Isaac Success

Isaac Success
Personal information
Full name Isaac Success Ajayi
Date of birth (1996-01-07) 7 January 1996
Place of birth Benin City, Nigeria
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing position Forward
Club 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)
National team
2013 Nigeria U17 7 (7)
2015– Nigeria U20 4 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 February 2016 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ 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]

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]

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