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.

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| goals2 =

| years3 = 1995–1997

| clubs3 = Katsina United

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| 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}}

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