Ajax Celebrate Tijani Babangida at 49

Former Tremendous Eagles striker Tijani Babangida who marked his forty ninth birthday yesterday was celebrated by his former Dutch membership Ajax for his immense contribution to the membership’s fortune within the Nineteen Nineties.

To rejoice the ex-Nigerian worldwide, the membership by way of its web site yesterday featured prime 10 objectives of Babangida in a four-minute documentary which captured some memorable objectives by the Nigerian throughout 4 seasons with the Dutch champion.

In his 70 appearances for Ajax, Babangida scored 20 objectives for the group earlier than quitting the group in 2000 to maneuver to Turkey.

In a press release printed on the membership web site, Babangida was described as followers favorite in Ajax.

“On September 25, 2022, former Ajax participant Tijani Babangida will rejoice his forty ninth birthday. The small winger grew to become a crowd favorite in Amsterdam within the Nineteen Nineties because of his dribbling and cheerful look. Babangida was additionally a Nigerian worldwide, profitable the gold medal on the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. In honour of his forty eighth birthday, now we have listed ten stunning hits from the winger.”

Babangida joined Ajax in the summertime of 1996 in a long-anticipated €5 million transfer. In his first season, he appeared in 29 league video games, scoring 4 objectives and he performed an necessary position in Ajax’s European marketing campaign, scoring three objectives, together with one in opposition to Auxerre within the group phases, and the profitable objective within the second leg of the UEFA Champions League encounter with Atlético Madrid on the Vicente Calderón Stadium, that put Ajax by way of to the semi-finals of the competitors.

Babangida had a profitable second season with the membership as he helped Ajax to a different Eredivisie title with a 39-point hole over PSV Eindhoven, whereas his 13 league objectives in 26 video games made him the membership’s third prime scorer, behind Shota Arveladze and Jari Litmanen. Ajax clinched the second title of the season with a 5–0 victory over PSV within the KNVB Cup last, with the Nigerian scoring the primary objective.

Towards the tip of his stint with Ajax, Babangida noticed even much less enjoying time after the 1999 season, as he made a mere eight appearances the next 12 months and didn’t play a single recreation within the first half of the 2000–2001 season.

In an try to dump the participant, Ajax got here to an settlement with the Turkish Süper Lig aspect Gençlerbirliği, who signed Babangida on a half-year mortgage deal till the tip of the season.