# Celestine Babayaro

Celestine Babayaro is a Nigerian footballer, born on 29 August 1978 in Kaduna, Nigeria. Babayaro plays as a left-back. Babayaro has scored 17 goals in 387 games for club and country and has won 8 trophies, including 1 league title.

## Babayaro's career stats

|   | Games | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Clubs, all competitions | 352 | 17 |
| Nigeria | 35 | 0 |
| Total | 387 | 17 |

Goals per game: 0.04.

## Babayaro's trophies and awards

- Trophies with club and country: 8
- League titles: 1
- Domestic cups: 3
- Other international club trophies: 2
- Individual awards: 3

### Anderlecht

- Belgian First Division: 1 (1994–95)
- Belgian Super Cup: 1 (1995)

### Chelsea

- FA Cup: 1 (1999–2000)
- FA Charity Shield: 1 (2000)
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1 (1997–98)
- UEFA Super Cup: 1 (1998)

### Nigeria U17

- FIFA U-17 World Championship: 1 (1993)

### Nigeria U23

- Olympic Gold Medal: 1 (1996)

### Individual

- Belgian Young Professional Footballer of the Year: 2 (1994–95, 1995–96)
- Ebony Shoe: 1 (1996)

## Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

1. 1994–1997: Anderlecht, 76 games, 8 goals
2. 1997–2005: Chelsea, 132 games, 5 goals
3. 2005–2008: Newcastle United, 47 games, 0 goals
4. 2008: LA Galaxy, 0 games, 0 goals

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