Oladipupo Babalola

Ladi Babalola
Personal information
Full name Oladipupo Babalola
Date of birth (1968-08-04) 4 August 1968
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Centre back / Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
retired
Youth career
Attack F.C.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983 Nigeria Airways
1984–1994 Julius Berger
1994-1995 Concord F.C.
2010 JS Hercules
National team
1985–1990 Nigeria 22
Teams managed
2010 OPS (youth)
2010 Oulun Tarmo
2010-2011 JS Hercules
2012- Brothers Union

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Oladipupo "Ladi" Babalola 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. 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. Ladi holds a UEFA certified coaching license.

In 2012 Ladi was appointed as a head coach of Bangladesh-based professional team Brothers Union.


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