Babajide "Baba" Collins Babatunde (born 2 December 1988) is a Nigerian former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Collins began his career by

FC Ebedei FC Ebedei is a Nigerian football club based in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State after moving from Lagos in 2001. They currently play in Nigeria Nationwide League, the third tier of Nigerian football. FC Ebedei is also serving as the African football aca ...

played there between 2006, joined then to

Ikast FS Ikast FC is an association football club based in the town of Ikast, Denmark, that competes in the Series 1, the sixth tier of the Danish football league system and the second tier of the regional DBU Jutland. Founded in 2018 as a superstructure ...

. Collins played there in their reserve and was 2007 scouted from

FC Midtjylland FC Midtjylland (, "Central Jutland") is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast in the western part of Jutland. The club is the result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Su ...

, on 15 January 2009 was loaned to

Vejle Boldklub Vejle Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in Vejle in Jutland. Formed in 1891, the club is one of the most successful clubs in Danish football history, having won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six ...

for six months also 30 June 2009. In January 2011, Collins ended his loan deal with

FC Alania Vladikavkaz FC Spartak Vladikavkaz (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Спартак Владикавказ») was a Russian football club based in Vladikavkaz (formerly Ordzhonikidze), North Ossetia–Alania. Founded in 1921, the club played ...

to join

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on loan. Collins had a spell with Kazakh club Ordabasy from 2011 to 2013. He returned to Denmark when his contract expired, and trained with AC Horsens in July 2014 and lower league club

Ringkøbing IF Ringkøbing Idrætsforening () is an association football club based in the town of Ringkøbing, West Jutland, Denmark, that competes in the Denmark Series, the fifth tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1900, it is shortly known ...

in August 2014. He himself approached Ringkøbing's coach Kim Kristensen, who had given Collins permission to train with the first team. Collins stated: "I am not desperate to get a deal in Ringkøbing. I've just heard good things about the club and now I'm trying to see it for myself. I do not play for the money anymore. I just want to play some football. If it does not work out, I may go to the

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, where my wife and child are with some friends, or I may return to Africa."

External links

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FC Midtjylland profile
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Vejle Boldklub profile

References

Living people 1988 births Sportspeople from Lagos Yoruba sportspeople Nigerian footballers Association football forwards F.C. Ebedei players Vejle Boldklub players FC Midtjylland players Ikast FS players FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players FC Ordabasy players Danish Superliga players Russian Premier League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Nigerian expatriate footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate footballers in Russia Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova Expatriate footballers in Moldova Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan {{Nigeria-footy-forward-stub