Junior Ajayi
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Oluwafemi Junior Ajayi[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 January 1996 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Al-Wehdat | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | CS Sfaxien | 28 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2021 | Al Ahly | 103 | (30) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Al-Nasr | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2025 | Smouha | 8 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Al Hilal | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Al-Wehdat | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Nigeria | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:42, 16 September 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Oluwafemi Junior AjayiAudio file "Oluwafemi_Junior_Ajayi.wav" not found (born 29 January 1996), commonly known as Junior Ajayi, is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Jordanian Pro League club Al-Wehdat.[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 30 July 2022, Junior Ajayi returned to Egypt by signing for Alexandria-based Smouha.
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]International
[edit | edit source]| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Nigeria | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit | edit source]Al Ahly
- Egyptian Premier League: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
- Egypt Cup: 2016–17, 2019–20
- Egyptian Super Cup: 2018, 2019; runner-up: 2017, 2020
- CAF Champions League: 2019–20, 2020–21; runner-up: 2017, 2018
- FIFA Club World Cup third place: 2020
Nigeria U23
- Summer Olympics third place: 2016
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External links
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- 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
- Smouha SC players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Egypt
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt
- Egyptian Premier League players
- Al Nasr Benghazi SC players
- Al Hilal Benghazi SC players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Libya
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Libya
- Libyan Premier League players
- Al-Wehdat SC players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Jordan
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Jordan
- Jordanian Pro League players
- 1996 births
- African Games bronze medalists for Nigeria
- African Games bronze medalists in football
- Footballers at the 2015 African Games
- Footballers from Lagos
- CAF Champions League–winning players
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen