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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>","8DC362CCE065919BCF40467C0DE6A7E8":"","0A9B0394F31973591937C38F2F471911":"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)","2B5572269355781B0007104B7181FA88":"1988-6-28","9EBD0BFF9766B31DEF99430639A2F292":"Queens Park Rangers F.C.","FA149E2002A43ED77C24C62CDFF094A5":"2","e_index":1};