Key facts
- Date of birth
- ( 1973-09-25 ) 25 September 1973 (age 52)
- Place of birth
- Kaduna , Nigeria
- Height
- 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
- Position
- Winger
- Years
- Team
- 1991 1996
- Roda JC
- 1991 1993
- → VVV-Venlo (loan)
- 1996 2003
- Ajax
- 2000 2001
- → Gençlerbirliği (loan)
- 2001 2002
- → Vitesse (loan)
- 2002 2003
- → Ittihad (loan)
- 2003 2004
- Changchun Yatai
- 1994 2004
- Nigeria
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nigeria
- Place of birth
- Kaduna
- Sibling
- Ibrahim Babangida
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Nigerian Pidgin
- Native language
- Hausa
- Participant in
- 2000 African Cup of Nations
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Nigeria men's national football team
- Position played
- wing half
- Country for sport
- Nigeria
- Mass
- 69
- Height
- 169
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- date of birth
- 1973-09-25
- start of work period
- 1991-00-00
- name in native language
- Tijani Babangida
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Tijani Babangida (pronunciation; born 25 September 1973) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a winger. Known for his pace, his playing style was sometimes compared to that of Marc Overmars. Babangida spent the majority of his playing career at Ajax. Overall, he played in five countries on three continents. At club level, Babangida spent nine years in the Netherlands, playing for Roda JC, VVV-Venlo, Ajax, and Vitesse. winning the Eredivisie plus KNVB Cup double with the last side.
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