Ifedayo Olusegun Patrick Omosouyi (born 14 January 1991) is a

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who plays as a

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for

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club Kelantan The Real Warriors.

Club career

Felda United

Omosuyi has also played for

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for five years making a massive impact in the club before being a

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. Omosuyi scored three minutes into his debut for the club in their 2–1 victory over

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in a mid-week friendly. Omosuyi scored a hat-trick as they thrashed Shahzan Muda 5–2 over the weekend friendly match. On 1 July 2017, Omosuyi scored his first goal for the team during his league debut playing against

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. Was not disconcerted by the intimidating crowd for Felda's Malaysia Cup semi-final game versus

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Return to Al Hidd, and Melaka

After his contract were not renewed by Felda, he signed for his former club

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for the 2018 season. But in June 2018, he returned to Malaysia to sign for

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Selangor

In mid of 2019 season on a second transfer window, Ifedayo has surprised official signed up for

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. ''King Dayo'', is a nickname given to him by Red Giants

fans after he positioned himself as the top scorer and golden boot winner 2 times 2020 season and

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with 26 goals in a row also break records for the most valuable professional import player in Malaysian football history after the former teammates Rufino Segovia player was crowned top scorer of the 2018 season with 19 goals, adding the Best Foreign Player award, just five matches into the following campaign.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

;Al-Hidd *

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: 2015–16 *

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: 2015 *

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: 2015 *

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: 2015

Individual

* PFAM Player of the Month (2): July 2018, May 2019 *

Top Scorers (2):

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Olusegun, Ifedayo 1991 births Living people Yoruba sportspeople Nigerian men's footballers Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Rising Stars F.C. players Malkiya Club players Hidd SCC players FELDA United F.C. players Melaka United F.C. players Al-Riffa SC players Selangor F.C. players Kedah Darul Aman F.C. players Polis Diraja Malaysia FC players Bahraini Premier League players Malaysia Super League players Men's association football forwards Expatriate men's footballers in Bahrain Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen