Semi Ajayi

West Bromwich Albion

Born on : November 09, 1993 (30 years) at Crayford

Nationality : Nigeria England

Height : 1m93

Weight : 83 kg

Number of international caps : 41 (1 goal)

First cap : vs Seychelles 08/09/2018

First international goal : vs Lesotho 16/11/2023

2022-2023
2021-2022
2019-2020
2018-2019

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Current season statistics (2024/2025)

10 clean sheets 6 Goals conceded

0 Goals 0 Own goals

15 Played matches 1241 Minutes played

3 Yellow cards 0 Red cards

Main position
Central defender	87%

Identities

Semi Ajayi

Oluwasemilogo Adesewo Ajayi

Oluwasemilogo Adesewo Ibidapo Ajayi

Ajayi's career statisticsLast updated on 07/11/2024 at 00:34

Offense

Defense

Playing time

Presence

discipline

V D L

Results

Season

Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

tier

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

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goals

ass.

eff.

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goals

ass.

eff.

2024/2025

WBA

Club	Competition															V	D	L
WBA	Sky Bet Championship	12					6	7	1060	6	100%		92%	3		42%	42%	17%
Nigeria	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	3						3	181	0	67%	1	75%			67%	33%	0%

2023/2024

WBA

604

1369

862

Club	Competition													V	D	L
WBA	Sky Bet Championship	26	2	1	604	16	9	1208	6	38%	27	57%	1	38%	35%	27%
WBA	Championship Play-Off	1					1	10	6	0%	2	50%		0%	100%	0%
Nigeria	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	1					1	90	0	100%		100%		100%	0%	0%
Nigeria	Friendlies	1				2		90	6	100%		50%		0%	100%	0%
Nigeria	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	4	1		349	5		349	6	100%		100%	1	0%	75%	25%
Nigeria	CAF Nations Cup	7				4	4	660	6	100%		100%	1	57%	29%	14%
Nigeria	Friendlies	2				3		180	6	100%		67%		50%	0%	50%

2022/2023

WBA

730

973

Club	Competition												V	D	L
WBA	Sky Bet Championship	22	2	730	23	7	1460	6	77%	9	48%	2	41%	36%	23%
WBA	Carabao Cup							6		2	0%
WBA	Emirates FA Cup	3			6	1	270	6	100%		100%	1	33%	33%	33%
Nigeria	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	3			2	1	216	0	67%	1	100%		67%	0%	33%

2021/2022

WBA

2476

2938

Club	Competition													V	D	L
WBA	Sky Bet Championship	31	1	2	2476	28	13	2476	6	87%	15	67%	3	48%	23%	29%
Nigeria	CAF Nations Cup	2					2	102	6	50%	3	50%		100%	0%	0%
Nigeria	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone								13		1	0%
Nigeria	Friendlies	2				3		180	6	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%
Nigeria	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	2				1	1	180	0	100%		100%		100%	0%	0%

2020/2021

WBA

1390

120

1039

Club	Competition													V	D	L
WBA	Premier League	33	2	1390	71	3	2780	6	94%	6	87%	3	1	12%	27%	61%
WBA	Carabao Cup							6		1	0%
WBA	Emirates FA Cup	1	1	120	2		120	6	100%		100%	1		0%	100%	0%
Nigeria	Friendlies	2			2		180	13	100%		100%	1		0%	50%	50%
Nigeria	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	2			3	1	37	0	0%	2	50%			0%	100%	0%

2019/2020

WBA

757

861

Club	Competition														V	D	L
WBA	Championship	43	5	757	1	40	14	3783	6	98%	3	93%	6		49%	40%	12%
WBA	Carabao Cup	1				2		90	6	100%		100%			0%	0%	100%
WBA	FA Cup	1					1	71	6	100%		33%	1	1	100%	0%	0%
Nigeria	Friendlies	2				3		180	12	100%		100%			0%	100%	0%
Nigeria	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	2				3		180	0	100%		100%	1		100%	0%	0%

