC | 25 | (20) |
| 2018–2021 | Wydad AC | 32 | (12) |
| 2022–2023 | Laçi | 24 | (2) |
| 2024 | Mash’al Mubarek | 19 | (3) |
| 2025 | KS Pogradeci | 9 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2016 | Nigeria[1] | 11 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 February 2026 | |||
Michael Babatunde (born 24 December 1992) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a midfielder.[2]
Club career
[edit]In December 2015, he joined Moroccan club Raja Casablanca.[3] On 31 May 2016, Babatunde joined Qatar SC in the Qatar Stars League.[4] In 2018, Babatunde returned to Morocco to join Wydad AC.[5]
International career
[edit]Babatunde is a frequent player in the Nigeria national team, playing for Nigeria in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
Honours
[edit]Qatar SC
- Qatari Second Division: 2016–17
Wydad
- Botola: 2018–19
- CAF Champions League runner-up: 2018–19
References
[edit]- ↑ Michael Babatunde at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ Michael Babatunde at Soccerway
- ↑ "Nigeria's Michael Babatunde joins Raja Casablanca". Television Africa.
- ↑ "Babatunde joins relegated Qatar SC". BBC Sport.
- ↑ "Michael Babatunde seals Wydad Casablanca move". Goal.com. 6 February 2018.
External links
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Michel Babatunde.
- Official website (in Ukrainian)
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Categories:
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Nigeria men's international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- Qatar Stars League players
- Qatari Second Division players
- Uzbekistan Pro League players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
- 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- 2014 FIFA World Cup players
- Heartland F.C. players
- FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players
- FC Volyn Lutsk players
- FC Dnipro players
- Raja CA players
- Qatar SC players
- Wydad AC players
- FC Mash'al players
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
- Expatriate men's footballers in Morocco
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Morocco
- Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
- Expatriate men's footballers in Albania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen