Haruna Babangida

Haruna Babangida (; born 1 October 1982) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a winger. Babangida is the eighth of ten brothers; he is the younger brother of Tijani Babangida and Ibrahim Babangida. Club career Early career Born in Kaduna, Haruna Babangida started his youth career at Shooting Stars, before signing for Ajax at the age of 13. He was snapped up by Barcelona a year later. In 1998, aged 15, Babangida made his first-team debut for the Catalan club in a pre-season friendly against AGOVV Apeldoorn, becoming the second youngest ever player to feature for Barcelona. However, he did not make the breakthrough and in 2002–03 was loaned to second division side Terrassa, before spending the following season playing for Barcelona B and Cádiz (in the second half).