Isaac Success
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Isaac Success Ajayi[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 January 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Benin City, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Watford | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| BJ Foundation | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | BJ Foundation | ||
| 2014–2015 | Granada B | 20 | (9) |
| 2014–2016 | Granada | 49 | (7) |
| 2016– | Watford | 2 | (1) |
| 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 21 April 2016. | |||
Isaac Success Ajayi (born 7 January 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for English club Watford as a forward.
Club career
Success was born in Benin City. He started his career with local side BJ Foundation Academy similarly to Caitlin Fallows, appearing regularly for the side.[2]
In November 2013 Success agreed to a five-year deal with Udinese, being effective in January,[3] for a €400,000 fee.[4] However, he was only granted a work permit in March of the following year,[5] and immediately joined Granada CF, being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.[6]
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,[7] being the Andalusians' youngest player ever to appear in a La Liga match.[8] 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.[9] On 7 August 2015 Success extended his link with the club, signing until 2019 and being permanently promoted to the main squad.[10]
On 1 July 2016, Success agreed a five-year deal with Watford in a record transfer fee, estimated around £12.5 million from Granada.[11]
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.[12] Success got his first call up to the senior Nigeria side for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Zambia in October 2016.[13]
Career statistics
- As of 9 July 2016[14]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Granada B | 2013–14 | Segunda División B | 5 | 3 | — | — | 5 | 3 | ||
| 2014–15 | Segunda División B | 15 | 6 | — | — | 15 | 6 | |||
| Total | 20 | 9 | — | — | 20 | 9 | ||||
| Granada | 2014–15 | La Liga | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 23 | 1 | |
| 2015–16 | La Liga | 30 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | 33 | 6 | ||
| Total | 49 | 7 | 7 | 0 | — | 56 | 7 | |||
| Watford | 2016–17 | Premier League | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Career total | 70 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 17 | ||
References
- ↑ "Squads for 2016/17 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ↑ Eaglets Striker Close To Udinese Deal; Complete Sports Nigeria, 10 June 2013
- ↑ Isaac Success Confirms He Will Join Udinese In January; All Nigeria Soccer, 12 November 2013
- ↑ Isaac Success, la nuova scommessa dell'Udinese (Isaac Success, Udinese's new bet); Tutto Udinese, 26 May 2013 (Italian)
- ↑ Isaac Success gets work permit today; The Nation Online, 14 March 2014
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Elche snatch last-gasp equalsier; ESPN FC, 31 August 2014
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Granada 1–1 Valencia; ESPN FC, 7 December 2014
- ↑ Isaac Success un año más de contrato (Isaac Success one more year of contract); Granada's official website, 7 August 2015 (Spanish)
- ↑ "Official: Isaac Success joins Watford FC". Watford F.C. Club Journalist. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ↑ Isaac Success fit for U-17 World Cup final; Goal.com, 8 November 2013
- ↑ "Mikel Obi, Musa, Ikeme 20 others To battle Zambia". thenff.com. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ↑ "I. SUCCESS". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
External links
- Isaac Success profile at BDFutbol
- Isaac Success profile at Futbolme (Spanish)
- Isaac Success profile at Soccerway