John-Christophe Ayina

Jonh-Christophe Klobavi Ayina (born 9 April 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bulgarian club Pirin Blagoevgrad.

John-Christophe Ayina
Personal information
Full name Jonh-Christophe Kloblavi Ayina
Date of birth (1991-04-09) 9 April 1991
Place of birth Rouen, France
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Pirin Blagoevgrad
Number 15
Youth career
2007–2009 EA Guingamp
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 EA Guingamp B 2 (0)
2009–2011 PSG B 30 (3)
2012 Quevilly 10 (2)
2012–2013 Córdoba 5 (0)
2013 → Écija (loan) 17 (3)
2013–2014 Racing Santander 17 (5)
2014–2015 Getafe B 12 (2)
2015–2016 Rochdale 0 (0)
2016 Newport County 14 (1)
2017–2018 Virtus Francavilla 18 (2)
2018 Bisceglie 15 (0)
2018 Fidelis Andria 2 (0)
2018–2019 Savoia 18 (2)
2019–2020 Nardò 5 (0)
2020– Pirin Blagoevgrad 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:12, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Football career

Ayina made his professional debuts in 2009 with En Avant de Guingamp's "B" team. Shorlty after, he joined PSG. In July 2011, he was released.

In October 2011, Ayina began training with US Quevilly, but only could be registered in January of the following year. On 20 March 2012, he scored twice against Olympique de Marseille, taking the club to the semifinals of Coupe de France.[1]

On 9 July 2012, Ayina signed a contract with Spanish second division club Córdoba CF.[2] On 21 August, he made his division debut, coming off the bench to replace Fuentes in the dying minutes of a 0–0 away draw against Real Murcia.[3]

On 4 January 2013 Ayina was loaned to Écija Balompié in the third division, until June.[4] On 2 September he rescinded his link with the Andalusians, and moved to Racing de Santander in the same division.[5]

Ayina appeared in 17 matches during the campaign (only six starts, however) as the Cantabrians returned to the second level at first attempt. On 28 August 2014 he signed for Getafe CF, being assigned to the reserves also in the third division.[6]

On 6 November 2015, after being sparingly used by his previous club, Ayina signed for League One club Rochdale.[7] He was released on 8 January of the following year, after only one appearance in the Football League Trophy.[8]

On 21 January 2016, Ayina signed for League Two club Newport County.[9] He made his Newport debut as a second-half substitute versus Dagenham & Redbridge on 23 January 2016, scoring the first goal in the 2-2 draw. He was offered a new contract by Newport at the end of the 2015-16 season but the offer was withdrawn and he was released after he failed to accept the contract by the deadline of 10 June 2016.[10]

In January 2017 he moved to Italy by signing for Virtus Francavilla.[11] In January 2018 he was signed by Bisceglie.[12]

References
  1. CAEN – Coupe de France: Ayina, la bonne fée du conte de Quevilly (CAEN: Coupe de France: Ayina, Quevilly's fairytale); 20 Minutes.fr, 21 March 2011 (in French)
  2. El Córdoba presenta a Ayina y ficha a Damián Petcoff y a Saizar (Córdoba presents Ayina and signs Damián Petcoff and Saizar); Diario de Córdoba, 10 July 2012 (in Spanish)
  3. Murcia y Córdoba empiezan con tablas (Murcia and Córdoba begin with draw); Marca, 21 August 2012 (in Spanish)
  4. Ayina llega al Écija Balompié cedido desde el Córdoba (Ayina arrives at Écija Balompié on loan from Córdoba); Écija Web, 4 January 2013 (in Spanish)
  5. Ayina rescinde con el Córdoba y se marcha al Racing de Santander (Ayina rescinds with Córdoba and goes to Racing de Santander); Diario de Córdoba, 2 September 2013 (in Spanish)
  6. John Ayina, nuevo fichaje del Getafe B (John Ayina, new signing of Getafe B); Vavel, 28 August 2014 (in Spanish)
  7. "John-Christophe Ayina Joins Dale". Rochdale's official website. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  8. "John-Christophe Ayina Departs". Rochdale AFC. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  9. "Conor Wilkinson, Deane Smalley and John-Christophe Ayina arrive at Newport County". Sky Sports. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  10. Newport players released
  11. "John Ayina è un nuovo giocatore della Virtus Francavilla Calcio". Virtus Francavilla. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  12. "UFFICIALE: Bisceglie, arriva Ayina dalla Virtus Francavilla". Bisceglie Calcio. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
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