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Junior Ajayi is one of the few Nigerian players that has taken their clubs to FIFA and won the case. The former U23 international will now be paid $70,000 by Egyptian side SC Smouha.
Nigerian international Junior Ajayi will be smiling home with $70,000 after the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) ordered Egyptian club Smouha SC to pay the striker.
The 27-year-old had tabled his case to the world governing football body after he was abandoned by the club.
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What transpired between Ajayi and his Egyptian club
The former U23 international had a serious injury during a friendly between Smouha and Canal in October 2022.
Ajayi was then long and forgotten as he left to nurse his injury and was owed salaries since the unfortunate incident occurred.
FIFA has now intervened in the matter and have given the Alexandria based side just over two weeks to pay the Nigerian star $70,000.
Ajayi’s career
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Ajayi spent his entire career in North Africa starting from Tunisian side CS Sfaxien in 2015 but he made his major breakthrough when he joined Al Ahly a year later.
The striker won two African Champions League titles in his five year spell with the club regarded as the most successful African side.
He decided to move on to Libyan club Al-Nasr Benghazi in 2022 before cutting ties with them to join SC Smouha.
Ajayi played for the Nigerian U20 side before making it through the U23 team that won bronze in the football event of the Rio 2016 Olympics.
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