Haruna Babangida

{{short description|Nigerian former professional footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Haruna Babangida

| image =

| fullname = Haruna Babangida

| height = 1.66 m

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|10|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kaduna, Nigeria

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Winger

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Shooting Stars

| youthyears2 = 1995–1997

| youthclubs2 = Ajax

| youthyears3 = 1997–1998

| youthclubs3 = Barcelona

| years1 = 1998–2004

| clubs1 = Barcelona B

| caps1 = 130

| goals1 = 46

| years2 = 2002–2003

| clubs2 = → Terrassa (loan)

| caps2 = 38

| goals2 = 5

| years3 = 2004

| clubs3 = → Cádiz (loan)

| caps3 = 14

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2004–2005

| clubs4 = Metalurh Donetsk

| caps4 = 10

| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2005–2007

| clubs5 = Olympiacos

| caps5 = 33

| goals5 = 5

| years6 = 2007–2009

| clubs6 = Apollon Limassol

| caps6 = 54

| goals6 = 18

| years7 = 2009

| clubs7 = Kuban Krasnodar

| caps7 = 14

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2010

| clubs8 = Mainz 05 II

| caps8 = 2

| goals8 = 2

| years9 = 2010

| clubs9 = Mainz 05

| caps9 = 1

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2011

| clubs10 = Vitesse Arnhem

| caps10 = 7

| goals10 = 1

| years11 = 2012

| clubs11 = Kapfenberger SV

| caps11 = 24

| goals11 = 2

| years12 = 2015

| clubs12 = Mosta

| caps12 = 11

| goals12 = 4

| totalcaps = 318

| totalgoals = 82

| nationalyears1 = 2003

| nationalteam1 = Nigeria

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Haruna Babangida ({{Pronunciation|Ha-Haruna Babangida.ogg|help=no}}; born 1 October 1982) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a winger.

Babangida is the eighth of ten brothers; he is the younger brother of Tijani Babangida and Ibrahim Babangida.

Club career

=Early career=

Born in Kaduna, Haruna Babangida started his youth career at Shooting Stars, before signing for Ajax at the age of 13. He was snapped up by Barcelona a year later. In 1998, aged 15, Babangida made his first-team debut for the Catalan club in a pre-season friendly against AGOVV Apeldoorn, becoming the second youngest ever player to feature for Barcelona. However, he did not make the breakthrough and in 2002–03 was loaned to second division side Terrassa, before spending the following season playing for Barcelona B and Cádiz (in the second half).{{Cite web|title=Haruna Babangida: Im dritten Anlauf bei Mainz 05|language=German|date=14 June 2010|accessdate=14 June 2010|publisher=1. FSV Mainz 05|url=http://www.mainz05.de/news_details.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=5967&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=4&cHash=4aca947dcb|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612063809/http://www.mainz05.de/news_details.html|archivedate=12 June 2010}}

Metalurh Donetsk then took him to Ukraine on a permanent basis.

=Greece and Cyprus=

In 2005, Olympiacos signed Babangida on a three-year contract after he impressed in a pre-season tournament in Spain.{{Cite web|url = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01ac-0ea7ff95dd01-0c269a06bf48-1000--babangida-wins-over-olympiacos/ |title = Babangida wins over Olympiacos|date = 18 August 2005 |access-date = 15 February 2008|publisher=UEFA}}

In the first season, he played 25 league appearances and started 11 times for the double-winners. He rarely scored, but scored his first UEFA Champions League goal at home against Lyon, in the third minute, but the match ended as a 1–4 loss.{{cite web | url = http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/history/season=2005/round=2201/match=1100309/index.html | publisher = UEFA | title = UEFA Champions League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716042228/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/history/season=2005/round=2201/match=1100309/index.html |archive-date=16 July 2009}}

On 25 May 2007, Olympiacos officially released Haruna Babangida.

He made his debut for Apollon Limassol on 1 September 2007 against rival team AEL Limassol, where he scored two goals in an eventual 4–3 win.

