| Ibrahim Babatunde | |
| Fullname: | Olalekan Ibrahim Babatunde |
| Birth Date: | 29 December 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Lagos, Nigeria |
| Height: | 1.78 m[1] |
| Currentclub: | Ravecchia |
| Clubnumber: | 11 |
| Position: | Striker |
| Youthyears1: | 2000–2002 |
| Youthclubs1: | Parma |
| Years1: | 2002–2003 |
| Caps1: | 5 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2003–2004 |
| Caps2: | 5 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2004–2005 |
| Clubs3: | Mons |
| Caps3: | 18 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2005–2007 |
| Clubs4: | Msida St. Joseph |
| Caps4: | 48 |
| Goals4: | 18 |
| Years5: | 2007–2008 |
| Clubs5: | Horsens |
| Caps5: | 6 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2008–2010 |
| Clubs6: | Nocerina |
| Caps6: | 40 |
| Goals6: | 9 |
| Years7: | 2011–2012 |
| Clubs7: | Birkirkara |
| Caps7: | 11 |
| Goals7: | 3 |
| Years8: | 2013–2014 |
| Clubs8: | Daugava |
| Caps8: | 24 |
| Goals8: | 8 |
| Years9: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs9: | Racing Beirut |
| Caps9: | 11 |
| Goals9: | 1 |
| Years10: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs10: | Saronno |
| Caps10: | ? |
| Goals10: | ? |
| Years11: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs11: | Garda |
| Caps11: | 24 |
| Goals11: | 15 |
| Years12: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs12: | Vedeggio |
| Caps12: | ? |
| Goals12: | ? |
| Years13: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs13: | Novazzano |
| Caps13: | 11 |
| Goals13: | 3 |
| Years14: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs14: | Real Melegnano |
| Caps14: | ? |
| Goals14: | ? |
| Years15: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs15: | Vedeggio |
| Caps15: | ? |
| Goals15: | ? |
| Years16: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs16: | Locarno |
| Caps16: | ? |
| Goals16: | ? |
| Years17: | 2022- |
| Clubs17: | Ravecchia |
| Caps17: | ? |
| Goals17: | ? |
Olalekan Ibrahim Babatunde (born 29 December 1984) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Swiss 4. Liga club FC Ravecchia.
A striker, Babatunde began his career in Italy where he entered the youth system at Parma in 2008. After a brief stint with Arezzo, he made his Serie A debut in the 2002–03 season for Piacenza against his former club Parma, coming on as a 64th-minute substitute for Claudio Ferrarese in a 2–3 away loss at Stadio Ennio Tardini.[2]
After only two appearances in Serie A,[3] and three in the Serie B the following season, after Piacenza had suffered relegation,[4] Babatunde had spells in Belgium, at Mons, and then in Malta, at Msida St. Joseph. At the latter, he was voted as the Malta Football Best Foreign Player award.[5] In 2007, he signed with Danish Superliga club AC Horsens.[6] He was first the subject of racist taunts in a match on 26 September 2007 against Næstved Boldklub.[7] Babatunde was the subject of racism again in a friendly against Holstein Kiel in January 2018, when Kiel-player Peter Schyrba called him "an animal".[8]
In 2008, Babatunde returned to Italy to play for Nocerina. With the Campania-based team he won the 2008–09 Serie D title and subsequent promotion to the Lega Pro Prima Divisione.[9] Following an injury, he left the club in 2010.[10]
In February 2011, Babatunde returned to Malta, reaching an agreement with Birkirkara. At the end of the season he left the club when his contract expired,[11] and in March 2013, he joined Latvian Higher League champions Daugava and helped them win the Latvian Supercup.[12] In September 2014 he moved to the Lebanese Premier League side Racing Beirut,[13] before returning to Italy in 2015 playing for amateur clubs Saronno, Garda, Vedeggio, Novazzano and Real Melegnano the following years.[14] [15]
In July 2021, Babatunde made his footballing comeback signing for FC Locarno in the sixth-tier Swiss 2. Liga.[16]
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