Abubakar Balarabe is a former Nigerian international

Nigeria national football team

The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the Super Eagles or Green Eagles, is the national team of Nigeria and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation . The team has ranked as high as 5th in the FIFA World Rankings, in April 1994...

 footballer who played as a midfielder for clubs in Nigeria, Belgium, the Netherlands and Malaysia.

Club career

Balarabe began playing football for Ranchers Bees

Ranchers Bees

Ranchers Bees FC is a Nigerian football club based in Kaduna. Their home stadium is Ranchers Bees Stadium, aka Kaduna Township Stadium.Originally known as the DIC Bees, they were bought by Moktar Arewa in the 1980s and renamed "Ranchers Bees"...

 of Kaduna

Kaduna

Kaduna is the state capital of Kaduna State in north-central Nigeria. The city, located on the Kaduna River, is a trade center and a major transportation hub for the surrounding agricultural areas with its rail and road junction. The population of Kaduna is at 760,084 as of the 2006 Nigerian census...

. He moved to Europe in 1989, and would play for K.F.C. Eeklo and MVV Maastricht

MVV Maastricht

MVV Maastricht is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht, founded on April 2, 1902...

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International career

Balarabe made two appearances for the senior Nigeria national football team

Nigeria national football team

The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the Super Eagles or Green Eagles, is the national team of Nigeria and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation . The team has ranked as high as 5th in the FIFA World Rankings, in April 1994...

. He scored on his debut, an 1990 African Nations Cup qualifier against Guinea in 1989.

External links

• Voetbal International profile