Personal information | |||
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Full name | Imoh Fred Friday | ||
Date of birth | 20 May 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Port Harcourt, Nigeria | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Beitar Jerusalem | ||
Number | 9 | ||
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– | Beitar Jerusalem | 35 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2024 |
Imoh Fred Friday (born 20 May 1995) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Israeli Premier League club Beitar Jerusalem. [1] [2]
Born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Friday played youth football for Unicem Rovers, Gabros FC and BUJOC Sports Academy in the lower leagues of Nigeria. [3] 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. [3] Then-coach Magnus Haglund handed him just three appearances all season as the club flirted with relegation. [3]
In July 2016, Friday moved from Lillestrøm to Eredivisie side AZ Alkmaar, on a four-year contract. [4] [5] He moved on loan to Sparta Rotterdam in January 2018. [6]
He was released by AZ in January 2020. [7]
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. [8]
In February 2023 he signed for Beitar Jerusalem. [9]
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 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 3 | ||||
2015 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 6 | – | – | 29 | 17 | ||||
2016 | 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 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 2 | |||
2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 9 | ||
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 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | |||
Career total | 175 | 46 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 206 | 58 |
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