Baba Sulemaye (born 7 November 1978), known as Baba Sule, is a Ghanaian retired

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Kumasi, Sule arrived in Spain not yet aged 18 from his hometown club

Cornerstones FC Kumasi Cornerstone is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Kumasi, Ashanti. They are currently competing in the Ghana Division Two League. Kumasi Cornerstone is the oldest existing club in Ashanti Kingdom. It was founded in 1931. The ...

, and proceeded to represent in the country

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

, CD Ourense,

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded on 23 June 1928. It holds home games at ...

UE Lleida Unió Esportiva Lleida was a Spanish football team based in Lleida, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. It was founded as ''Lérida Balompié-AEM'' on 30 October 1939, and became ''Unión Deportiva Lérida'' in 1947, after a merger with ''C ...

, Tomelloso CF, CD San Isidro,

UE Rapitenca Unió Esportiva Rapitenca is a Spanish football team based in Sant Carles de la Ràpita, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1930 it currently plays in Tercera División – Group 5, holding home matches at ''Estadi Municipal La ...

and

CF Rayo Majadahonda Club de Fútbol Rayo Majadahonda () is a Spanish football team based in Majadahonda, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1976 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at ''Estadio Cerro del Espino'', with ...

in a stay that would last 11 years, in the

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

but also much lower, with very poor individual results: in 1996–97, he only played three times as Mallorca returned to La Liga; over five seasons, also in the second tier, he only made seven league appearances for Madrid-based

due to two serious knee injuries. In 2008, already with a

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, Sule moved back to Africa, signing with Nigerian team

Kwara United FC Kwara United Football Club is a Nigerian football club based in Ilorin. They play in the top division in Nigerian football, the Nigeria Professional football League after promotion in 2017 from the Nigeria National League. Their home stadium is ...

. He returned to Spain after his retirement due to injuries, working as an electrician, David de Gea's personal driver – before the goalkeeper was eligible for a driving licence – and later a kit man for

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

CF Fuenlabrada Club de Fútbol Fuenlabrada, S.A.D. is a football club based in Fuenlabrada, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, the third tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded in 1975. It holds ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sule, Baba 1978 births Living people Footballers from Kumasi Ghanaian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Cornerstone F.C. players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players RCD Mallorca players CD Ourense footballers CD Leganés players UE Lleida players CF Rayo Majadahonda players Kwara United F.C. players Ghana men's under-20 international footballers Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Nigeria Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Nigeria