Bello Babatounde
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Babatounde Issiaka Bello | ||
| Date of birth | October 6, 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Esan North-East, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | FC Vysočina Jihlava | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Robo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2005–2006 | Soleil FC | ||
| 2006–2014 | Žilina | 83 | (10) |
| 2008 | → Dukla Prague (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2014– | FC Vysočina Jihlava | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005– | Benin | 6 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 August 2014. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Babatounde Issiaka Bello (born 6 October 1989) is a Nigerian born Beninese football midfielder who currently plays for Synot liga club FC Vysočina Jihlava.
Club career
Bello began playing football for FC Robo Academy in Nigeria. When he was 15, he came to Benin and joined Soleil FC in 2005. In July 2006, he signed for Slovak club MŠK Žilina and made his the Corgoň Liga debut in a 3–0 home win against Slovan Bratislava on 9 September 2006. After three seasons mostly playing for reserve squad with a brief spell in Dukla Praha, he scored two goals against Dubnica on 26 May 2009. He qualified with Žilina to the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League and played 4 group games, scoring goal against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
International career
On 17 August 2005, Bello made his debut for the Benin national football team, coming on as a substitute for 17 minutes against Sudan.[1]
Honours
Žilina
- Corgoň Liga (2): 2006–07, 2009–10
- Slovak Super Cup (2): 2007, 2010
References
External links
- MŠK Žilina profile
- Corgoň Liga profile
- Profile at footballdatabase.eu
- Bello Babatounde at National-Football-Teams.com
- Bello Babatounde – UEFA competition record
- Bello Babatounde – FIFA competition record