Teslim Babatunde Fatusi (born 17 September 1977) is an olympic gold medalist and Nigerian international

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who played as a winger for

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Club career

Born in

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, Fatusi began playing youth football with Honey Babes and Ibukun Oluwa. He joined the youth team of

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in 1991, and signed for the senior side in 1992. He moved to

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to play for

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, before embarking on a career in Europe with

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side

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. Fatusi has had a nomadic career, playing in at least nine countries. He last played in the

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

ese second division league.

International career

Fatusi was part of

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's gold medal-winning team at the

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. Fatusi made several appearances for the senior

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. He scored on his debut, from a late penalty in a friendly against the Czech Republic in 1996.

References

External links

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Profile at Nigerian Players.com
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