Babatunde Luqmon Adekunle (born 10 October 1984) is a Nigerian retired

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

Career

Lukmon played as 20-year-old in the

2004–05 First League of Serbia and Montenegro The 2004–05 First League of Serbia and Montenegro (officially known as the Meridian PrvaLiga for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of the Serbia and Montenegro's top-level football league since its establishment. It was contested by 16 t ...

with

FK Borac Čačak Fudbalski klub Borac 1926 (), commonly known as Borac Čačak, is a professional football club based in Čačak, Serbia. The home ground is Čačak Stadium, which has seating capacity of 8,000. As of 2024–25 season, the club competes in secon ...

and moved one year later to Vëllazërimi

Kičevo Kičevo ( ; , sq-definite, Kërçova) is a city in the western part of North Macedonia, located in a valley in the south-eastern slopes of Mount Bistra, between the cities of Ohrid and Gostivar. The capital Skopje is 112 km away. The city ...

in Macedonia. From June 2006 to December 2008, he was under contract by

FK Rabotnički FK Rabotnichki () or more commonly Rabotnički (old transliteration) and Rabotnicki is a professional football (soccer), football club that plays at the Toše Proeski Arena, Toshe Proeski Arena in Skopje, North Macedonia. They currently compete in ...

where he contributed a lot to the success of the team, playing a big part in the Qualifiers to the

UEFA Champions League 2008–09 The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; ; ) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach football in Europe and the transcontinental countries of Turkey, Azerbaijan, ...

. On 22 December 2008, the

Swiss Super League The Super League (also known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a professional association football league in Switzerland and the highest level of the Swiss football league system. It has been played in its current fo ...

Club confirmed the signing of Lukmon on a four-and-a-half-year contract with

FC Luzern Fussball-Club Luzern (), or simply abbreviated to FCL, is a Swiss sports club based in Lucerne (). It is best known for its professional association football, football team, which plays in the Swiss Super League, Super League, the top tier of the ...

after a Swiss agent discovered him in a Champions League qualifying match against

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in Azerbaijan and brought him to FC Luzern. He got off to a sensational start with the team in the beginning of 2009. In summer 2011, after having already played two league matches for Luzern in the 2011–12 season, Lukmon agreed to a one-year loan deal to play for

SC Kriens SC Kriens is a football club based in Kriens, Switzerland, that currently competing in the Promotion League, the third tier of Swiss football. The club uses Stadion Kleinfeld as home ground, and form a local rivalry with FC Luzern. SC Kriens ...

in the

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. At SC Kriens in the 2011–12 season he played 13 times in total for the club while on loan On July 1, 2014 Adekunle signed for Swiss team

Zug 94 Zug 94 is a Swiss football team based in Zug, in the Canton of Zug. The team competes in the 1. Liga Classic from 2025–26, the fourth tier of Swiss football after promotion from 2. Liga Interregional in 2024–25. It was formed in 1994 afte ...

having been released by

. He scored his first goal for his new club against

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in a 9–0 win.

Honours

;Rabotnički *

Macedonian First Football League The Macedonian First Football League (), also called Macedonian First League, 1. MFL, and Prva Liga, is the highest professional football competition in Macedonia. It is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of ...

: 2007–08 *

Macedonian Football Cup The Cup of Macedonia (, ''Kup na Makedonija'') is the top knockout tournament and the second most important football competition in North Macedonia after the Macedonian First Football League, Macedonian First League championship. The cup was esta ...

: 2007–08 ;Luzern *

Swiss Cup The Swiss Cup (; ; ; ) is a football cup competition that has been organised annually since 1925–26 season by the Swiss Football Association. The Swiss Cup final is usually the most important game of the year with a high attendance. The co ...

runner-up: 2011–12

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* * * at Srbijafudbal {{DEFAULTSORT:Lukmon, Adekunle 1984 births Living people Footballers from Lagos Yoruba sportspeople Men's association football defenders Nigerian men's footballers FK Borac Čačak players KF Vëllazërimi 77 players FK Rabotnichki players FC Luzern players SC Kriens players Swiss Super League players Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia and Montenegro Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia and Montenegro Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen