Isaac Success
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Personal information
Full name
Isaac Success Ajayi
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
BJ Foundation
2012-2014
Granada B
2014-2015
20x apps / 9x goals
Granada
2014-2016
49x apps / 7x goals
Watford
2016-
2x apps / 1x goal
National team
Nigeria U17
2013
7x apps / 7x goals
Nigeria U20
2015-
4x apps / 2x goals
(* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 April 2016 - National team caps and goals correct as of 11 June 2015)
Isaac Success Ajayi s 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.
In November 2013 Success agreed to a five-year deal with Udinese, being effective in January, 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 the Andalusians' 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.
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.
The 52-year-old, who became the first Nigerian to lead the side into the second round at a World Cup, is attracting the interest of other countries.
He becomes the sixth manager to leave his job during the World Cup, following the departures of Honduras's Luis Suarez, Iran's Carlos Queiroz, Japan's Alberto Zaccheroni, Italy's Cesare Prandelli and Ivory Coast's Sabri Lamouchi.
Keshi, who captained Nigeria at the 1994 World Cup finals, was previously in charge of Mali and Togo.
LAST SIXTEEN
30th June 2014
France vs Nigeria 2:0
Teams who have reached the round of the last sixteen
Nigeria vs Argentina 2:3
Nigeria vs Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:0
Iran vs Nigeria 0:0
The former Dutch football-star, Ruud Gullit, hopes a team from Africa will perform well and prove to be the surprise package at the World Cup in Brazil.
The United States completed their World Cup preparations with victory over Nigeria.
Keshi feels these games have given him and his players an insight into what lies ahead. "All I need is the mentality and discipline to dominate the game and take chances," he added. "In friendlies you can correct your mistakes but in a tournament it can cost us dearly.
