# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tijani-babangida
# Generated: 2026-08-31T13:58:56.456Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tijani-babangida"
name: "Tijani Babangida"
slug: "tijani-babangida"
description: "Tijani Babangida 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. Overall, he played in five countries on three continents. At club level, Babangida spent nine years in the Netherlands, playing for Roda JC, VVV-Venlo, Ajax, and Vitesse. winning the Eredivisie plus KNVB Cup double with the last side."
tagline: "Nigerian footballer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1973-09-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.59
  momentum:             19.61778123956827
  historical:           21.20626533333333
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  91
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تيجاني بابانجيدا"
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    title: "تیجانی بابانقیدا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tijani Babangida"
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    title: "Tijani Babangida"
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    title: "Tijani Babangida"
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    title: "Tijjani Babangida"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tijani_Babangida"
    title: "Tijani Babangida"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tijani Babangida"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Бабангида, Тиджани"
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    title: "Tijani Babangida"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump