| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adeleke Oluwatobi Babatunde | ||
| Date of birth | (2003-03-10) 10 March 2003 (age 21) | ||
| Place of birth | Ijoko, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Varnsdorf | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2020 | Prince Kazeem Academy | ||
| 2020–2021 | Chabab Mohammédia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | Chabab Mohammédia | 1 | (0) |
| 2023 | KTP | 0 | (0) |
| 2023 | → MP (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| 2024– | Varnsdorf | 18 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2018 | Nigeria U16 | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 March 2024 | |||
Adeleke Oluwatobi Babatunde (born 10 March 2003), better known as Tobi Adeleke, is a Nigerian professional football player who plays for Czech National Football League (FNL) club FK Varnsdorf as a midfielder.
Club career
Babatunde made his senior debut with Moroccan club Chabab Mohammédia in top-tier Botola Pro in 2021.
On 31 January 2023, he signed with newly promoted Veikkausliiga club Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (KTP) in Finland. However, on 28 February 2023, he was loaned out to Mikkelin Palloilijat (MP) in second-tier Ykkönen.
On 23 February 2024, Babatunde moved to Czech Republic after signing with FK Varnsdorf in the second-tier Czech National Football League (FNL).
Career statistics
- As of 16 December 2024.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chabab Mohammédia | 2021–22 | Botola Pro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| KTP | 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| MP (loan) | 2023 | Ykkösliiga | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 24 | 2 | |
| Varnsdorf | 2023–24 | FNL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | FNL | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 1 | |||
| Total | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 41 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 3 | ||
- Includes Suomen Cup
References
- Adeleke Oluwatobi, playmakerstats
- Man City, Ajax and Napoli scout Nigeria Under-16 captain Babatunde, goal.com, 25 August 2019
- KTP HANKKI RIVEIHINSÄ POTENTIAALIA, fcktp.fi, 31 January 2023
- Kotkassa kävi ovi – Babatunde tulee ja Suarez menee, pallotv.fi, 1 February 2023
- EDUSTUS: KTP:n Tobi ja Santeri Stenius lainalle Mikkeliin, mikkelinpalloilijat.fi, 28 February 2023
- KTP lainaa pelaajia Ykköseen – Mahlamäki Camachon sopimus purettu, veikkausliiga.com, 28 February 2023
- DO VARNSDORFU PŘICHÁZÍ TOBI ADELEKE, fkvarnsdorf.cz, 23 February 2024.
External links
- Tobi Adeleke at Soccerway
- 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