Tunji Babajide Banjo was born on 19 February 1960 in Kensington, London, and played schoolboy football for Brent, Middlesex and London Schools before joining Leyton Orient as an apprentice in 1977.
[2] He was released in May 1982 and joined Cypriot club AEL Limassol where he suffered a bad ankle injury.
[2][3] He returned to Orient for the 1987–88 season as a non-contract player but made no further appearances for the club.
[2] Banjo was eligible for the Nigeria national football team through his father and made his international debut against Tunisia in Lagos in 1980.
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