Ezekiel Bala (born 8 April 1987) is a Nigerian

football striker Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role ...

who currently plays for

Ålgård Ålgård (historic: ''Aalgaard'') is the administrative centre of Gjesdal municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the European route E39 highway, about southeast of the Sandnes (town), city of Sandnes in the Jære ...

. He made his debut for Lyn in a cup match against Klemetsrud IL, on 11 May 2005, and scored 2 goals in a total of 23 league games for the club. His previous club was J.C Raiders in Jos, Nigeria. Bala was the captain of Nigeria's team in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in

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, where he scored both goals in the win over

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...

. He joined Bryne in 2008 from Lyn, later

Randaberg Randaberg is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Jæren, at the northern end of the Stavanger Peninsula. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Randaberg. Randaberg ...

Nybergsund Nybergsund is a village in the municipality of Trysil in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located about south of the village of Innbygda which is the municipal centre of Trysil. The village is best known for serving as a hiding place for the Nor ...

, Funnefoss/Vormsund and

Career statistics

References

External links

Profile at lyn.no

Profile at lynfotball.net

Ezekiel Bala til Bryne
21 January 2008 1987 births Living people Nigerian footballers Nigeria under-20 international footballers Pepsi Football Academy players Expatriate footballers in Norway Nigerian expatriate footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Lyn Fotball players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Bryne FK players Randaberg IL players Nybergsund IL players Ålgård FK players Sportspeople from Jos Association football forwards {{Nigeria-footy-forward-stub