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[[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 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. |
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=== Al-Nasr === |
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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. |
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. |
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Revision as of 18:01, 29 October 2024
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oluwafemi Junior Ajayi[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 January 1996 | ||
| 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* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | CS Sfaxien | 28 | (10) |
| 2016–2021 | Al Ahly | 103 | (41) |
| 2022 | Al-Nasr SC | 6 | (2) |
| 2022– | Smouha | 6 | (4) |
Medal record | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Oluwafemi Junior Ajayi (born 29 January 1996), commonly known as Junior Ajayi, is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Egyptian Premier League club Smouha.[2][3]
He was selected in Nigeria's 18-man squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics,[4] 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 SC.
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.[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 41 goals in 103 matches.
Al-Nasr
Following the termination of Junior Ajayi’s contract by Al Ahly Junior Ajayi became a free agent and signed for Libyan Side 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
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
Honours
Al Ahly
- Egyptian Premier League: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
- Egypt Cup: 2016–17, 2019–20
- Egyptian Super Cup: 2017, 2018
- CAF Champions League: 2019–20, 2020–21
- CAF Super Cup: 2021
Nigeria
References
- ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020: Squad list" (PDF). FIFA. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "خبر في الجول - رسميا أجاي أهلاوي". FilGoal.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ Watch the goal of Junior Ajayi wonderful in the range of Petrojet SC Egyptian league
- ^ ESPN (25 July 2016). "2016 Olympics men's football final squad lists for all 16 teams". ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ "Junior Ajayi". Nnu.ng - Nigeria News Update. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ Nigeria, Media (14 June 2018). "Biography Of Junior Ajayi (Footballer)". Media Nigeria. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
External links
- Junior Ajayi at Soccerway
- Living people
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Nigeria men's international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Shooting Stars S.C. players
- CS Sfaxien players
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Tunisia
- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Nigeria
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Nigeria
- Olympic medalists in football
- Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players
- Al Ahly SC players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Egypt
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt
- Egyptian Premier League players
- 1996 births
- African Games bronze medalists for Nigeria
- African Games medalists in football
- Competitors at the 2015 African Games
- Footballers from Lagos
- CAF Champions League-winning players