![]() Friday with AZ in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Imoh Fred Friday | ||
Date of birth | 20 May 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Port Harcourt, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Haiphong | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
Unicem Rovers | |||
Gabros FC | |||
–2013 | BUJOC Sports Academy | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2016 | Lillestrøm | 57 | (22) |
2016–2020 | AZ | 28 | (7) |
2016–2018 | Jong AZ | 10 | (11) |
2018 | → Sparta Rotterdam (loan) | 14 | (4) |
2019 | → FC Twente (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Strømsgodset | 38 | (9) |
2023–2024 | Beitar Jerusalem | 35 | (4) |
2025– | Haiphong | 14 | (3) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 August 2025 |
Imoh Fred Friday (born 20 May 1995) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for V.League 1 club Haiphong. [2] [3]
Born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Friday played youth football for Unicem Rovers, Gabros FC and BUJOC Sports Academy in the lower leagues of Nigeria. [4] He left Nigeria for Norway in 2013, and at the age of 17 he spent three weeks on trial at Lillestrøm before he was signed on a permanent basis. [4] Then-coach Magnus Haglund handed him just three appearances all season as the club flirted with relegation. [4]
In July 2016, Friday moved from Lillestrøm to Eredivisie side AZ Alkmaar, on a four-year contract. [5] [6] He moved on loan to Sparta Rotterdam in January 2018. [7]
He was released by AZ in January 2020. [8]
On 29 January 2021, after being a free agent for a year, Friday returned to Norwegian football, signing a two-year contract with Strømsgodset where he was assigned the number 9 jersey. [9]
In February 2023 he signed for Beitar Jerusalem. [10]
On 23 May 2023, Friday scored a goal in the Israeli State Cup final. [11]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lillestrøm | 2013 | Tippeligaen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
2014 | Tippeligaen | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 3 | |||
2015 | Tippeligaen | 26 | 11 | 3 | 6 | – | – | 29 | 17 | |||
2016 | Tippeligaen | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 8 | |||
Total | 57 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 28 | ||
AZ | 2016–17 | Eredivisie | 23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 7 |
2017–18 | Eredivisie | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 2 | ||
2018–19 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 9 | ||
Jong AZ | 2016–17 | Tweede Divisie | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | |||
2017–18 | Eerste Divisie | 7 | 7 | – | – | – | 7 | 7 | ||||
Total | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | ||
Sparta Rotterdam (loan) | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 4 | ||
Twente (loan) | 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | ||
Strømsgodset | 2021 | Eliteserien | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 7 | ||
2022 | Eliteserien | 26 | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 30 | 6 | |||
Total | 56 | 12 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 60 | 13 | ||||
Beitar Jerusalem | 2022–23 | Israeli Premier League | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
2023–24 | Israeli Premier League | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 4 | |
Total | 40 | 4 | 4 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 45 | 7 | |||
Career total | 216 | 60 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 248 | 72 |