Goodness Ajayi

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| name = Goodness Ajayi

| image =

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| fullname = Goodness Ohiremen Ajayi

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|10|06}}

| birth_place = Benin City, Nigeria

| height = {{height|m=1.79}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Opatija

| clubnumber = 17

| youthyears1 = 2012

| youthclubs1 = Abuja Football College Academy

| youthyears2 = 2012–2013

| youthclubs2 = Rijeka

| years1 = 2013–2018

| clubs1 = Rijeka

| caps1 = 29

| goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2014–2015

| clubs2 = → Rijeka II

| caps2 = 14

| goals2 = 3

| years3 = 2015–2016

| clubs3 = → Široki Brijeg (loan)

| caps3 = 15

| goals3 = 5

| years4 = 2017–2018

| clubs4 = → Hapoel Ashkelon (loan)

| caps4 = 10

| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2018–2019

| clubs5 = Inter Zaprešić

| caps5 = 16

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2019–2020

| clubs6 = Astra Giurgiu

| caps6 = 3

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2021

| clubs7 = Kazma

| caps7 =

| goals7 =

| years8 = 2021

| clubs8 = Quriyat Club

| caps8 =

| goals8 =

| years9 = 2022

| clubs9 = Rudeš

| caps9 = 0

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2022–

| clubs10 = Opatija

| caps10 = 59

| goals10 = 24

| pcupdate = 4 October 2024

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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,{{cite web|url=http://hrnogomet.com/hnl/utakmica.php?id=5719|title=Rijeka – Istra|date=12 July 2013|accessdate=12 July 2013|language=Croatian|website=HRnogomet.com}} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://nk-rijeka.hr/player/ajayi-goodness-ohiremen |title=HNK RIJEKA - službene stranice - Ajayi Goodness Ohiremen |access-date=21 August 2014 |archive-date=21 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821123535/http://nk-rijeka.hr/player/ajayi-goodness-ohiremen |url-status=bot: unknown }}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.nogometplus.net/index.php/domaci_nogomet/ajayi-i-solomon-trajno-a-celikovic-i-vuk-na-posudbi-u-inter-zapresicu/|title=Ajayi i Solomon trajno, a Čeliković i Vuk na posudbi u Inter-Zaprešiću|publisher=NogometPlus|language=Croatian|date=17 June 2018}} On 19 June 2019, he signed a contract with Romanian Liga I club Astra Giurgiu.{{cite web|url=http://www.afcastragiurgiu.ro/stiri/stiri-fotbal/1397-trei-nouta%C8%9Bi-sub-comanda-lui-alexa.html|title=Trei noutăți sub comanda lui Alexa|publisher=afcastragiurgiu.ro|language=Romanian|date=19 June 2019}}