Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Leon Aderemi Balogun[1] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | [2] | 28 June 1988|||||||||||||
Place of birth | Berlin, West Germany | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[3] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back, right-back[4] | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Rangers | |||||||||||||
Number | 27 | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
Hertha BSC | ||||||||||||||
–2007 | Hertha Zehlendorf | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2007–2008 | Türkiyemspor Berlin | 29 | (4) | |||||||||||
2008–2010 | Hannover 96 II | 37 | (1) | |||||||||||
2008–2010 | Hannover 96 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
2010–2012 | Werder Bremen II | 49 | (4) | |||||||||||
2010–2012 | Werder Bremen | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
2012–2014 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 28 | (0) | |||||||||||
2012–2014 | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||
2014–2015 | Darmstadt 98 | 21 | (4) | |||||||||||
2015–2018 | Mainz 05 | 52 | (1) | |||||||||||
2017 | Mainz 05 II | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
2018–2020 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 8 | (1) | |||||||||||
2020 | → Wigan Athletic (loan) | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
2020 | Wigan Athletic | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||
2020–2022 | Rangers | 40 | (1) | |||||||||||
2022–2023 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | (1) | |||||||||||
2023– | Rangers | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2014–2022 | Nigeria | 46 | (1) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:52, 2 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:11, 13 June 2022 (UTC) |
Leon Aderemi Balogun (born 28 June 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for Scottish Premiership club Rangers. Balogun has previously played for Türkiyemspor Berlin, Hannover 96, Werder Bremen, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Darmstadt 98, Mainz 05, Brighton & Hove Albion, Wigan Athletic, a previous spell at Rangers and Queens Park Rangers.