Babatounde Bello

Babatounde Bello
Personal information
Full name Babatounde Issiaka Bello
Date of birth (1989-10-06) 6 October 1989
Place of birth Esan North-East, Nigeria
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Spartak Trnava
Number 7
Youth career
FC Robo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2005–2006 Soleil FC
2006–2014 Žilina 83 (10)
2008 → Dukla Prague (loan) 0 (0)
2014–2015 Jihlava 0 (0)
2015 → Frýdek-Místek (loan) 16 (0)
2016– Spartak Trnava 7 (0)
National team‡
2005– Benin 10 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 May 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 December 2015

Babatounde Issiaka Bello (born 6 October 1989) is a Beninese footballer who plays for Spartak Trnava as a midfielder.

Club career

Bello began playing football for FC Robo Academy in Nigeria. When he was 15, he came to Benin and joined Soleil FC in 2005. In July 2006, he signed for Slovak club MŠK Žilina and made his the Corgoň Liga debut in a 3–0 home win against Slovan Bratislava on 9 September 2006. He spent two seasons mostly playing for the reserve squad. He joined Czech side Dukla Prague on loan in the autumn of 2008, although he didn't feature for the team before returning to Žilina six months later.[1] Following his return, he scored two goals against Dubnica on 26 May 2009. He qualified with Žilina to the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League and played four group games, scoring a goal against Chelsea in a 2–1 loss at Stamford Bridge.[2] He joined Jihlava of the Czech First League in August 2014.[1]

International career

On 17 August 2005, Bello made his debut for the Benin national football team, coming on as a substitute for 17 minutes against Sudan.[3]

Honours

Žilina

References

  1. 1 2 Salichov, Jan (30 August 2014). "Jihlavská posila Babatounde: Vrbův objev, který vstřelil gól i Chelsea" (in Czech). idnes.cz. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Sanghera, Mandeep (23 November 2010). "Chelsea 2 - 1 MSK Zilina". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  3. ↑ FIFA stats for Sudan vs. Benin match

External links

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