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Leon Balogun is a German-born Nigerian professional football defender who plays for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.
He made his Bundesliga debut on 19 April 2009 for Hannover 96 in a game against Hamburger SV. After his contract with 2. Bundesliga side Fortuna Dusseldorf had been expired in summer 2014, he was without a club for three months until he joined fellow leaguer Darmstadt 98. He signed a contract until the end of the 2014–15 season. On May 22, 2018 Balogun signed Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.
Born to a Nigerian father and German mother, Balogun was called up by Nigeria for a March 2014 friendly against Mexico as a replacement for Joseph Yobo. On 25 March 2015, he played his second game for Nigeria in a 1–0 loss against Uganda. He played his third game for the country on 13 June 2015 when he featured in a 2–0 win over Chad in the opening game of qualifying for the 2017 African Nations Cup.<\/P>","3316B2DB0B85B0BE":"Leon Aderemi Balogun","32E266777F4D5C3EAAE5984CDAE82227":"Queens Park Rangers F.C.","2E0C5ADB6636D43E":"190cm","7850BFBCDDAACDE9":"Leon Aderemi Balogun","826BE2C466376227EC096659909FEBC6":"Queens Park Rangers F.C.,Rangers F.C.,Wigan Athletic F.C.,Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.,Wigan Athletic F.C.[on loan],1.FSV Mainz 05,SV Darmstadt 98,Fortuna Dusseldorf,Werder Bremen,Werder Bremen (Am),Hannover 96,Turkyemspor Berlin,Hertha Zehlendorf(U19)","D21B7B52C3154356":"1","53F6A06F211D096A":"Rangers F.C.","e_index":4};