Celestine Babayaro

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Celestine Babayaro
Personal information
Full name	Celestine Hycieth Babayaro
Date of birth	August 29, 1978 (1978-08-29) (age 29)
Place of birth	Kaduna, Nigeria
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Newcastle United
Number	33
Youth clubs
1994	Plateau United
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-1997 1997-2005 2005-	R.S.C. Anderlecht Chelsea Newcastle United	083 (8) 190 (8) 051 (1)
National team2
1995-	Nigeria	026 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:13, 10 June 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 20:48, 06 May 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

[04liamj]

Absolute Crap!

FACT!

[Freddy Adu]

Michael Owen (thigh), Damien Duff (foot), Peter Ramage (knee) and Celestine Babayaro (back) are all out.

[Brasil]

News

Nigerian defender Babayaro set for Newcastle exit Written by: AFP Newcastle defender Celestine Babayaro controls the ball during a training session on the eve of their UEFA Cup match against Zulte-Waregem in February 2007. British newspapers are predicting that Babayaro has played his last game for Newcastle. NEWCASTLE, England (AFP) - Celestine Babayaro has played his last game for Newcastle United, newspapers reported here Monday. The 29-year-old defender and the Premier League club have reached an agreement to pay the remaining months of his contract, which expires at the end of the season. Nigeria international Babayaro has not played for United since the 1-0 defeat at Manchester City on March 31 through a succession of hamstring and back problems as well as a lack of form. As a result Sam Allardyce, who replaced Glenn Roeder as Newcastle manager at the end of last season, has had to field winger Charles N'Zogbia at left back for much of the current campaign with Jose Enrique, a pre-season signing, still adjusting to English football. Babayaro, who played Champions League football for Anderlecht as a teenager, arrived at St James' Park in January 2005 in a one million pounds (two million dollars) move from Chelsea as then manager Graeme Souness looked to strengthen Newcastle's defence. But Babayaro was rarely able to produce his best form on a consistent basis. However, he won praise from Newcastle's fans in February when he played in the 2-1 league win over Liverpool, after which Roeder revealed Babayaro's younger brother David had died just hours earlier.