Ejaita Ifoni (born 13 February 2000) is a Nigerian

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who plays as a

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for Brazilian club Maguary.

Club career

Born in

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, Nigeria, Ifoni moved to Mozambique and played for Costa do Sol,

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and Black Bulls. He became top scorer in the 2020–21 Moçambola, with seventeen goals in fourteen games. In January 2022, he moved to Portugal to sign for the 'B' team of

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. On 20 July 2022, Ifoni signed a three-season contract with

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in Belgium.

Career statistics

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References

2000 births Living people Nigerian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Moçambola players Liga Portugal 2 players Belgian Pro League players Campeonato Pernambucano players CD Costa do Sol players FC Chibuto players FC Porto players FC Porto B players R.F.C. Seraing (1922) players Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Mozambique Expatriate men's footballers in Mozambique Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen {{Nigeria-footy-forward-stub