1973 - Today
Tijani Babangida (born 25 September 1973) is a Nigerian former professional footballer, who played as a winger. Known for his pace, his playing style was sometimes compared to that of Marc Overmars. Babangida spent the majority of his playing career at Ajax. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tijani Babangida has received more than 370,162 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Tijani Babangida is the 2,450th most popular soccer player (up from 2,793rd in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 33rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Nigerian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Tijani Babangida ranks 2,450 out of 16,880. Before him are Carlo Parola, Daley Blind, Branislav Sekulić, Shota Arveladze, Martín Cáceres, and Simon Tahamata. After him are José Lázaro Robles, Tibor Kemény, Christian Ziege, José Muguerza, Giacomo Losi, and Constantin Stanciu.
1921 - 2000
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 2,444
1990 - Present
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 2,445
1906 - 1968
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 2,446
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 2,447
1987 - Present
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 2,448
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 2,449
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 2,450
1924 - 1996
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 2,451
1913 - 1992
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 2,452
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 2,453
1911 - 1980
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 2,454
1935 - 2024
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 2,455
1911 - Present
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 2,456
Among people born in 1973, Tijani Babangida ranks 160. Before him are Natasha Korolyova, Patrick Rothfuss, Jan Magnussen, Amr Waked, Mark Shuttleworth, and Shota Arveladze. After him are Kevin McKidd, Steven Ogg, John Dolmayan, Sébastien Izambard, Surya Bonaly, and George Floyd.
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 154
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 155
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 156
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 157
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 158
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 159
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 160
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 161
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 162
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 163
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 164
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 165
1973 - 2020
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 166
Among people born in Nigeria, Tijani Babangida ranks 36 out of 236. Before him are Murtala Mohammed (1938), Nana Asmaʼu (1793), Nwankwo Kanu (1976), Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904), Abdulsalami Abubakar (1942), and Aliko Dangote (1957). After him are Kelechi Iheanacho (1996), Taribo West (1974), Emmanuel Amunike (1970), Obafemi Martins (1984), Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (1924), and Daniel Amokachi (1972).
1938 - 1976
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 30
1793 - 1864
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 31
1976 - Present
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 32
1904 - 1996
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 33
1942 - Present
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 34
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 35
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 36
1996 - Present
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 37
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 38
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.11
Rank: 39
1984 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 40
1924 - 1966
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 41
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 42
Among soccer players born in Nigeria, Tijani Babangida ranks 4. Before him are Jay-Jay Okocha (1973), Rashidi Yekini (1963), and Nwankwo Kanu (1976). After him are Kelechi Iheanacho (1996), Taribo West (1974), Emmanuel Amunike (1970), Obafemi Martins (1984), Daniel Amokachi (1972), Finidi George (1971), Sunday Oliseh (1974), and Victor Ikpeba (1973).
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 1
1963 - 2012
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 2
1976 - Present
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 3
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 4
1996 - Present
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 5
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 6
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.11
Rank: 7
1984 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 8
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 9
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 10
1974 - Present
HPI: 42.62
Rank: 11
1973 - Present
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 12