Oladipupo Babalola

Ladi Babalola

Personal information
Full name	Oladipupo Babalola
Date of birth	(1968-08-04) 4 August 1968
Place of birth	Lagos, Nigeria
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Centre back / Defensive midfielder
Youth career
	Attack F.C.
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983	Nigeria Airways
1984–1994	Julius Berger
1994–1995	Concord F.C.
2010	JS Hercules
International career
1985–1990	Nigeria	22
Managerial career
2010	OPS (youth)
2010	Oulun Tarmo
2010–2011	JS Hercules
2012–	Brothers Union
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oladipupo "Ladi" Babalola (born 4 August 1968) is a retired Nigerian international footballer. He has three caps for Nigerian U-20 national team from FIFA U-20 World Cup played in Chile.

Early career

Babalola started his coaching career at Tervarit youth teams and JS Hercules in Finland. During his first season with Js Hercules he led the team to gain a promotion to Kolmonen, Finnish third division and in his second season his team finished on 6th place and thus secured a place in the third division also for next season. Ladi holds a UEFA certified coaching license.

Career

In 2012 Ladi was appointed as a head coach of Bangladesh-based professional team Brothers Union. In 2014–15, Babalola was appointed as the head coach of Bangladesh-based professional team Feni Soccer club and in 2015–16 he was still with Feni soccer club .

External links

• Oladipupo Babalola – FIFA competition record (archived)
• FIFA U-20 World Cup squads 1987
• Jalkapalloseura Hercules