2018/2019

Club	Competition														V	D	L
Rotherham	Championship	46	7	1	587		81	6	4106	5	100%		100%	6	17%	35%	48%
Rotherham	Carabao Cup	1	1		68				68	5	100%	1	50%		100%	0%	0%
Rotherham	FA Cup	1				1	7		90	5	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%
Nigeria	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	4						1	36	0	0%	4	80%		75%	25%	0%
Nigeria	Friendlies	1						1	90	20	100%		100%		0%	100%	0%
Nigeria	Friendlies	1						1	23	10	0%	2	50%		100%	0%	0%
Nigeria B	Friendlies	1					1		90	0	100%				100%	0%	0%

2017/2018

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Rotherham	League One	35	5	527	36	12	2637	5	83%	16	76%	4	54%	17%	29%
Rotherham	Carabao Cup	2	1	180	3		180	5	100%		100%		50%	0%	50%
Rotherham	Checkatrade Trophy	1			2		90	5	100%	1	33%		0%	0%	100%
Rotherham	FA Cup	1			2		90	5	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%
Rotherham	League One Play-Off	3			2	1	178	5	33%	2	100%		67%	33%	0%

2016/2017

Rotherham

1492

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Rotherham	Championship	17	1		1492		32	1	1492	15	100%		94%			6%	24%	71%

2016/2017

Cardiff City B

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Cardiff City	EFL Cup									29		1
Cardiff City	Championship									29		5

2015/2016

Cardiff City B

2015/2016

Crewe

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Crewe	League One	13		1			23	3	1170	29	100%		100%	2		15%	46%	38%

2015/2016

AFC Wimbledon

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Wimbledon	League Two	5					9	1	385	18	100%	1	71%	1		40%	20%	40%

2015/2016

Cardiff City B

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Cardiff City	Capital One Cup									29		1

2014/2015

Arsenal U-23

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Arsenal	Premier League									37		3

2013/2014

Arsenal U-23

2012/2013

Charlton B

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Charlton	Championship									39		1
Nigeria U-20	Tournoi de Toulon	3					4		240	0	100%					0%	67%	33%

2012/2013

Dartford

253

343

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Dartford	FA Trophy	1						1	90	5	100%		50%			100%	0%	0%
Dartford	Conference	3	1		253		8		253	5	100%		75%	1		0%	0%	100%

2012/2013

Total

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Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Runner-ups

Championship	1	2020
CAF Nations Cup	1	2024

Transfers

19/07/19 >	WBA	1.5 M€
30/01/17 > 19/07/19	Rotherham
26/11/15 > 26/02/16	Crewe	Loan
28/09/15 > 01/11/15	AFC Wimbledon	Loan
18/06/15 > 30/01/17	Cardiff City B
25/03/15 > 31/05/15	Cardiff City	Loan
17/09/13 > 18/06/15	Arsenal U-23	Free
01/07/13 > 17/09/13	Norwich U-23	Free
22/11/12 > 23/12/12	Dartford	Loan
01/07/12 > 01/07/13	Charlton B

Suggest a transfer for this player

Player career by clubLast updated on 03/11/2024 at 01:07

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Red cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Wimbledon	5				385	1		100%5	40%2	40%2
Arsenal
Cardiff City
Charlton
Crewe	13		1		1170	2		100%13	15%2	38%5
Dartford	4	1		343	343	1		100%4	25%1	75%3
Nigeria	41	1		2954	2954	4		76%31	49%20	17%7
Nigeria B	1				90			100%1	100%1	0%0
Nigeria U-20	3				240			100%3	0%0	33%1
Rotherham	107	15	1	595	8931	10		93%99	30%32	45%48
WBA	174	13	3	1025	13328	21	2	83%145	38%66	29%50

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Millwall	11	2	0	0
Bristol City	9	3	0	0
Middlesbrough	10	3	0	1
Derby County	6	2	0	0
Cardiff City	5	2	0	0
Ipswich Town	4	3	0	0
Guinea-Bissau	4	3	0	0
Plymouth	4	2	1	0
Blackburn	11	3	2	0
Swansea	10	4	3	0
Leeds United	9	1	2	0
Birmingham	7	2	0	0
Sheffield U	7	2	0	0
Fulham	7	1	1	0
Reading	7	3	1	0
Hull City	7	4	1	0
Preston NE	6	3	0	0
Southampton	4	1	0	0
Rochdale	4	2	0	0
Scunthorpe	4	3	1	0

