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Celestine Babayaro

1978 - Today

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Celestine Hycieth Babayaro (born 29 August 1978) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a left-back or a midfielder. Babayaro spent the majority of his career playing in the Premier League, mainly for Chelsea from 1997 to 2005, and then later for Newcastle United, from 2005 to 2008. He had a brief stint at MLS club LA Galaxy, but never officially played for the club. He retired as a free agent in 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Celestine Babayaro is the 4,807th most popular soccer player (up from 4,986th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 58th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Nigerian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Celestine Babayaro ranks 4,807 out of 21,273. Before him are Emiliano Mondonico, Mike Summerbee, Gary Kelly, Alfredo Sánchez, Pedro Munitis, and Dejan Petković. After him are Maxi Pereira, Ramón Quiroga, Luca Marchegiani, Sugao Kambe, Pedro Ochoa, and Vagiz Khidiyatullin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Celestine Babayaro ranks 198. Before him are Justine Triet, Anthony Taylor, Four Tet, Thor Hushovd, Lauren Ridloff, and In-Grid. After him are Philipp Plein, Abdoulaye Faye, Mohamed Aboutrika, Hiroyuki Tazawa, Lars Klingbeil, and Ringo Sheena.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Celestine Babayaro ranks 67 out of 309. Before him are Israel Adesanya (1989), Victor Ikpeba (1973), Ernest Shonekan (1936), Chukwudi Iwuji (1975), Flora Nwapa (1931), and Kelechi Iheanacho (1996). After him are Daniel Amokachi (1972), Vincent Enyeama (1982), Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900), Victor Boniface (2000), Ben Okri (1959), and Peter Rufai (1963).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Nigeria

Among soccer players born in Nigeria, Celestine Babayaro ranks 19. Before him are Ahmed Musa (1992), Obafemi Martins (1984), Stephen Keshi (1962), Uche Okechukwu (1967), Victor Ikpeba (1973), and Kelechi Iheanacho (1996). After him are Daniel Amokachi (1972), Vincent Enyeama (1982), Victor Boniface (2000), Peter Rufai (1963), Momodu Mutairu (1976), and Michael Obiku (1968).

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