Bala Garba
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bala Ahmed Garba | ||
| Date of birth | 9 August 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kopervik | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| NUB | |||
| VIP | |||
| El-Kanemi | |||
| 1997 | Udoji United | ||
| 1997–2003 | Haugesund | 137 | (54) |
| 2003 | Sundsvall | 26 | (5) |
| 2004–2006 | Start | 60 | (16) |
| 2007–2008 | Notodden | 36 | (4) |
| 2009–2011 | Kopervik | ||
| 2011–2011 | Nord | ||
| 2012–present | Haugaland Fotballklubb | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 199?–199? | Nigeria | 7 | (-) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:11, 31 December 2008 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:09, 3 April 2007 (UTC) | |||
Bala Ahmed Garba (born 9 August 1974 in Lagos) is a Nigerian footballer and coach. He played for FK Haugesund from 1997 to 2002, scoring 61 goals, which is a club record.[1] In the 2005 season he played for Start, winning silver medal in the Tippeliga with the club.[1] In 2006, he played for Notodden Fotballklubb. Later he settled in Kopervik, where he has been coaching local clubs in addition to daytime work.[1]
Career statistics
- As of 17 January 2015
| Season | Club | Division | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 1997 | Haugesund | Tippeligaen | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 6 | ||
| 1998 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 6 | ||||
| 1999 | First Division | 26 | 11 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 29 | 13 | |||
| 2000 | Tippeligaen | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 4 | |||
| 2001 | First Division | 29 | 18 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 31 | 19 | |||
| 2002 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 8 | ||||
| 2003 | Sundsvall | Allsvenskan | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 5 | ||
| 2004 | Start | First Division | 29 | 14 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 14 | ||
| 2005 | Tippeligaen | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 2 | |||
| 2006 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
| 2007 | Notodden | First Division | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 3 | ||
| 2008 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 255 | 77 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 265 | 80 | ||
References
- ^ a b c Odd Kåre Grøttland: Bala Garba er fortsatt FKHs målkonge Haugesunds Avis, 4 February 2013 (in Norwegian)