Celestine Babayaro

Celestine Babayaro (born 29 August 1978) is a former Nigerian football player. He also represented the  Nigeria national team.

Career statistics
Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAnderlechtFirst Division220–1995–96285–1996–97253–Total75800Chelsea1997–98Premier League80002030–1301998–99283503071104441999–20002501000152–4122000–01240201000102802001–02180404020–2802002–03191302000–2412003–0461203030–1412004–0540001000–50Total1325170160303201978Newcastle United2004–05Premier League70–2005–06280–2006–07120–2007–0800–Total47000Los Angeles Galaxy2008Major League Soccer00–Career total25413

International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsNigeria199510199610199740199850199920200070200120200240200300200410Total270

Honours
Anderlecht
Belgian First Division: 1994–95
Belgian Super Cup: 1995

Chelsea
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1997–98
UEFA Super Cup: 1998
FA Cup: 1999–2000
FA Charity Shield: 2000

Nigeria U17
FIFA U-17 World Championship: 1993

Nigeria U23
Olympic Gold Medal: 1996

Nigeria
African Cup of Nations third place: 2004

Individual
Belgian Young Professional Footballer of the Year: 1994–95, 1995–96
Ebony Shoe Award: 1996

References

Category:1978 births
Category:Living people
Category:Nigerian footballers
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Nigeria
Category:Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:1998 FIFA World Cup players
Category:2002 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic medalists in football