Ayomide Babatunde Badmus (28 February 1986) is a Nigerian
footballer
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who plays as a
forward
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* Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
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. Babatunde has played for
ONGC F.C.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Football Club, also known as ONGC FC, was an Indian professional football club from Mumbai in Maharashtra, India. The club was affiliated with the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation. It has competed in the Nationa ...
in
2010–11 I-League
The 2010–11 I-League was the fourth season of the I-League, which waa the highest football league competition in India during the time. It ran from 3 December 2010 to May 2011. Dempo are the defending champions. On 30 May 2011 Salgaocar SC w ...
in which he scored 11 goals before his club was relegated.
Career
ONGC F.C.
Badmus Babatunde was a star scorer, as he guided
ONGC F.C.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Football Club, also known as ONGC FC, was an Indian professional football club from Mumbai in Maharashtra, India. The club was affiliated with the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation. It has competed in the Nationa ...
to promotion after finishing undefeated in the Final Round of the
2010 I-League 2nd Division
The 2010 I-League 2nd division was the third season of the second tier of the I-League, the highest football league in India. It commenced on 26 March 2010 with the first matches of the first round and ended in early May 2010 with the last mat ...
. They finished runners-up to the
Sanquelim
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Geography
Sanquelim is situated in the Bicholim Taluka of North Goa. It is located at and it has an average elevation of 78 metres (2 ...
-based
SESA Football Academy
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in the Group-B, but in the Final Round, ONGC's unbeaten run meant they won the
2010 I-League 2nd Division
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and were promoted to the
2010-11 I-League.
Babatunde had scored against
Vasco S.C. Vasco may refer to:
* Basque language, called ''vasco'' in Spanish
* ''Vasco'' (album), a two-part EP by Ricardo Villalobos
* Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer
* Vasco da Gama, Goa, a city in India, often called simply Vasco
* Club de Regatas V ...
in the 1-0 win, then against
Malabar United in the 3-1 win, against
Oil India
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in the 4-1 win, against
HAL in 2-1 win, once in these consecutive matches.
In the
2010-11 I-League, he scored a brace in the 2-5 loss against
Dempo S.C. in September 2010. In December, he scored against
AIFF XI
Indian Arrows (formerly known as Pailan Arrows) was an Indian developmental football club that competed in the I-League. The club was formed by the All India Football Federation in 2010, with a main goal of nurturing young Indian football talen ...
at the
Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Tau Devi Lal Stadium is a multi-purpose sports complex located in Gurgaon within the state of Haryana, India. The Tau Devi Lal Football Stadium has a capacity of 12,000 and the Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium has a capacity of 7,000.
The site cur ...
in the 1-1 draw.
He scored a brace against
Prayag United S.C.
United Sports Club (formerly known as both Prayag United, and Chirag United) is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded as Eveready Association in 1927, the club competes in the Calcutta Premier Division A, ...
in the 2-4 loss in January.
He shocked the
East Bengal F.C.
East Bengal Club, commonly referred to as East Bengal (), is an Indian professional multi-sport club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. It is best known for its professional men's football team that competes in the Indian Super League, the top fli ...
by scoring in a 1-0 win in February.
He had scored the only goal for his side in the 1-2 loss against
Air India
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in March 2011. In April 2011, he again scored a brace against
Churchill Brothers S.C. to shock the
Salcette
Salcete ( Konkani: ''Saxtti''/''Xaxtti''; pt, Salcette) is a sub-division of the district of South Goa, in the state of Goa, situated by the west coast of India.
The Sal river and its backwaters dominate the landscape of Salcete. Hist ...
-based side to a 3-3 draw at
Fatorda Stadium
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, locally known as Fatorda Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium situated in Margao, Goa, India. The venue has been used to host both international football as well as International cricket matches.However after th ...
.
On a must-win home match against
Mumbai F.C. in May 2011, he scored to give a 2-0 lead, but it finally ended 2-2, and
ONGC F.C.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Football Club, also known as ONGC FC, was an Indian professional football club from Mumbai in Maharashtra, India. The club was affiliated with the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation. It has competed in the Nationa ...
were again relegated on a head-to-head basis He had finished with 11 goals in the
2010-11 I-League.
Rangdajied United
In January 2012, the Shillong-based club Ar-Hima, later renamed as
Rangdajied United F.C., signed Babatunde.
In the Group 1 of
2012 I-League 2nd Division
The 2012 I-League 2nd Division was the fifth season of the league. The league serves as the second top tier of Indian Football, using promotion and relegation with the I-League, which is top tier league of India.
Stadiums
The 2012 I-League 2n ...
, he scored once against
Bhawanipore F.C. in the 3-3 draw at
Silchar
Silchar is a city and the headquarters of the Cachar district of the state of Assam, India. It is located south east of Guwahati. It was founded by Captain Thomas Fisher in 1832 when he shifted the headquarters of Cachar to Janiganj in Silchar. ...
. However, they failed to qualify to the Final Round as they finished 3rd in the Group Stage.
In the
2013 I-League 2nd Division
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, he scored in the 1-1 draw in the opening match against
Southern Samity
Southern Samity is an Indian professional football club from Kolkata which was founded in 1945, and is also based in Siliguri in North Bengal. During that time, apart from sports they are also involved in various cultural activities. The club ...
. Thereafter, he had a lean run in the 1st leg of the final round. But he finished the final round with successive hat-tricks against
Langsning F.C. (3-1 win on 22 April), and then against
Southern Samity
Southern Samity is an Indian professional football club from Kolkata which was founded in 1945, and is also based in Siliguri in North Bengal. During that time, apart from sports they are also involved in various cultural activities. The club ...
(3-1 win on 24 April), which helped his side catapult past
Bhawanipore F.C. to be the runners-up, and earn promotion to the
2013–14 I-League
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. Babatunde became the highest scorer with 8 goals, along with
Bhawanipore F.C.'s
Hudson Lima Da Silva.
Later career
Following his time with
Rangdajied United, Babatunde signed with
Royal Wahingdoh and
Gangtok Himalayan and played in the
I-League 2nd Division
I-League 2, previously known as I-League 2nd Division and officially known as or Hero I-League 2 (for sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp), is an Indian men's professional football league. It is the 3rd tier of Indian football, behind Indian ...
with the clubs. He then signed with Chennai United in the CFA First Division in 2016.
References
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1986 births
Living people
Yoruba sportspeople
I-League players
Association football forwards
Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in India
Expatriate footballers in India
Nigerian footballers
Royal Wahingdoh FC players
Rangdajied United F.C. players
Chirag United Club Kerala players
Salgaocar FC players
ONGC FC players
I-League 2nd Division players