Celestine Babayaro
 Babayaro in 2007 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Celestine Hycieth Babayaro | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 August 1978 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kaduna, Nigeria | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) |
Left-back Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Plateau United | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1994–1997 | Anderlecht | 175 | (8) | |||||||||||
| 1997–2005 | Chelsea | 132 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Newcastle United | 47 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2008 | LA Galaxy | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Total | 354 | (13) | ||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–2000 | Nigeria Olympic | 7 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 1995–2004 | Nigeria | 27 | (0) | |||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | ||||||||||||||
Celestine Babayaro (born 29 August 1978) is a former Nigerian football player. He also represented the Nigeria national team.
Club career statistics[change | change source]
| Club statistics | League | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
| Belgium | League | |||
| 1994/95 | Anderlecht | First Division | 22 | 0 |
| 1995/96 | 28 | 5 | ||
| 1996/97 | 25 | 3 | ||
| England | League | |||
| 1997/98 | Chelsea | Premier League | 8 | 0 |
| 1998/99 | 28 | 3 | ||
| 1999/00 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2000/01 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 2001/02 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2002/03 | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2003/04 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 2004/05 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2004/05 | Newcastle United | Premier League | 7 | 0 |
| 2005/06 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2006/07 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2007/08 | 0 | 0 | ||
| United States | League | |||
| 2008 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Major League Soccer | 0 | 0 |
| Country | Belgium | 75 | 8 | |
| England | 179 | 5 | ||
| United States | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 254 | 13 | ||
International career[change | change source]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 0 | |
Honours[change | change source]
Anderlecht
Chelsea
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1997–98[source?]
- UEFA Super Cup: 1998[source?]
- FA Cup: 1999–2000[source?]
- FA Charity Shield: 2000[source?]
Nigeria U17
Nigeria U23
Nigeria
- African Cup of Nations third place: 2004[2]
Individual
- Belgian Young Professional Footballer of the Year: 1994–95, 1995–96[source?]
- Ebony Shoe Award: 1996[source?]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Celestine Babayaro". www.national-football-teams.com.
- ↑ "African Nations Cup 2004". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
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