Oladipupo Babalola

Oladipupo "Ladi" Babalola (born 4 August 1968) 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.

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)
Position(s)	Centre back / Defensive midfielder
Youth career
	Attack F.C.
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983	Nigeria Airways
1984–1994	Julius Berger
1994–1995	Concord F.C.
1995–1996	Mohammedan
1998	Mohammedan
2000	Mohammedan
2010	JS Hercules
International career
1985–1990	Nigeria U20	3
Managerial career
2010	OPS (youth)
2010	Oulun Tarmo
2010–2011	JS Hercules
2012–2013	Brothers Union
2014–2016	Feni SC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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.

He also represented Mohammedan SC of Bangladesh in the Dhaka Premier Division League.

Coaching career

Ladi holds a UEFA certified coaching license.

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

In 2014–15, Babalola was appointed as the head coach of Bangladesh-based professional team Feni Soccer Club and remained with them until 2015–16.

External links

• Oladipupo Babalola – FIFA competition record (archived)
• FIFA U-20 World Cup squads 1987
• Jalkapalloseura Hercules