=Mainz 05=

On 14 June 2010, he signed a one-year contract for Mainz 05 with an option to extend the contract for two more years.{{Cite web|title=Haruna Babangida: Im dritten Anlauf bei Mainz 05|language=German|date=14 June 2010|accessdate=15 November 2010|publisher=1. FSV Mainz 05|url=http://www.mainz05.de/news_details.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=5967&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=4&cHash=4aca947dcb|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719061256/http://www.mainz05.de/news_details.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=5967&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=4&cHash=4aca947dcb|archivedate=19 July 2011}}

On 26 June 2010, he scored his first goal against Panathinaikos. The half season that was less than successful for Babangida, with only a single appearance in the Bundesliga. In December of that year, Mainz released him.{{cite web|title=Tuchel schrumpft wohl 05-Kader|trans-title=Tuchel plans to shrink 05-squad|language=German|date=21 December 2010|accessdate=21 December 2010|publisher=Sport 1|url=http://www.sport1.de/de/fussball/fussball_bundesliga/newspage_327911.html|archive-date=24 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224014713/http://www.sport1.de/de/fussball/fussball_bundesliga/newspage_327911.html|url-status=dead}}

=Vitesse=

On 12 January 2011, he joined Vitesse as a testplayer and on 16 January he signed a contract until the end of the season.

International career

He made his debut for Nigeria on 20 August 2003, in a friendly match which Nigeria lost 0–3 to Japan in Tokyo.

Club statistics

:Source:{{NFT player|id=11437|accessdate=}}

colspan=3 \| Club performance ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Cup ! colspan=2 \| League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Continental ! colspan=2 \| Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Season ! Club ! League ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals
colspan=3 \|Spain ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Copa del Rey ! colspan=2 \| Copa de la Liga ! colspan=2 \| Europe ! colspan=2 \| Total
2002–03	Terrassa	Segunda División	38	5				–	–
2003–04	Cádiz	Segunda División	14	0				–	–
colspan=3 \|Ukraine ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Ukrainian Cup ! colspan=2 \| League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Europe ! colspan=2 \| Total
2004–05	rowspan="2"\|Metalurh Donetsk	rowspan="2"\|Premier League	8	2				0	0
2005–06	2	0				0	0
colspan=3 \|Greece ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Greek Cup ! colspan=2 \| League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Europe ! colspan=2 \| Total
2005–06	rowspan="2"\|Olympiacos	Alpha Ethniki	25	2				6	1
2006–07	Super League	8	1				2	0
colspan=3 \|Cyprus ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Cypriot Cup ! colspan=2 \| League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Europe ! colspan=2 \| Total
2007–08	rowspan="2"\|Apollon Limassol	rowspan="2"\|First Division	23	9				–	–
2008–09	31	9				–	–
colspan=3 \|Russia ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Russian Cup ! colspan=2 \| Premier League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Europe ! colspan=2 \| Total
2009	Kuban Krasnodar	Premier League	14	1				–	–
colspan=3 \|Germany ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| DFB-Pokal ! colspan=2 \| DFB Ligapokal ! colspan=2 \| Europe ! colspan=2 \| Total
2010–11	Mainz	Bundesliga	1	0				–	–
rowspan=6\| Country	colspan=2\| Spain !52\|\|5\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|
colspan=2\|Ukraine !10\|\|2\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|
colspan=2\|Greece !33\|\|3\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|
colspan=2\|Cyprus !54\|\|18\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|
colspan=2\|Russia !14\|\|1\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|
colspan=2\|Germany !1\|\|0\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|
colspan=3\|Total !163\|\|29\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan=3 \| Nigeria national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2003	1	0
Total\|\|1\|\|0

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! colspan=3 | Nigeria national team

Year

Apps

Goals

2003

Total||1||0

Honours

Olympiacos

Greek Championship: 2005–2006, 2006–2007

References

External links

{{BDFutbol|4742}}
{{FIFA player|178397}}
[http://cadistas1910.awardspace.com/ficha_jugador.php?idjugador=398&nombre=Babangida cadistas1910.com profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106223946/http://cadistas1910.awardspace.com/ficha_jugador.php?idjugador=398&nombre=Babangida |date=6 November 2010 }} {{in lang|es}}
{{Soccerway|66384}}

Category:1982 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Kaduna

Category:Men's association football wingers

Category:Nigerian men's footballers

Category:Nigeria men's international footballers

Category:Nigeria men's under-20 international footballers

Category:Nigerian expatriate men's footballers

Category:Super League Greece players

Category:Olympiacos F.C. players

Category:Segunda División players

Category:FC Barcelona Atlètic players