Ibrahim Babangida (footballer)
{{Short description|Nigerian footballer (1976–2024)}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Use Nigerian English|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ibrahim Babangida
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1976|08|01}}
| birth_place = Kaduna, Nigeria
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2024|05|09|1976|08|01}}
| death_place = Kaduna, Nigeria
| height = 1.66 m
| position = Right winger
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1990–1991
| clubs1 = Bank of the North
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1992–1994
| clubs2 = Stationery Stores F.C.
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 1995–1997
| clubs3 = Katsina United
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| years4 = 1997–2002
| clubs4 = Volendam
| caps4 = 51
| goals4 = 7
| nationalyears1 = 1993
| nationalteam1 = Nigeria U17
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 1| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's football }}
{{MedalCountry | {{NGA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | FIFA U-17 World Cup }}
{{MedalGold | 1993 Japan | Team }}
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Ibrahim Babangida (1 August 1976 – 9 May 2024) was a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a right winger.{{Worldfootball.net|ibrahim-babangida}}
Club career
Babangida was born in Kaduna. He played for Bank of the North, Stationery Stores F.C. and Katsina United in his home country and for Dutch club FC Volendam.{{in lang|nl}} [https://fcvolendam.nl/nieuws/in-memoriam-ibrahim-babangida/ In memoriam in the FC Volendam's web]
International career
Babangida represented the Nigeria national under-17 football team at the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Japan and was the world champion.{{FIFA player|195098}}
Personal life and death
Babangida was the brother of former Ajax winger Tijani Babangida and former Olympiacos forward Haruna Babangida.
On 9 May 2024, Babangida died after being involved in a traffic collision in Zaria. He was 47. Other occupants, including his elder brother, Tijani, survived the accident.{{Cite web |title=Olympic gold medallist Babangida, wife hospitalised after road crash, brother dies |url=https://punchng.com/olympic-gold-medallist-babangida-wife-hospitalised-after-road-crash-brother-dies/ |access-date=9 May 2024 |website=Punch Newspapers |date=9 May 2024 |language=en-US}}
References
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Category:Nigerian men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Kaduna
Category:Men's association football wingers
Category:Eerste Divisie players
Category:Stationery Stores F.C. players
Category:Katsina United F.C. players
Category:Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
Category:Road incident deaths in Nigeria
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