Ajayi Oluseye

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Ajayi Oluseye
Personal information
Full name Ajayi Oluseye
Date of birth (1975-04-12) 12 April 1975 (age 48) [1]
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–1993 Shooting Stars
1994–1995 Julius Berger
1996–2001 Al-Seeb Club
2001 → DPMM FC (loan)
2002–2005 DPMM FC (65)
2005 Brunei (4)
Managerial career
2023– Osun United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 April 2021

Ajayi Oluseye (born 12 April 1975) is a Nigerian former football player and current coach. [1] He played professionally in Oman, Brunei and Malaysia. He is currently head coach of Osun United F.C. [2]

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Career

Oluseye started his playing career as a striker at Shooting Stars S.C. before transferring to Al-Seeb Club of Oman, where he reportedly became the top scorer in the 1999–2000 Omani League and helped his team finish in third place. [3] [4] [5] He attended trials held by newly established DPMM FC of Brunei in early 2001 and signed full terms the following year, just in time for the inaugural 2002 Proton B-League. [6] [7] He scored seven goals before succumbing to an injury suffered at a friendly tournament between rounds, forcing a premature end to his season. [8]

Oluseye was back to Brunei for the 2003 B-League and started some hot form which would last for two seasons. [9] He first scored four goals against IBM Bukok in an 11-0 routing of the Temburong District side on 30 May, [10] followed by a first-half hattrick against Jerudong FC on 4 July. [11] Having been made captain by the club and tasting regional club football at the 2003 ASEAN Club Championship, [12] Oluseye led the goalscoring charts and finished with 28 goals, [13] yet failed to defend the league title due to a 1–3 defeat by the Armed Forces which handed the championship to unbeaten Wijaya FC. [14]

Oluseye began the 2004 season by smashing a 23-minute hattrick against defending champions Wijaya on 9 May, eager to prove a point. [15] His next outing was against Kasuka FC on 11 June, when he repeated his three-goal haul in a 7–0 victory. [16] Five days later, Sengkurong FC were the third victims of Oluseye's triple prowess. [17] It was not until 25 August that he scored his fourth hattrick of the season against Kota Ranger, with DPMM running away as 11-0 winners. [18] A fifth hattrick of the season came against QAF FC near the end of the season and DPMM ended their campaign as unbeaten champions with Oluseye reaching the 30-goal mark. [19] He also managed to get a Brunei FA Cup winner's medal by beating MS ABDB 3–1 on penalties in the final match, scoring the winning penalty. [20]

When DPMM's domestic double-winning coach Amir Alagic took the reins of the Brunei representative team playing in Malaysia's second tier, Oluseye was brought to the team as their import player. [21] A hat-trick in his debut brought hope to a languishing Brunei side fighting to keep attendances, [22] but eventually the team suffered poor form and lost their final four games and finished in mid-table. [23] [24] Ajayi quietly left Brunei after the season's end and studied for his coaching badges in his native Lagos, eventually becoming head coach of Premier Football Academy in 2015. [25]

In early 2023, he was announced as the new head coach of Osun United [2]

Honours

Team

Shooting Stars SC
Julius Berger FC
Al Seeb Club
DPMM FC

Individual

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