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{{short description|Nigerian footballer (born 1996)}}
{{short description|Nigerian footballer (born 1996)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Junior Ajayi
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|1|29|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|1|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Lagos]], Nigeria
| birth_place = [[Lagos]], Nigeria
| image =
| image = Ajayi JR 28.jpg
| height = {{convert|1.83|m|abbr=on}}
| height = 1.85 m
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| position = [[Forward (association football)#Striker|Striker]]
| currentclub = [[Smouha SC|Smouha]]
| currentclub = [[Smouha SC|Smouha]]
| clubnumber = 28
| clubnumber = 28
| clubs1 = [[CS Sfaxien]]
| clubs1 = [[CS Sfaxien]]
| clubs2 = [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]]
| clubs2 = [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]]
| clubs3 = [[Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi)|Al-Nasr SC]]
| clubs3 = [[Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi)|Al-Nasr]]
| clubs4 = [[Smouha SC|Smouha]]
| clubs4 = [[Smouha SC|Smouha]]
| years1 = 2015–2016
| years1 = 2015–2016
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| goals1 = 10
| goals1 = 10
| caps2 = 103
| caps2 = 103
| goals2 = 41
| goals2 = 30
| caps3 = 6
| caps3 =
| goals3 = 2
| goals3 =
| caps4 = 6
| caps4 = 6
| goals4 = 4
| goals4 = 4
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalyears1 = 2018
| nationalteam1 =
| nationalteam1 = [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 =
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| medaltemplates =
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|Football]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|NGA}}}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]]}}
| pcupdate =
| club-update = 16:29, 29 October 2024 (UTC)
}}
}}
'''Oluwafemi Junior Ajayi''' (born 29 January 1996), commonly known as '''Junior Ajayi''', is a Nigerian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]] for [[Egyptian Premier League]] club [[Smouha SC|Smouha]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.filgoal.com/articles/270659/%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%A3%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A|title=خبر في الجول - رسميا أجاي أهلاوي|website=FilGoal.com|language=ar|access-date=2018-05-14}}</ref><ref>[https://www.btolat.com/video/31851 Watch the goal of Junior Ajayi wonderful in the range of Petrojet SC Egyptian league]</ref>
'''Oluwafemi Junior Ajayi''' (born 29 January 1996), commonly known as '''Junior Ajayi''', is a Nigerian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]] for [[Egyptian Premier League]] club [[Smouha SC|Smouha]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biography Of Junior Ajayi (Footballer)|url=https://www.medianigeria.com/biography-of-junior-ajayi-footballer/|last=Nigeria|first=Media|date=2018-06-14|website=Media Nigeria|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Junior Ajayi|url=https://nnu.ng/post/Junior-Ajayi|website=Nnu.ng - Nigeria News Update.|language=en|access-date=2020-05-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.filgoal.com/articles/270659/%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%A3%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A|title=خبر في الجول - رسميا أجاي أهلاوي|website=FilGoal.com|language=ar|access-date=2018-05-14}}</ref>


He was selected in [[Nigeria]]'s 18-man squad for the [[Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2016 Summer Olympics]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/mens-olympic-tournament/71/blog/post/2917646/2016-olympics-mens-football-final-squad-lists-for-all-16-teams|title=2016 Olympics men's football final squad lists for all 16 teams|date=25 July 2016|access-date=24 August 2019|author=ESPN|publisher=ESPN}}</ref> after helping them qualify for [[Rio de Janeiro|Rio]] with his decisive goals. With Nigeria, he won the Olympic bronze medal. Junior Ajayi helped Egyptian giants Al Ahly secure 2 [[CAF Champions League|CAF Champion Leagues]], [[2019-20 CAF Champions League|2019-20]] and [[2020-21 CAF Champions League|2020-21]]. However, following the arrival of [[Percy Tau]] and [[Luís 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]].
He was selected in [[Nigeria]]'s 18-man squad for the [[Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2016 Summer Olympics]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/mens-olympic-tournament/71/blog/post/2917646/2016-olympics-mens-football-final-squad-lists-for-all-16-teams|title=2016 Olympics men's football final squad lists for all 16 teams|date=25 July 2016|access-date=24 August 2019|author=ESPN|publisher=ESPN}}</ref> after helping them qualify for [[Rio de Janeiro|Rio]] with his decisive goals. With Nigeria, he won the Olympic bronze medal. Junior Ajayi helped Egyptian giants Al Ahly secure 2 [[CAF Champions League|CAF Champion Leagues]], [[2019–20 CAF Champions League|2019–20]] and [[2020–21 CAF Champions League|2020–21]]. However, following the arrival of [[Percy Tau]] and [[Luís 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|Smouha]].

