| Bala Garba | |
| Fullname: | Bala Ahmed Garba |
| Birth Date: | 9 August 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Lagos, Nigeria |
| Position: | Striker |
| Currentclub: | Kopervik |
| Years4: | 1997 |
| Years5: | 1997–2003 |
| Years6: | 2003 |
| Years7: | 2004–2006 |
| Years8: | 2007–2008 |
| Years9: | 2009–2011 |
| Years10: | 2011–2011 |
| Years11: | 2012–present |
| Clubs1: | NUB |
| Clubs2: | VIP |
| Clubs3: | El-Kanemi |
| Clubs4: | Udoji United |
| Clubs5: | Haugesund |
| Clubs6: | Sundsvall |
| Clubs7: | Start |
| Clubs8: | Notodden |
| Clubs9: | Kopervik |
| Clubs10: | Nord |
| Clubs11: | Haugaland Fotballklubb |
| Caps5: | 137 |
| Caps6: | 26 |
| Caps7: | 60 |
| Caps8: | 36 |
| Goals5: | 54 |
| Goals6: | 5 |
| Goals7: | 16 |
| Goals8: | 4 |
| Nationalyears1: | 199?–199? |
| Nationalteam1: | Nigeria |
| Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals1: | - |
| Pcupdate: | 23:11, 31 December 2008 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 15:09, 3 April 2007 (UTC) |
Bala Ahmed Garba (born 9 August 1974 in Lagos) is a Nigerian footballer and coach. He played for FK Haugesund from 1997 to 2002, scoring 61 goals, which is a club record. In the 2005 season he played for Start, winning silver medal in the Tippeliga with the club. In 2006, he played for Notodden Fotballklubb. Later he settled in Kopervik, where he has been coaching local clubs in addition to daytime work.[1]
| Season | Club | Division | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1997 | Haugesund | Tippeligaen | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 6 | |||
| 1998 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 6 | |||||
| 1999 | First Division | 26 | 11 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 29 | 13 | ||||
| 2000 | Tippeligaen | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 4 | ||||
| 2001 | First Division | 29 | 18 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 31 | 19 | ||||
| 2002 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 8 | |||||
| 2003 | Sundsvall | Allsvenskan | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 5 | |||
| 2004 | Start | First Division | 29 | 14 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 14 | |||
| 2005 | Tippeligaen | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 2 | ||||
| 2006 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||||
| 2007 | Notodden | First Division | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 3 | |||
| 2008 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 255 | 77 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 265 | 80 | |||