Celestine Babayaro
Nigerian association football player (born 1978) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Celestine Babayaro (born 29 August 1978) is a former Nigerian football player. He also represented the Nigeria national team.
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![]() Babayaro in 2007 | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Celestine Hycieth Babayaro | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1978-08-29) 29 August 1978 (age 45) | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kaduna, Nigeria | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) |
Left-back Midfielder | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
1994 | Plateau United | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1994–1997 | Anderlecht | 175 | (8) | |||||||||||
1997–2005 | Chelsea | 132 | (5) | |||||||||||
2005–2008 | Newcastle United | 47 | (0) | |||||||||||
2008 | LA Galaxy | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
Total | 354 | (13) | ||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||
1996–2000 | Nigeria Olympic | 7 | (2) | |||||||||||
1995–2004 | Nigeria | 27 | (0) | |||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
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