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Isaac Success
Personal information
Full name Isaac Success Ajayi
Date of birth (1996-01-07) 7 January 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Benin City, Nigeria
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team Al Wasl
Number 90
Youth career
BJ Foundation
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Granada B 20 (9)
2014–2016 Granada 49 (7)
2016–2021 Watford 64 (3)
2018 → Málaga (loan) 9 (0)
2021–2024 Udinese 79 (4)
2024– Al Wasl 1 (1)
International career
2013 Nigeria U17 7 (7)
2015–2016 Nigeria U20 4 (2)
2017– Nigeria 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 August 2022

Isaac Success Ajayi (born 7 January 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Al Wasl 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.

In November 2013 Success agreed to a five-year deal with Udinese, starting January 2014, for a €400,000 fee. However, he was only granted a work permit in March of the following year, and immediately joined Granada CF, being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.

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, being their youngest player ever to appear in a La Liga match. 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. On 7 August 2015, Success extended his link with the club, signing until 2019 and being permanently promoted to the main squad.

On 1 July 2016, Success agreed a five-year deal with Watford in a record transfer fee, estimated around £12.5 million from Granada. He scored once in 19 appearances in the 2016–17 season and, after just one appearance in 2017–18 was loaned to Malaga on 31 January 2018.

On 26 August 2021, Success signed for Italian club Udinese on a three-year deal.

On 27 August 2024, his contract with Udinese was terminated by mutual consent.

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. Success got his first call up to the senior Nigeria side for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Zambia in October 2016. On 23 March 2017, Success made his debut for Nigeria, coming on as a substitute in a 1–1 draw against Senegal at The Hive Stadium in London.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Granada B 2013–14 Segunda División B 5 3 — — — 5 3
2014–15 15 6 — — — 15 6
Total 20 9 — — — 20 9
Granada 2014–15 La Liga 19 1 4 0 — — 23 1
2015–16 30 6 3 0 — — 33 6
Total 49 7 7 0 — — 56 7
Watford 2016–17 Premier League 19 1 0 0 0 0 — 19 1
2017–18 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1 0
2018–19 30 1 3 1 2 2 — 35 4
2019–20 5 0 1 0 1 0 — 7 0
2020–21 Championship 10 1 0 0 0 0 — 10 1
Total 64 3 4 1 4 2 — 72 6
Málaga (loan) 2017–18 La Liga 9 0 0 0 — — 9 0
Udinese 2021–22 Serie A 22 2 2 1 — — 24 3
2022–23 30 1 2 1 — — 32 2
2023–24 27 1 0 0 — — 27 1
Total 79 4 4 2 — — 83 6
Career total 220 23 15 3 4 2 0 0 239 28

Honours

Watford

References

  1. "Squads for 2016/17 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Isaac Success". Premier League. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  3. Eaglets Striker Close To Udinese Deal Archived 29 August 2014 at archive.today; Complete Sports Nigeria, 10 June 2013
  4. Isaac Success Confirms He Will Join Udinese In January; All Nigeria Soccer, 12 November 2013
  5. Isaac Success, la nuova scommessa dell'Udinese (Isaac Success, Udinese's new bet); Tutto Udinese, 26 May 2013 (in Italian)
  6. Isaac Success gets work permit today; The Nation Online, 14 March 2014
  7. Success Isaac y Uche Agbo: nuevos jugadores del Granada CF (Success Isaac and Uche Agbo: new player of Granada CF) Archived 3 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Granada's official website, 18 March 2014 (in Spanish)
  8. Elche snatch last-gasp equalsier; ESPN FC, 31 August 2014
  9. 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 (in Spanish)
  10. Granada 1–1 Valencia; ESPN FC, 7 December 2014
  11. Isaac Success un año más de contrato (Isaac Success one more year of contract); Granada's official website, 7 August 2015 (in Spanish)
  12. "Official: Isaac Success joins Watford FC". Watford F.C. Club Journalist. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  13. "Watford: Isaac Success joins Malaga on loan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2018.
  14. "Official: Udinese Switch For Success". Watford FC. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  15. "Success è un nuovo giocatore dell'Udinese" (in Italian). Udinese Calcio. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  16. "Club statement: Isaac Success". Udinese. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  17. Isaac Success fit for U-17 World Cup final; Goal.com, 8 November 2013
  18. "Mikel Obi, Musa, Ikeme 20 others To battle Zambia". thenff.com. 22 September 2016. Archived from the original on 27 January 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  19. "Nigeria 1 Senegal 1: Iheanacho earns a draw for Super Eagles". Goal. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  20. "I. Success". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  21. "Games played by Isaac Success in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  22. "Games played by Isaac Success in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  23. "Games played by Isaac Success in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  24. "Games played by Isaac Success in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  25. "Games played by Isaac Success in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  26. "Games played by Isaac Success in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  27. "Games played by Isaac Success in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  28. "Games played by Isaac Success in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  29. "Games played by Isaac Success in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  30. "Games played by Isaac Success in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  31. McNulty, Phil (18 May 2019). "Manchester City 6–0 Watford". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 May 2019.

External links

Al Wasl F.C. – current squad
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