Goodness Ajayi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Goodness Ohiremen Ajayi | ||
| Date of birth | October 6, 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Benin City, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Opatija | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012 | Abuja Football College Academy | ||
| 2012–2013 | Rijeka | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2018 | Rijeka | 29 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | → Rijeka II | 14 | (3) |
| 2015–2016 | → Široki Brijeg (loan) | 15 | (5) |
| 2017–2018 | → Hapoel Ashkelon (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Inter Zaprešić | 16 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | Astra Giurgiu | 3 | (0) |
| 2021 | Kazma | ||
| 2021 | Quriyat Club | ||
| 2022 | Rudeš | 0 | (0) |
| 2022– | Opatija | 59 | (24) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 October 2024 | |||
Goodness Ohiremen Ajayi (born 6 October 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Croatian club Opatija.
Career
[edit]Born in Benin City, Ajayi was one of several players who moved from the Nigerian Abuja Football College Academy to the Rijeka youth team in late 2012, impressing enough to stay at the club. He made his Rijeka debut in the first round of the 2013–14 season at the age of 18,[1] becoming the first player from Abuja Academy, run by Gabriele Volpi, the owner of Rijeka and Spezia Calcio, to feature in the club's squad.[2]
While at Rijeka, Ajayi was loaned to Bosnian Premier League club Široki Brijeg in July 2015 and to Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Ashkelon in August 2017. In June 2018, he was transferred to Inter Zaprešić as part of a player-exchange deal.[3] On 19 June 2019, he signed a contract with Romanian Liga I club Astra Giurgiu.[4]
Honours
[edit]Rijeka
References
[edit]- ^ "Rijeka – Istra". HRnogomet.com (in Croatian). 12 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ "HNK RIJEKA - službene stranice - Ajayi Goodness Ohiremen". Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Ajayi i Solomon trajno, a Čeliković i Vuk na posudbi u Inter-Zaprešiću" (in Croatian). NogometPlus. 17 June 2018.
- ^ "Trei noutăți sub comanda lui Alexa" (in Romanian). afcastragiurgiu.ro. 19 June 2019.
External links
[edit]- Goodness Ohiremen Ajayi at Soccerway.com
- Goodness Ohiremen Ajayi at FBref.com
- Goodness Ohiremen Ajayi at AS.com (in Spanish)
- Goodness Ajayi at Croatian Football Statistics (archived) (in Croatian)
- Goodness Ajayi at Soccerway
- Goodness Ajayi at the Croatian Football Federation
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Benin City
- Men's association football forwards
- Nigerian men's footballers
- HNK Rijeka players
- HNK Rijeka II players
- NK Široki Brijeg players
- Hapoel Ashkelon F.C. players
- NK Inter Zaprešić players
- FC Astra Giurgiu players
- Kazma SC players
- NK Opatija players
- Croatian Football League players
- Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Liga I players
- Kuwait Premier League players
- Second Football League (Croatia) players
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen