Badmus Babatunde

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Badmus Babatunde
Personal information
Place of birthNigeria
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current clubRangdajied United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2012ONGC
2012–Rangdajied United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Badmus Babatunde is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a forward for Rangdajied United in the I-League. Babatunde has played for ONGC F.C. in 2010–11 I-League in which he scored 11 goals before his club was relegated.[1]

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.[2] In December, he scored against AIFF XI at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium in the 1-1 draw.[3] He scored a brace against Prayag United S.C. in the 2-4 loss in January.[4] He shocked the East Bengal F.C. by scoring in a 1-0 win[5] in February. He had scored the only goal for his side in the 1-2 loss against Air India[6] 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.[7] 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[8] 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.[9] In the Group 1 of 2012 I-League 2nd Division, he scored once against Bhawanipore F.C. in the 3-3 draw at Silchar.[10] 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),[11] which helped his side catapault 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.

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