Oladipupo Babalola

Ladi Babalola
Personal information
Full name Oladipupo Babalola
Date of birth (1968-08-04) 4 August 1968 (age 56)
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*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983 Nigeria Airways
1984–1994 Julius Berger
1994–1995 Concord F.C.
1995–1996 Mohammedan
1998 Mohammedan
2000 Mohammedan
2010 JS Hercules
International career
1985–1990 Nigeria U20 3
Managerial career
2010 OPS (youth)
2010 Oulun Tarmo
2010–2011 JS Hercules
2012–2013 Brothers Union
2014–2016 Feni SC
*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.

Playing 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.

He also represented Mohammedan SC of Bangladesh in the Dhaka Premier Division League.[1]

Coaching career

Ladi holds a UEFA certified coaching license.

In 2012 Babalola was appointed as a head coach of Bangladesh-based professional team Brothers Union.[1]

In 2014–15, Babalola was appointed as the head coach of Bangladesh-based professional team Feni Soccer Club and remained with them until 2015–16.

References

  1. ^ a b "Ladi Babalola is back". The Daily Star. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2024.


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