== Club career ==
=== CS Sfaxien ===
Junior Ajayi joined Tunisian [[CS 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 assists and was punished twice with the yellow card, wearing the number 11 with Tunisian Sfaxien and the same number with the Nigeria Olympic team.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Junior Ajayi|url=https://nnu.ng/post/Junior-Ajayi|website=Nnu.ng - Nigeria News Update.|language=en|access-date=2020-05-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Biography Of Junior Ajayi (Footballer)|url=https://www.medianigeria.com/biography-of-junior-ajayi-footballer/|last=Nigeria|first=Media|date=2018-06-14|website=Media Nigeria|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref>

=== Al Ahly SC ===
[[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 41 goals in 103 matches.

=== Al-Nasr ===
Following the termination of Junior Ajayi’s contract by [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]] Junior Ajayi became a free agent and signed for Libyan Side [[Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi)|Al-Nasr]] 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.


== Career statistics ==
== Career statistics ==
=== International ===
=== International ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
|-
! National team
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
! Year
! Apps
! Goals
|-
|-
| rowspan=1 | [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]
|[[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]
| 2018
|2018||1||0
| 1
| 0
|-
|-
! colspan=2 | Total
!colspan=2|Total!!1!!0
! 1
! 0
|}
|}


==Honours==
== Honours ==
===Al Ahly===
'''Al Ahly'''

* [[Egyptian Premier League]]: [[2016–17 Egyptian Premier League|2016–17]], [[2017–18 Egyptian Premier League|2017–18]], [[2018–19 Egyptian Premier League|2018–19]], [[2019–20 Egyptian Premier League|2019–20]]
* [[Egyptian Premier League]]: [[2016–17 Egyptian Premier League|2016–17]], [[2017–18 Egyptian Premier League|2017–18]], [[2018–19 Egyptian Premier League|2018–19]], [[2019–20 Egyptian Premier League|2019–20]]
* [[Egypt Cup]]: [[2016–17 Egypt Cup|2016–17]], [[2019–20 Egypt Cup|2019–20]]
* [[Egypt Cup]]: [[2016–17 Egypt Cup|2016–17]], [[2019–20 Egypt Cup|2019–20]]
* [[Egyptian Super Cup]]: [[2017 Egyptian Super Cup|2017]], [[2018 Egyptian Super Cup|2018]]
* [[Egyptian Super Cup]]: [[2018 Egyptian Super Cup|2018]], [[2019 Egyptian Super Cup|2019]]; runner-up: [[2017 Egyptian Super Cup|2017]], [[2020 Egyptian Super Cup|2020]]
* [[CAF Champions League]]: [[2019–20 CAF Champions League|2019–20]], [[2020–21 CAF Champions League|2020–21]]
* [[CAF Champions League]]: [[2019–20 CAF Champions League|2019–20]], [[2020–21 CAF Champions League|2020–21]]; runner-up: [[2017 CAF Champions League|2017]], [[2018 CAF Champions League|2018]]
* [[CAF Super Cup]]: [[2021 CAF Super Cup (May)|2021]]
* [[FIFA Club World Cup]] third place: [[2020 FIFA Club World Cup|2020]]


=== Nigeria ===
'''Nigeria U23'''
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* [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] third place: [[Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2016]]


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== References ==
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* [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] Bronze Medal: [[Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016]]

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==References==
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==External links==
== External links ==
* {{Soccerway}}
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* {{NFT player}}



{{Nigeria men's football squad 2016 Summer Olympics}}
{{Nigeria men's football squad 2016 Summer Olympics}}
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[[Category:Footballers from Lagos]]
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[[Category:CAF Champions League–winning players]]
[[Category:21st-century Nigerian sportsmen]]

Latest revision as of 21:22, 1 December 2024

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 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Smouha
Number 28
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 CS Sfaxien 28 (10)
2016–2021 Al Ahly 103 (30)
2022 Al-Nasr
2022– Smouha 6 (4)
International career
2018 Nigeria 1 (0)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Nigeria
Summer Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:29, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

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][4]

He was selected in Nigeria's 18-man squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics,[5] after helping them qualify for Rio with his decisive goals. With Nigeria, he won the Olympic bronze medal. Junior Ajayi helped Egyptian giants Al Ahly secure 2 CAF Champion Leagues, 2019–20 and 2020–21. However, following the arrival of Percy Tau and Luís 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.

Career statistics

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International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Nigeria 2018 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

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Al Ahly

Nigeria U23

References

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