Isaac Success

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

Isaac Success
Personal information
Full name Isaac Success Ajayi[1]
Date of birth (1996-01-07) 7 January 1996
Place of birth Benin City, Nigeria
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Watford
Number 22
Youth career
0000–2014 BJ Foundation
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Granada B 20 (9)
2014–2016 Granada 49 (7)
2016– Watford 54 (2)
2018 → Málaga (loan) 9 (0)
National team‡
2013 Nigeria U17 7 (7)
2015–2016 Nigeria U20 4 (2)
2017– Nigeria 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:53, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 October 2018

Club career

Success was born in Benin City. He started his career with local side BJ Foundation Academy appearing regularly for the side.[2]

In November 2013 Success agreed to a five-year deal with Udinese, starting January 2014,[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 their 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] Success 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.[12]

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.[13] Success got his first call up to the senior Nigeria side for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Zambia in October 2016.[14] 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.[15]

Career statistics
As of 1 February 2020[16]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Granada B 2013–14 Segunda División B 53——53
2014–15 Segunda División B 156——156
Total 209——209
Granada 2014–15[17] La Liga 19140—231
2015–16[18] La Liga 30630—336
Total 49770—567
Watford 2016–17[19] Premier League 1910000191
2017–18[20] Premier League 00001010
2018–19[21] Premier League 3013122354
2019–20[22] Premier League 5 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
2020–21[23] Championship 00000000
Total 5424142625
Málaga (loan) 2017–18 La Liga 9000—90
Career total 132181114214721

Honours

Watford

References
  1. "Squads for 2016/17 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  2. Eaglets Striker Close To Udinese Deal Archived 2014-08-29 at Archive.today; Complete Sports Nigeria, 10 June 2013
  3. Isaac Success Confirms He Will Join Udinese In January; All Nigeria Soccer, 12 November 2013
  4. Isaac Success, la nuova scommessa dell'Udinese (Isaac Success, Udinese's new bet); Tutto Udinese, 26 May 2013 (in Italian)
  5. Isaac Success gets work permit today; The Nation Online, 14 March 2014
  6. Success Isaac y Uche Agbo: nuevos jugadores del Granada CF (Success Isaac and Uche Agbo: new player of Granada CF) Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine; Granada's official website, 18 March 2014 (in Spanish)
  7. Elche snatch last-gasp equalsier; ESPN FC, 31 August 2014
  8. 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)
  9. Granada 1–1 Valencia; ESPN FC, 7 December 2014
  10. Isaac Success un año más de contrato (Isaac Success one more year of contract); Granada's official website, 7 August 2015 (in Spanish)
  11. "Official: Isaac Success joins Watford FC". Watford F.C. Club Journalist. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  12. "Watford: Isaac Success joins Malaga on loan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2018.
  13. Isaac Success fit for U-17 World Cup final; Goal.com, 8 November 2013
  14. "Mikel Obi, Musa, Ikeme 20 others To battle Zambia". thenff.com. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  15. "Nigeria 1 Senegal 1: Iheanacho earns a draw for Super Eagles". Goal. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  16. "I. SUCCESS". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  17. "Games played by Isaac Success in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  18. "Games played by Isaac Success in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  19. "Games played by Isaac Success in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  20. "Games played by Isaac Success in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  21. "Games played by Isaac Success in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  22. "Games played by Isaac Success in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  23. "Games played by Isaac Success in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  24. McNulty, Phil (18 May 2019). "Manchester City 6–0 Watford". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
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