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Celestine Babayaro
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Nigerian association football player (born 1978)
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Celestine Hycieth Babayaro is a Nigerian male association football player who played as a full-back. Born in Kaduna on August 29, 1978, he represented Nigeria in international competition, including the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics and the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cups. His professional career spanned from 1994 to 2008.
Babayaro competed in the Premier League and the Belgian Pro League. He was a member of several clubs, including Chelsea F.C., Newcastle United F.C., R.S.C. Anderlecht, and LA Galaxy. He speaks English and Nigerian Pidgin.
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Key facts
- 2008
- LA Galaxy
- Full name
- Celestine Hycieth Babayaro
- Date of birth
- ( 1978-08-29 ) 29 August 1978 (age 47)
- Place of birth
- Kaduna , Nigeria
- Height
- 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
- Positions
- Left-back midfielder
- Years
- Team
- 1994 1997
- Anderlecht
- 1997 2005
- Chelsea
- 2005 2008
- Newcastle United
- 1996 2000
- Nigeria Olympic
- 1995 2004
- Nigeria
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Nationality
- Nigeria
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nigeria
- Place of birth
- Kaduna
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Nigerian Pidgin
- Participant in
- 2004 African Cup of Nations
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Plateau United F.C.
- Position played
- full-back
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Nigeria
- Mass
- 69
- Image
- Celestine Babayaro (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 175
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- Commons category
- Celestine Babayaro
- date of birth
- 1978-08-29
- birth name
- Celestine Hycieth Babayaro
- name in native language
- Celestine Babayaro
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 1
- total goals in career
- 0
- start of work period
- 1994-00-00
- end of work period
- 2008-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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Celestine Hycieth Babayaro (born 29 August 1978) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a left-back or a midfielder.
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