Michael Babatunde

Michael Babatunde

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-12-24) 24 December 1992
Place of birth	Lagos, Nigeria
Height
Position(s)	Left Winger
Team information
Current team	Qatar
Number	--
Youth career
	Water FC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010	Heartland
2011–2013	FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	44	(2)
2013–2015	FC Volyn Lutsk	36	(4)
2015	FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2	(0)
2016	Raja Casablanca	9	(2)
2016–	Qatar
International career‡
2013–	Nigeria	9	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 December 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 August 2015

Michael Babatunde (born 24 December 1992) is a Nigerian football midfielder, who plays for Qatar sc in the in Qatar second division.

Nigerian native Michael Babatunde has established records for goals scored and great performances en route to worldwide recognition as Midfielder, Forward.

Biography

Born on December 24, 1992, in Lagos, Nigeria, soccer player Michael Babatunde moved to Ukraine at the age of 19, signed by FC Kryvbas of Ukraine from Heartland FC of Nigeria. Michael Babatunde became a star in Ukraine after Scoring his first goal against FC Chornomorets Odesa, scoring 2 goals at will with the team which lead his club to stay at the Ukrainian Premier League from 2010 to 2013 before the club went bankrupt. In 2012-2013 he set a record for most goals assist in a calendar year and has scored 6 goals in total at the Ukrainian Premier League from 2010-2015. He later went on a free transfer to FC Volyn, he was invited a couple of times to the Nigeria National Team, and later played in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Early years

Michael Babatunde was born on December 24, 1992, in Lagos, Nigeria. As a young boy, he tagged along when he turns 5 years, played soccer with friends, un-intimidated by the bigger boys. At the age of 8, he was recruited to join the youth academy club in Lagos. Recognizably smaller than most of the kids in his age group, Michael eventually got recognized by a bigger academy FC Watermark Academy where he was groomed as a professional, later linked with FC Heartland, played several games for U-17, U-20 and Super Eagle the National Team of Nigeria. Michael has played a total of 4649 minutes, 81 Appearances, 44 Lineups, 37 Substitutes, 21 Substitute out, 47 Substitute on bench, 6 Goals, 13 Yellow Cards, 0 Red Cards. He has been in Ukraine from 2010 to 2015. He currently plays for Raja Casablanca of Morocco.

External links

• Profile on Kryvbas official website (Ukrainian)