Career
He has three caps for Nigerian U-20 national team from Fédération internationale de football association U-20 World Cup played in Chile. Babalola started his coaching career at Tervarit youth teams and JS Hercules in Finland. During his first season with Js Hercules he led the team to gain a promotion to Kolmonen, Finnish third division and in his second season his team finished on 6th place and thus secured a place in the third division also for next season.
Ladi holds a Union of European Football Associations certified coaching license.
In 2012 Ladi was appointed as a head coach of Bangladesh-based professional team Brothers Union.