Adeleke Oluwatobi Babatunde (born 10 March 2003), better known as Tobi Adeleke, is a Nigerian professional

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player who plays for Czech club Baník Most as a

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Club career

Babatunde made his senior debut with Moroccan club

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in top-tier

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in 2021. On 31 January 2023, he signed with newly promoted

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga () is a professional association football league in Finland and the highest level of the Finnish football league system. The league comprises the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agenc ...

club

Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (abbreviated as KTP) is a Finnish association football, football club based in Kotka, and currently competing in Finland's top-tier, the Veikkausliiga. The club was founded in 1927 and its colours are green and whi ...

(KTP) in Finland. However, on 28 February 2023, he was loaned out to

Mikkelin Palloilijat Mikkelin Palloilijat (or MP) is a Finnish professional football club, based in Mikkeli, that competes in the Ykkönen, the third tier in Finnish football league system. The club was founded in 1929 and also included volleyball, bandy and ice h ...

(MP) in second-tier

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. On 23 February 2024, Babatunde moved to Czech Republic after signing with

FK Varnsdorf FK Varnsdorf is a Czech professional football club located in Varnsdorf, Czech Republic. In 2011 the club changed its name from SK Slovan Varnsdorf to FK Varnsdorf. The team's biggest success in recent history was finishing 2nd in the 2014–1 ...

in the second-tier

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Adeleke, Tobi 2003 births Living people Nigerian men's footballers Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Kolmonen players Ykkönen players Botola players Czech National Football League players Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Mikkelin Palloilijat players Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat players SCC Mohammédia players FK Varnsdorf players Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in Morocco Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Nigeria men's youth international footballers 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen FK Baník Most 1909 players