Goodness Ajayi

Goodness Ajayi
Personal information
Full name Goodness Ohiremen Ajayi
Date of birth (1994-10-06) October 6, 1994 (age 30)
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

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

Rijeka

References

  1. ^ "Rijeka – Istra". HRnogomet.com (in Croatian). 12 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  2. ^ "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)
  3. ^ "Ajayi i Solomon trajno, a Čeliković i Vuk na posudbi u Inter-Zaprešiću" (in Croatian). NogometPlus. 17 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Trei noutăți sub comanda lui Alexa" (in Romanian). afcastragiurgiu.ro. 19 June 2019.