Ayodele "Ayo" Bakare (born 20 March 1960) is a Nigerian professional

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. He is the current head coach of

Ebun Comets Ebun Comets is a Nigerian professional basketball club. The club currently competes in the NBBF National Division One, the top flight league in the country. They have won one national championship, in 2003, 2005 and 2007. In 2006, they played In ...

and has coached several years.

Club coaching career

Bakare has been the

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of the

in the

Nigerian Premier League The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) is the highest level of the Nigerian football league system, for the Nigerian club-football championships. The Nigerian league has suffered, like many others, from the financial impact and dwindl ...

Nigerian national team coaching career

Bakare was the former

of the senior men's

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. His Nigerian team qualified and competed at the

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. He resigned has the teams Technical Director in 2014.

References

External links

FIBA Profile
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