Personal information | |||
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Full name | Junior Olaitan Ishola | ||
Date of birth | 9 May 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Porto-Novo, Benin | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Niort | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2019–2022 | Ayema | ||
2022– | Niort | 42 | (4) |
2022– | Niort II | 4 | (2) |
2023– | → Troyes (loan) | 20 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021– | Benin | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:38, 3 April 2022 (UTC) |
Junior Olaitan Ishola (born 9 May 2002) is a Beninese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Championnat National 2 club Niort and the Benin national team.
Olaitan began his senior career with the Beninese club Ayéma Adjarra, where he scored 10 goals in 28 matches during the 2020–21 season. [1] Olaitan transferred to the French club Niort on 31 January 2022, signing a three-year contract. [2] He made his professional debut with Niort in a 2–0 Ligue 2 win over Quevilly-Rouen, coming on as a late sub in the 84th minute. He joined ES Troyes AC in the 2023 transfer market with a release clause amounting to €1,700,000 and his contract is valid until 2025. [3]
Olaitan was born in Benin to a Nigerian father and Beninese mother, and raised in Nigeria. [4] He debuted with the Benin national team in a 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over Madagascar on 2 September 2021. [5]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Junior Olaitan Ishola | ||
Date of birth | 9 May 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Porto-Novo, Benin | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Niort | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2019–2022 | Ayema | ||
2022– | Niort | 42 | (4) |
2022– | Niort II | 4 | (2) |
2023– | → Troyes (loan) | 20 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021– | Benin | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:38, 3 April 2022 (UTC) |
Junior Olaitan Ishola (born 9 May 2002) is a Beninese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Championnat National 2 club Niort and the Benin national team.
Olaitan began his senior career with the Beninese club Ayéma Adjarra, where he scored 10 goals in 28 matches during the 2020–21 season. [1] Olaitan transferred to the French club Niort on 31 January 2022, signing a three-year contract. [2] He made his professional debut with Niort in a 2–0 Ligue 2 win over Quevilly-Rouen, coming on as a late sub in the 84th minute. He joined ES Troyes AC in the 2023 transfer market with a release clause amounting to €1,700,000 and his contract is valid until 2025. [3]
Olaitan was born in Benin to a Nigerian father and Beninese mother, and raised in Nigeria. [4] He debuted with the Benin national team in a 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over Madagascar on 2 September 2021. [5]