Badmus Babatunde
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-02-28) 28 February 1986
Place of birth Nigeria
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Viva Kerala
2007 → Salgaocar S.C. (loan)
2010–2012 ONGC (11)
2012–2013 Rangdajied United
2013–2014 Royal Wahingdoh
2015–2016 Gangtok Himalayan
2016 Chennai United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 May 2016

Ayomide Babatunde Badmus (28 February 1986) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a forward. Babatunde has played for ONGC F.C. in 2010–11 I-League in which he scored 11 goals before his club was relegated.[1][2]

Career

ONGC F.C.

Badmus Babatunde was a star scorer, as he guided ONGC F.C. to promotion after finishing undefeated in the Final Round of the 2010 I-League 2nd Division. They finished runners-up to the Sanquelim-based SESA Football Academy in the Group-B, but in the Final Round, ONGC's unbeaten run meant they won the 2010 I-League 2nd Division and were promoted to the 2010-11 I-League. Babatunde had scored against Vasco S.C. in the 1-0 win, then against Malabar United in the 3-1 win, against Oil India in the 4-1 win, against HAL in 2-1 win, once in these consecutive matches.
In the 2010-11 I-League, he scored a brace in the 2-5 loss against Dempo S.C. in September 2010.[3] In December, he scored against AIFF XI at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium in the 1-1 draw.[4] He scored a brace against Prayag United S.C. in the 2-4 loss in January.[5] He shocked the East Bengal F.C. by scoring in a 1-0 win[6] in February. He had scored the only goal for his side in the 1-2 loss against Air India[7] in March 2011. In April 2011, he again scored a brace against Churchill Brothers S.C. to shock the Salcette-based side to a 3-3 draw at Fatorda Stadium.[8] On a must-win home match against Mumbai F.C. in May 2011, he scored to give a 2-0 lead, but it finally ended 2-2, and ONGC F.C. were again relegated on a head-to-head basis[9] He had finished with 11 goals in the 2010-11 I-League.

Rangdajied United

In January 2012, the Shillong-based club Ar-Hima, later renamed as Rangdajied United F.C., signed Babatunde.[10] In the Group 1 of 2012 I-League 2nd Division, he scored once against Bhawanipore F.C. in the 3-3 draw at Silchar.[11] However, they failed to qualify to the Final Round as they finished 3rd in the Group Stage.
In the 2013 I-League 2nd Division, he scored in the 1-1 draw in the opening match against Southern Samity. Thereafter, he had a lean run in the 1st leg of the final round. But he finished the final round with successive hat-tricks against Langsning F.C. (3-1 win on 22 April), and then against Southern Samity (3-1 win on 24 April),[12] which helped his side catapult past Bhawanipore F.C. to be the runners-up, and earn promotion to the 2013–14 I-League. Babatunde became the highest scorer with 8 goals, along with Bhawanipore F.C.'s Hudson Lima Da Silva.

Later career

Following his time with Rangdajied United, Babatunde signed with Royal Wahingdoh and Gangtok Himalayan and played in the I-League 2nd Division with the clubs. He then signed with Chennai United in the CFA First Division in 2016.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "A.R Hima sign three players, 2 with I-League experience". Meghalaya Times. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Divisional Scorers". Football League. 6 August 2010. Archived from the original on 22 September 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Reference at www.goal.com".
  4. ↑ "I-League: AIFF XI in 1-1 draw against ONGC – Sulekha News". Archived from the original on 30 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Reference at www.goal.com".
  6. ↑ "Arunava about Football: I-League - Round 14: ONGC shock East Bengal, Salgaocar now top". Archived from the original on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "Air India beats ONGC - SPORT - The Hindu". The Hindu.
  8. ↑ "Reference at www.goal.com".
  9. ↑ "Reference at www.goal.com".
  10. ↑ "A.R Hima sign three players, 2 with I-League experience". Archived from the original on 21 August 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  11. ↑ "AIFF 2nd Divn. I-LEAGUE - 2012 | kolkatafootball.com|Indianfootball news".
  12. ↑ "Football in Bangalore: Fixture: I-League 2nd Division final rounds".
  13. ↑ Sankar, TN Vimal (7 May 2016). "Soccer Solace for Nigerian in Chennai Lower Division". New Indian Express. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
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