Yusuph Babatunde Bakare (born January 29, 1985 in

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) is a

Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...

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player currently with Kwara United F.C. of

Ilorin Ilorin is the List of capitals of states of Nigeria, capital city of Kwara State in Western Nigeria.. Retrieved 18 February 2007 As of the 2006 census, it had a population of 777,667, making it the List of Nigerian cities by population, 7th ...

Early life

Hails from

in the Ekiti local government area of

Kwara State Kwara State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Kwárà), is a state in Western Nigeria, bordered to the east by Kogi State, to the north by Niger state, and to the south by Ekiti, Osun, and Oyo states, while its western border makes up part of the internation ...

Career

He is otherwise called ‘Keshi', he started his professional career with the

Calabar Rovers Calabar Rovers FC are a Nigeria soccer team based in Calabar. They play their games at U. J. Esuene Stadium. History The club was founded in 1977. They were one of the original members of the Nigerian Second Division which was established in 19 ...

Calabar Calabar (also referred to as Callabar, Calabari, Calbari and Kalabar) is the capital city of Cross River State, Nigeria. It was originally named Akwa Akpa, in the Efik language. The city is adjacent to the Calabar and Great Kwa rivers and cre ...

(1999–2000), FAAN F.C. of

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(2000–2001),

Crown F.C. Crown FC is a Nigerian professional association football club based in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, that competes in the Nigeria National League. The club plays at the Lekan Salami Stadium, with a capacity of 10,000. For the 2010–11 season they played ...

Ogbomoso Ogbomosho (also Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́) is a city in Oyo State, south-western Nigeria. It was founded in the mid 17th century. The population was approximately 454,690 in the 2006 census. It is the second largest city in Oyo State and also among ...

(2001–2002), Bida Lions F.C. (2002–2003), Diskabog F.C. of

(2003–2004) and Kwara United F.C. of Ilorin (2005 to date). He was two time runner-up in the state FA Cup in

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(2003) and won the 2005 edition with Kwara United F.C.People's Daily Online - Nigeria's Kwara United ready to smash Egypt's Ismail
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References

1985 births Living people Nigerian footballers Association football defenders Calabar Rovers F.C. players Kwara United F.C. players Sportspeople from Kwara State {{Nigeria-footy-defender-stub