Anthony Ohikhuaeme "Ohi" Omoijuanfo (born 10 January 1994) is a Norwegian professional

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who plays as a forward for

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side Brøndby IF.

Club career

Lillestrøm

On the last day of the 2010 season, Omoijuanfo became the youngest ever goalscorer in the

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, at 16 years and 300 days. His record was broken by Håkon Lorentzen of Brann in 2013. On 16 March 2011, Omoijuanfo signed a professional contract with

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which would end after the 2013 season. On 23 May 2013, it was announced that Omoijuanfo had agreed to a new contract that would keep him at Lillestrøm till the end of the 2015 season.

Jerv

On 5 March 2015, Omoijuanfo joined Jerv on a free transfer and agreed to a contract that lasted till the end of the 2015 season.

Stabæk

On 4 November 2015, Omoijuanfo signed a three-year contract with

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, to commence on 1 January 2016. He made his Stabæk debut on 11 March 2016 in an Eliteserien game Stabæk lost 1–0 away against Aalesund. Omoijuanfo scored his first goal for Stabæk on 3 April 2016 in a game Stabæk lost 3–1 away against Bodø/Glimt.

Molde

On 21 March 2019, Omoijuanfo joined

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for a reported fee of between NOK 9 million and NOK 12 million. He signed a three-year deal with the club. Omoijuanfo made his Molde debut on 31 March 2019 in a 1–1 away draw against

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. On 7 April 2019, he scored his first goal for the club in his home debut in Molde's 3–0 win against his former club Stabæk. On 10 April 2019, Omoijuanfo scored Molde's first goal in the club's 4–1 win against Vålerenga, his second goal in two home games at

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. He scored a brace at

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on 5 May 2019 in Molde's 2–1 win against Haugesund. Omoijuanfo scored his third Eliteserien hat-trick, his first for Molde, in his team's 5–1 win against

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on 20 May 2019. On 11 July 2019, he scored Molde's seventh goal in the club's

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record 7–1 win over KR in the

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first qualifying round. On the 2019 Norwegian football awards ''Fotballfesten'', Omoijuanfo was honoured as a role model through receiving ''Årets spillerforbilde'' (Role Model Player of the Year). Omoijuanfo finished his first season at Molde with 17 goals in 35 matches in all competitions.

Red Star

On 3 July 2021, Red Star announced the transfer of Omoijuanfo to Belgrade and the signing of a three-year contract, which will become active on 1 January 2022. Omoijuanfo will join Red Star upon the expiration of its contract with Molde as a free agent, without compensation.

Brøndby

After weeks of rumors, it was confirmed on 30 August 2022, that Omoijuanfo had joined

side Brøndby IF on a deal until June 2025. He made his debut for the club on 4 September in the Superliga match against AC Horsens, heading in his side's first goal assisted by

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in a 2–0 away win.

International career

Omoijuanfo played a total of 46 games and scored 14 goals for Norway at international youth level. After a good run of form with Stabæk and scoring nine goals in the first ten games of the

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, on 30 May 2017 Omoijuanfo was named by manager

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in the Norway senior team squad to face

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and Sweden in international friendlies. He made his international debut on 13 June 2017 at

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, replacing Alexander Søderlund in the second half against Sweden.

Personal life

Ohi Omoijuanfo's father is Nigerian and his mother is Norwegian. He is Christian and often celebrates goals by revealing t-shirts from under his kit with texts about

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Elyounoussi goal.''

Honours

Molde *

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;Red Star Belgrade *

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: 2021–22 *

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: 2021–22

Individual

* Eliteserien Top goalscorer:

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References

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