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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>","147403B66C8CB5C7":"377","D1BA8203CB0653674BC0BB939FB9C9015E7A5DD213AB87AF":"1","0E9052569923A91555E1DAF3C456F9CD":"","90579B4DEA63C3E4":"Leon Aderemi Balogun","86178E7285C328960D9569BD40C7D883":"1988-6-28","7F6018B84729B122B8EE7594158DA382":"Queens Park Rangers,Glasgow Rangers,Wigan Athletic,Brighton & Hove Albion,Wigan Athletic[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":2};