Baba Sule

Baba Sule
Personal information
Full name	Baba Sulemaye
Date of birth	7 November 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Kumasi, Ghana
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1996	Cornerstones
1996–1997	Mallorca
1997–1999	Ourense
1999–2004	Leganés
2004	Lleida
2005	Tomelloso
2005	San Isidro
2005–2006	Rapitenca
2006–2007	Rayo Majadahonda
2008–2010	Kwara United
2010–2011	Niger Tornadoes
International career
1995	Ghana U17
1997	Ghana U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Baba Sulemaye listen^ⓘ (born 7 November 1978), known as Baba Sule, is a Ghanaian retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Kumasi, Sule arrived in Spain not yet aged 18 from his hometown club Cornerstones FC, and proceeded to represent in the country RCD Mallorca, CD Ourense, CD Leganés, UE Lleida, Tomelloso CF, CD San Isidro, UE Rapitenca and CF Rayo Majadahonda in a stay that would last 11 years, in the Segunda División but also much lower, with very poor individual results: in 1996–97, he only played three times as Mallorca returned to La Liga; over five seasons, also in the second tier, he only made seven league appearances for Madrid-based CD Leganés due to two serious knee injuries.^[1]

In 2008, already with a Spanish passport, Sule moved back to Africa, signing with Nigerian team Kwara United FC. He returned to Spain after his retirement due to injuries, working as an electrician, David de Gea's personal driver – before the goalkeeper was eligible for a driving licence – and later a kit man for Segunda División B's CF Fuenlabrada.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Abizanda, Jorge (18 September 2017). "Baba Sule, el campeón del mundo que es ahora utillero en el Fuenlabrada" [Baba Sule, the world champion who is now a kit man at Fuenlabrada]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2018.