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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>","F849A024F3C8AF1B2C4A709B4C92BB0F":"2023-7-12","584B722087373EED7A432DDE0763CE35":"2","80071F80C4550E7F":"190cm","CDD05FD46E6F78B9FEABD05EFFA7F762":"","519F480A5D95AABEE231AFCBBAB20A94":"","229187823D238BA5":"377","AA81248D0821D00F0BA9BCB533E2881F":"Queens Park Rangers F.C.","1CD1A53514962B6A":"1","05B90AE4F21571952008D48326AE77E3":"27","37FE64B882E92ECB":"Leon Aderemi Balogun","43E2EE6075CF14CE3F1421B506383C07":"Germany,Nigeria","D91AFD3F8E13D94664CE2C04A1143112":"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)","e_index":3};