Junior Ajayi

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Junior Ajayi
Personal information
Full name Oluwafemi Junior Ajayi [1]
Date of birth (1996-01-29) 29 January 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Smouha
Number 28
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 CS Sfaxien 28 (10)
2016–2021 Al Ahly 103 (41)
2022-2022 Dakkada F.C.
2022-2022 Al-Nasr Benghazi 6 (2)
2022– Smouha
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 July 2023

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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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

Nigeria

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References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020: Squad list" (PDF). FIFA . 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "خبر في الجول - رسميا أجاي أهلاوي". FilGoal.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Watch the goal of Junior Ajayi wonderful in the range of Petrojet SC Egyptian league
  4. ↑ ESPN (25 July 2016). "2016 Olympics men's football final squad lists for all 16 teams". ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Junior Ajayi". Nnu.ng - Nigeria News Update. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  6. ↑ Nigeria, Media (14 June 2018). "Biography Of Junior Ajayi (Footballer)". Media Nigeria. Retrieved 25 May 2020.


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