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Swansea	10	5	16
Leeds United	9	5	15
Middlesbrough	10	5	11
Aston Villa	5	4	11
Sheffield U	7	4	10
Brentford	5	4	15
Fulham	7	3	9
Sunderland	3	3	5
Birmingham	7	3	10
Leicester	3	3	8
Wigan	9	3	10
Huddersfield	8	3	14
Bristol City	9	3	8
Arsenal	2	2	7
Charlton	4	2	9
Blackburn	11	2	13
Tottenham	2	2	3
Man City	3	2	13
West Ham	3	2	5
S Wednesday	6	2	10

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2024/2025	WBA	42%	17%	12	0%	50%	2	-
2023/2024	WBA	37%	26%	27	50%	38%	24	Slightly negative
2022/2023	WBA	40%	24%	25	38%	46%	26	Very slightly positive
2021/2022	WBA	48%	29%	31	18%	47%	17	Extremely positive
2020/2021	WBA	12%	59%	34	29%	29%	7	Extremely negative
2019/2020	WBA	49%	13%	45	40%	60%	5	-
2018/2019	Rotherham	19%	48%	48	0%	100%	1	-
2017/2018	Rotherham	52%	31%	42	46%	38%	13	Slightly positive
2016/2017	Rotherham	6%	71%	17	0%	100%	1	-
2016/2017	Cardiff B	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
2015/2016	Cardiff B	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
2015/2016	Crewe	15%	38%	13	0%	0%	0	-
2015/2016	Wimbledon	40%	40%	5	100%	0%	2	-
2015/2016	Cardiff B	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
2014/2015	Arsenal U-23	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
2013/2014	Arsenal U-23	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
2012/2013	Charlton B	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
2012/2013	Dartford	25%	75%	4	50%	50%	2	-
2012/2013	Charlton B	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-

Key figures

The player has played in the first 11 in Championship in each of the last 12 matches

Ajayi hasn't lost in Championship any of the last 4 matches

He hasn't won in Championship any of the last 6 matches

He hasn't lost all competitions included any of the last 5 matches

The player hasn't lost for the national team any of the last 5 at home matches

He has played in the first 11 for the national team in each of the last 19 away from home matches

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Dartford
24/11/2012	FAT	Kingstonian - Dartford	0 - 4	First match with the club, first start, first victory
01/12/2012	C	Tamworth - Dartford	3 - 2	First loss, first goal
AFC Wimbledon
29/09/2015	LT	AFC Wimbledon - Northampton	1 - 1	First match with the club, first start
03/10/2015	LT	AFC Wimbledon - Barnet	2 - 0	First victory
10/10/2015	LT	Oxford United - AFC Wimbledon	1 - 0	First loss
Crewe Alexandra
28/11/2015	LO	Crewe - Oldham	1 - 0	First match with the club, first start, first victory
12/12/2015	LO	Doncaster - Crewe	3 - 2	First loss
Rotherham United
31/01/2017	C	Nottingham - Rotherham	2 - 0	First match with the club, first start, first loss
14/02/2017	C	Rotherham - Huddersfield	2 - 3	First goal
22/04/2017	C	Rotherham - Ipswich Town	1 - 0	First victory
06/01/2019	FAC	Man City - Rotherham	7 - 0	First own goal
02/03/2019		Rotherham - Blackburn	3 - 2	First time scoring 2 goals
West Bromwich Albion
03/08/2019		Nottingham - WBA	1 - 2	First match with the club, first start, first victory
13/08/2019		WBA - Millwall	1 - 2	First loss
14/09/2019		Fulham - WBA	1 - 1	First goal
25/01/2020	FAC	West Ham - WBA	0 - 1	First red card

