Isaac Success

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Isaac Success
Personal information
Full name Isaac Success Ajayi
Date of birth (1996-01-07) 7 January 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth Benin City, Nigeria
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Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Granada
Number 11
Youth career
BJ Foundation
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 BJ Foundation
2014–2015 Granada B 15 (6)
2014– Granada 40 (5)
International career
2013 Nigeria U17 7 (7)
2015– Nigeria U20 4 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 February 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2015

Isaac Success Ajayi (born 7 January 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Granada CF as a forward.

Club career

Success was born in Benin City. He started his career with local side BJ Foundation Academy, appearing regularly for the side.[1]

In November 2013 Success agreed to a five-year deal with Udinese, being effective in January,[2] for a 400,000 fee.[3] However, he was only granted a work permit in March of the following year,[4] and immediately joined Granada CF, being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.[5]

On 31 August 2014 Success made his first-team debut, starting in a 1–1 away draw against Elche CF at the age of 18 years and seven months,[6] being the Andalusians' youngest player ever to appear in a La Liga match.[7] He scored his first professional goal on 7 December, netting his side's only of a home draw against Valencia CF, for the same scoreline.[8]

On 7 August 2015 Success extended his link with the club, signing until 2019 and being definitely promoted to the main squad.[9]

Success will be joining Watford for the start of the 2016/17 season.

International career

In 2013 Success was called up to Nigeria under-17's for the year's FIFA U-17 World Cup, being also named vice-captain. He appeared in the first two games, but was sidelined during the rest of the tournament due to an injury.[10]

References

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External links

  1. Eaglets Striker Close To Udinese Deal; Complete Sports Nigeria, 10 June 2013
  2. Isaac Success Confirms He Will Join Udinese In January; All Nigeria Soccer, 12 November 2013
  3. Isaac Success, la nuova scommessa dell'Udinese (Isaac Success, Udinese's new bet); Tutto Udinese, 26 May 2013 (Italian)
  4. Isaac Success gets work permit today; The Nation Online, 14 March 2014
  5. Success Isaac y Uche Agbo: nuevos jugadores del Granada CF (Success Isaac and Uche Agbo: new player of Granada CF); Granada's official website, 18 March 2014 (Spanish)
  6. Elche snatch last-gasp equalsier; ESPN FC, 31 August 2014
  7. Success, jugador más joven en debutar en Primera con el Granada (Success, the youngest player to debut in Primera with Granada); Marca, 1 September 2014 (Spanish)
  8. Granada 1–1 Valencia; ESPN FC, 7 December 2014
  9. Isaac Success un año más de contrato (Isaac Success one more year of contract); Granada's official website, 7 August 2015 (Spanish)
  10. Isaac Success fit for U-17 World Cup final; Goal.com, 8 November 2013