Nana Kofi Babil (born January 4, 2002) is a Ghanaian

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who plays as a winger for Medeama.

Playing career

Babil joined

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from a lower division side called Charity FC in December 2019 ahead of the

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season. He signed a three-year contract. He featured prominently for the club in their Ghana Premier League campaign which was cancelled due to the

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. He scored 4 goals for Medeama before the league was called off. He made his debut on December 29, 2019, coming on in the 69th minute for

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. Babil registered his first goal in the Ghanaian top-flight division when he netted a 90th-minute goal for Medeama in their 3–1 win over

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on December 29, 2019. He enhanced his scoring credentials when he climbed off the bench to score the third goal for his side against

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in a 3–0 win in early January 2020. His other goals in the Ghana Premier League came against

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on January 11, 2020 and International Allies on February 19, 2020. In January 2020, Babil was named in the Ghana Premier League Team of the Week by Ghanaian football web portal ''442 Ghana''. On March 16, 2020, the

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's disciplinary committee deducted points from Medeama for fielding Nana Babil in a league game against Accra Great Olympics because he was deemed unqualified to have featured in the game. In July 2020, Babil joined Austrian side

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on a season-long loan. In August 2021, Babil signed a two-year contract with

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Babil, Nana Kofi 2002 births Living people Ghanaian men's footballers Men's association football wingers Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Medeama S.C. players SC Rheindorf Altach players NK Aluminij players Ghana Premier League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Slovenian PrvaLiga players