Badmus Babatunde

Badmus Babatunde
Personal information
Date of birth23 February 1989
Place of birthNigeria
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Rangdajied United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2006-2008Viva Kerala
2007→ Salgaocar S.C. (loan)
2010–2012ONGC10(11[1])
2012–2013Rangdajied United
2013-Royal Wahingdoh
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

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

Royal Wahingdoh

He is currently playing for Royal Wahingdoh in 2014 I-League 2nd Division.

References

  1. ↑ Badmus Babatunde - Person Profile - SoccerPunter.com
  2. ↑ "A.R Hima sign three players, 2 with I-League experience". Meghalaya Times. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  3. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-sg/match/51448/dempo-sports-club-vs-ongc-fc/preview
  4. ↑ http://newshopper.sulekha.com/i-league-aiff-xi-in-1-1-draw-against-ongc_news_1240568.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/53377/prayag-united-vs-ongc-fc/play-by-play
  6. ↑ http://arunfoot.blogspot.in/2011/02/i-league-round-14-ongc-shock-east.html
  7. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/air-india-beats-ongc/article1524553.ece?css=print
  8. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-ie/match/53360/churchill-brothers-sc-vs-ongc-fc/preview
  9. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/57517/ongc-fc-vs-mumbai-fc/report
  10. ↑ http://meghalayatimes.info/index.php/sports/54-archive/sports/january-2012/3284-ar-hima-sign-three-players-2-with-i-league-experience
  11. ↑ http://www.kolkatafootball.com/aiff_2nd_divn_ileague_2012/shilchor.html
  12. ↑ http://www.gcsstars.com/2013/03/fixture-i-league-2nd-division-final-leg.html

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