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Ibrahim Babangida (1 August 1976 – 9 May 2024) was a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a right winger.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

References

  1. ^ Ibrahim Babangida at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ (in Dutch) In memoriam in the FC Volendam's web
  3. ^ Ibrahim BabangidaFIFA competition record (archived)
  4. ^ "Olympic gold medallist Babangida, wife hospitalised after road crash, brother dies". Punch Newspapers. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.


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