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 03/11/2024 at 01:07

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Own goals	Minutes played	Match starts	Yellow cards	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses
Premier League	Premier League	33	2	1390			2780	94%31	1	12%4	27%9	61%20
FA Cup	FA Cup	7	1	641		1	641	100%7	1	29%2	29%2	43%3
League Cup	League Cup	4	2	169			338	100%4		50%2		50%2
Championship	Championship	197	18	866	4	1	15585	87%171		35%69	34%66	31%62
Championship Play-Off	Championship Play-Off	1					10				100%1
League One	League One	48	5	761	1		3807	88%42		44%21	25%12	31%15
EFL Trophy	EFL Trophy	1					90	100%1				100%1
League One Play-Off	League One Play-Off	3					178	33%1		67%2	33%1
League Two	League Two	5					385	100%5		40%2	20%1	40%2
National League	National League	3	1	253			253	100%3				100%3
FA Trophy	FA Trophy	1					90	100%1		100%1
Friendlies	Friendlies	12					1013	92%11		25%3	42%5	33%4
CAF Nations Cup	CAF Nations Cup	9					762	89%8		67%6	22%2	11%1
WCQAZ	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	4	1	349			349	100%4			75%3	25%1
MRT	Maurice Revello Tournament	3					240	100%3			67%2	33%1
CAFNCQ	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	17					920	53%9		71%12	24%4	6%1

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2024/2025	WBA	2	1	16	6	5	1	0	10	2
2023/2024	WBA	2	5	75	46	21	12	13	70	47
2022/2023	WBA	2	7	63	42	17	12	13	54	45
2021/2022	WBA	2	10	67	46	18	13	15	52	45
2020/2021	WBA	1	19	26	38	5	11	22	35	76
2019/2020	WBA	2	2	83	46	22	17	7	77	45
2018/2019	Rotherham	2	22	40	46	8	16	22	52	83
2017/2018	Rotherham	3	4	79	46	24	7	15	73	53
2016/2017	Rotherham	2	24	23	46	5	8	33	40	98
2015/2016	Crewe	3	22	27	30	6	9	15	31	51
2015/2016	Wimbledon	4	10	25	16	7	4	5	24	23
2012/2013	Dartford	5	7	33	23	10	3	10	36	34

Last games

Date	Competition	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
November 01, 2024	01/11	Round 13	Luton Town	1 - 1	WBA	Absent
October 26, 2024	26/10	Round 12	WBA	0 - 0	Cardiff City	78 Minutes
October 23, 2024	23/10	Round 11	Blackburn	0 - 0	WBA	90 Minutes
October 19, 2024	19/10	Round 10	Oxford United	1 - 1	WBA	90 Minutes
October 15, 2024	15/10	Round 4	Libya	0 - 3	Nigeria	No data
October 11, 2024	11/10	Round 3	Nigeria	1 - 0	Libya	1 Minutes
October 05, 2024	05/10	Round 9	WBA	0 - 0	Millwall	90 Minutes
October 01, 2024	01/10	Round 8	WBA	0 - 1	Middlesbrough	90 Minutes
September 28, 2024	28/09	Round 7	S Wednesday	3 - 2	WBA	82 Minutes
September 21, 2024	21/09	Round 6	WBA	1 - 0	Plymouth	90 Minutes
September 15, 2024	15/09	Round 5	Portsmouth	0 - 3	WBA	90 Minutes
September 10, 2024	10/09	Round 2	Rwanda	0 - 0	Nigeria	90 Minutes
September 07, 2024	07/09	Round 1	Nigeria	3 - 0	Benin	90 Minutes
August 31, 2024	31/08	Round 4	WBA	1 - 0	Swansea	90 Minutes
August 24, 2024	24/08	Round 3	Stoke City	1 - 2	WBA	90 Minutes
August 17, 2024	17/08	Round 2	WBA	0 - 0	Leeds United	90 Minutes
August 13, 2024	13/08	First round	Fleetwood Town	2 - 1	WBA	Absent
August 10, 2024	10/08	Round 1	QPR	1 - 3	WBA	90 Minutes

First XI

On the bench

Absent

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