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Oluwafemi Junior Ajayi (born 29 January 1996), commonly known as Junior Ajayi, is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Egyptian Premier League club Smouha.[2][3]
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| Full name | Oluwafemi Junior Ajayi[1] | |||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 January 1996 | |||||||||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | |||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||
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Current team | Smouha SC | |||||||||
| Number | 28 | |||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||
| 2015–2016 | CS Sfaxien | 28 | (10) | |||||||
| 2016–2021 | Al Ahly | 103 | (41) | |||||||
| 2022 | Al-Nasr Benghazi | 6 | (2) | |||||||
| 2022- | Smouha SC | 0 | (0) | |||||||
Honours
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 July 2021 | ||||||||||
He was selected by Nigeria for their 18-man squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics,[4] after helping them qualifying to Rio with his decisive goals. With Nigeria, he won the Olympic bronze medal. Junior Ajayi helped Egyptian giants Al Ahly to secure 2 CAF Champion Leagues, 2019-20 and 2020-21. However, following the arrival of Percy Tau and Luis Miquissone, he was never selected by Pitso Mosimane for matches and demanded Al Ahly to terminate his contract. He eventually found himself in Libyan side Al Nasr-Benghazi. On July 30 2022, Junior Ajayi returned to Egypt by signing for Alexandria based Smouha SC
Club career
CS Sfaxien
Junior Ajayi ELFnan joined Tunisian Sfaxien club in September 2015, he participated in 28 matches in the Tunisian league with a rate of 2388 minutes, scored 10 goals and made seven goals and was punished twice with the yellow card, wearing the number 11 with Tunisian Sfaxien and the same number with the Nigeria Olympic team.[5][6]
Al Ahly SC
Al Ahly has officially signed a contract with him during the summer transfer period to be the second player to join the red team from CS Sfaxien after Ali Maâloul, for $2,500,000, he scored four goals in ten matches.
Al Nasr-Benghazi
Following the termination of Junior Ajayi’s contract by Al Ahly Junior Ajayi became a free agent and signed for Libyan side Al Nasr Benghazi on a free transfer.
Smouha SC
Egypt’s Alexandria based Smouha SC secured the signing of Junior Ajayi on a 3 year contract, becoming the second Egyptian club for the Nigerian striker to play at.
Honours
Al Ahly
- Egyptian Premier League: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
- Egypt Cup: 2016–17, 2019–20
- Egyptian Super Cup: 2017, 2018
- CAF Champions League: 2019–20, 2020–21
- CAF Super Cup: 2021
Nigeria
- Olympic Bronze Medal: 2016
References
- "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020: Squad list" (PDF). FIFA. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- "خبر في الجول - رسميا أجاي أهلاوي". FilGoal.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- Watch the goal of Junior Ajayi wonderful in the range of Petrojet SC Egyptian league
- ESPN (25 July 2016). "2016 Olympics men's football final squad lists for all 16 teams". ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- "Junior Ajayi". Nnu.ng - Nigeria News Update. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- Nigeria, Media (14 June 2018). "Biography Of Junior Ajayi (Footballer)". Media Nigeria. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
External links
- Junior Ajayi at Soccerway
Nigeria men's football squad – 2016 Summer Olympics – Bronze medalists | ||
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