Nnaemeka Favour Ajuru (born 28 September 1986) is a Nigerian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a defensive midfielder.

Career

After starting out at

Zamfara United Zamfara United Football Club is a Nigerian football club, based in the town of Gusau in Zamfara State. History Before the 2008–09 season there was a brief power struggle for the chairman position that saw Shehu Gusau sacked and then retained a ...

, Ajuru arrived to

Javor Ivanjica Fk Javor Matis () is a professional football club based in Ivanjica, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian SuperLiga, the top tier of the national league system. History In 1912, a student named Milan Radojević brought the first football ball to ...

during the 2004–05 season. He was subsequently sent on a season-long loan to

Metalac Gornji Milanovac FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac () is a professional football club based in Gornji Milanovac, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian First League, the second tier of the national league system. History The club was founded as FK Radnik on 12 June 1961. ...

, before returning to Ivanjica ahead of the 2006–07 season. In the following three years, Ajuru established himself as one of the team's most regular players, helping them win the

Serbian First League The Serbian First League ( sr, Прва лига Србије / Prva liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet First League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Прва лига / Mozzart Bet Prva liga) for sponsorship reasons, is the name for the second ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

, with an unbeaten record, thus earning promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga. In June 2009, together with Miroslav Vulićević, Ajuru was transferred to Vojvodina on a three-year deal. He spent four seasons at the club, helping them reach the

Serbian Cup The Serbian Cup ( Serbian: Куп Србије, Kup Srbije) is the national football cup of Serbia. The winner of the competition gets a spot in the UEFA Europa League qualifying round. From 2006 to 2010, the competition was known as the Lav Cup ...

final on three occasions (

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

, and

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

), but failed to win the trophy. In August 2013, Ajuru moved to Georgian club

Zestafoni Zestafoni or Zestaponi ( ka, ზესტაფონი, tr, ) is the administrative center of Zestafoni District in Western Georgia. Zestafoni is the center of an ancient, historical part of Georgia – Margveti, which is a part of Imereti ...

, agreeing to a two-year contract. He played regularly for the team in the first six months, but failed to make any appearance in the second part of the 2013–14 season. In July 2014, Ajuru had an unsuccessful trial at Azerbaijani club AZAL. In August 2014, Ajuru returned to Serbia and joined his former club

. He helped them win promotion back to the top flight in his

comeback season ''Comeback Season'' is a 2006 film directed by Bruce McCulloch. It stars Ray Liotta as Walter Pearce, a married man who, with the help of local football star Skylar Eckerman (Sipos), tries to win back his wife (Headly) after cheating on her. Fil ...

. In the

2015–16 Serbian Cup The 2016 in association football, 2015–16 Serbian Cup season is the tenth season of the Serbian national football tournament. The competition started on 2 September 2015. The winner of the competition qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa Le ...

, Ajuru appeared in all six of his team's matches, as they lost to

Partizan Partizan may refer to: Sport * JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs: **AK Partizan, athletics ** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling ** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo **FK Partizan, association fo ...

in the final.

Honours

;Javor Ivanjica *

: 2007–08 *

: Runner-up 2015–16 ;Vojvodina *

: Runner-up 2009–10,

2010–11 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ajuru, Nnaemeka Association football midfielders Expatriate footballers in Serbia Expatriate footballers in Serbia and Montenegro FC Zestafoni players FK Jagodina players FK Javor Ivanjica players FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac players FK Spartak Subotica players FK Vojvodina players FK Sloboda Užice players Footballers from Enugu Nigerian expatriate footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia and Montenegro Nigerian footballers Serbian First League players Serbian SuperLiga players 1986 births Living people Zamfara United F.C. players