Josh Maja

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Josh Maja
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Josh Maja (2018)
Personnel
Surname Joshua Erowoli Orisunmihare Oluwaseun Maja
birthday December 27, 1998
place of birth Lewisham ,  England
size 180 cm
position Storm
Juniors
Years station
Crystal Palace
0000–2015 Fulham FC
0000–2015 Manchester City
2015-2016 Sunderland AFC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2016-2019 Sunderland AFC 41 (16)
2019– Girondins Bordeaux 28 0(7)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2019– Nigeria 1 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of April 12, 2020

2 As of April 12, 2020

Joshua Erowoli Orisunmihare Oluwaseun Maja , known as Josh Maja (born December 27, 1998 in Lewisham , London ) is a Nigerian football player who has been under contract with the French first division club Girondins Bordeaux since January 2019 . The striker has been a Nigerian international since September 2019 .

Career

society

Sunderland FC

Josh Maja was born in the London borough of Lewisham and grew up in Pimlico . He played in the youth teams of Crystal Palace , Fulham FC and Manchester City before moving to the youth department of Sunderland AFC in March 2015 . On July 4, 2016, he signed his first professional three-year contract with the club from northern England. In the 2016/17 season he played for the first time in the Premier League 2 for the reserve team. On September 21, 2016, he made his debut in the 2-1 away win in the League Cup against Queens Park Rangers for the first team when he came on for Joel Asoro in the 69th minute . In the rest of the 2016/17 season he did not play any other competitive games for the men, which ended with relegation to the second highest English division . For the U23 he completed 26 missions in which he scored nine goals.

In November 2017 of the following season 2017/18 he was promoted to the first team by the new head coach Chris Coleman . At that time, the Blackcats were again in the relegation ranks, although they had aimed for promotion. On December 16, 2017 (22nd matchday), Maja made his league debut for Sunderland in the home game against Fulham, when he was exchanged for James Vaughan in the 72nd minute and scored the decisive goal for the 1-0 win just five minutes later . As a result, he was used in another 16 league games, but he did not succeed in scoring and he rose with the club as bottom of the table in the third-rate EFL League One . The drastic failure of Sunderland was accompanied by a camera team for the Netflix series Sunderland 'Til I Die this season , with Maja also being accompanied in some sequences.

In the next 2018/19 season , Maja developed into a key player in the team. He scored his first goal of the season in the 2-1 home win against Charlton Athletic on matchday 1 (August 4, 2018) and he was also able to score in the next three league games. These achievements earned him a nomination for Player of the Month August, but Peterborough United's Jason Cummings was ultimately able to win. On September 22, 2018 (9th matchday), he scored his first brace in a 4-1 home win against AFC Rochdale . The entire first half of the season was accompanied by the media through the contract negotiations between Sunderland AFC and its consulting firm, which were initiated because his contract would have expired at the end of the season. The emerging interest of higher-class clubs from England and abroad prompted Maja to reject several contract offers from the Blackcats and ultimately prompted them to look for a buyer in the January transfer window.

Girondins Bordeaux

On January 26, 2019 Josh Maja moved to the French first division club Girondins Bordeaux , where he signed a 4-1 / 2-year contract. Until then, he had promoted Sunderland in 24 league games with 15 goals in the promotion race. He made his debut for the new club on February 17, 2019 (25th matchday) in a 2-1 home win against FC Toulouse . On April 20, 2019 (33rd matchday), he scored his first goal for the Girodins in the 2-1 away defeat against Nîmes Olympique , but was replaced at half-time with an injury. This knee injury prevented him from further appearances and he ended his first half in France with seven league appearances in which he scored once.

At the beginning of the following season 2019/20 he was regularly used as a substitute. On December 3, 2019 (16th matchday), he scored a hat trick in his second starting eleven in a 6-0 home win against Nîmes Olympique and prepared another goal from Nicolas de Préville . Despite this strong performance, he did not make the final leap into the starting line-up of head coach Paulo Sousa in the next league games and he ended the season with 21 league appearances in which he scored six goals.

National team

Josh Maja was eligible to play for both the English and Nigerian national football teams. In August 2019, Nigeria's head coach Gernot Rohr said that he would nominate Maja for the upcoming international matches in September. On September 10, 2019, Maja made his debut in a 2-2 draw in a friendly international match against Ukraine for the Super Eagles when he came on for Victor Osimhen in added time.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bucking the trend: Maja has stars in his eyes as he swaps League One for Ligue 1 In: Yahoo Sports from February 15, 2019 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  2. ↑ Nigerian Superkid Joshua Maja Pens Professional Contract With Sunderland In: All Nigeria Soccer, July 6, 2016 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  3. ↑ Host of deals for academy prospects In: AFC Sunderland from July 4, 2016 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  4. ↑ a b c Josh Maja - performance data 16/17 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed April 12, 2020)
  5. ↑ QPR 1-2 Sunderland In: Sunderland AFC of September 21, 2016 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  6. ↑ Sunderland relegated from Premier League after defeat by Bournemouth In: The Guardian of April 29, 2017 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  7. ↑ Josh Maja aiming to 'stamp authority' on Sunderland's first-team as he closes in on return In: Chronicle Live, November 10, 2017 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  8. ↑ Sunderland delight as Josh Maja sinks Fulham to end barren home year In: The Guardian, December 16, 2017 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  9. ↑ Josh Maja - performance data 17/18 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed April 12, 2020)
  10. ↑ Sunderland relegated: What awaits Chris Coleman's side in League One? In: BBC of April 22, 2018 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  11. ↑ Sunderland's 2018: A year which started with dashed hopes ends with more realistic optimism In: Chronicle Live, December 27, 2018 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  12. ↑ a b c Josh Maja - performance data 18/19 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed April 12, 2020)
  13. ↑ a b Josh Maja the first Sunderland player for 91 years to score in opening four league games In: Chronicle Live, August 23, 2018 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  14. ↑ Lynden Gooch's last-gasp header earns Sunderland victory over Charlton In: The Guardian, August 4, 2018 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  15. ↑ Josh Maja - performance data 18/19 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed April 12, 2020)
  16. ↑ Sunderland's Josh Maja nominated for Player of the Month award - and here's how to vote In: Chronicle Live, September 5, 2018 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  17. ↑ Player of the Month: Jason Cummings In: EFL, September 7, 2018 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  18. ↑ Sunderland 4-1 Rochdale report: Josh Maja and Lynden Gooch fire Black Cats to third In: Chronicle Live, September 22, 2018 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  19. ↑ Jack Ross comments on Josh Maja's Sunderland future In: HITC of November 18, 2018 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  20. ↑ Josh Maja's contract saga must be brought to a head to end uncertainty, insists Jack Ross In: Chronicle Live, December 11, 2018 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  21. ↑ Sunderland set deadline for Josh Maja to sign his new contract In: Chronicle Live, December 29, 2018 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  22. ↑ Josh Maja rejects Sunderland contract extension amid Premier League interest In: The Guardian of January 4, 2019 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  23. ↑ Tottenham line up Sunderland star Josh Maja for summer move as striker snubs new contract In: Daily Express from January 13, 2019 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  24. ↑ What we know about Josh Maja's agent and why the Sunderland striker has been linked with a Bundesliga move In: Sunderland Echo from January 16, 2019 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  25. ↑ Sunderland's Josh Maja has agreed a £ 3.5m move to French side Bordeaux In: Chronicle Live, January 23, 2019 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  26. ↑ Josh Maja: Bordeaux sign Sunderland striker for undisclosed fee In: BBC January 26, 2019 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  27. ↑ Résultat et résumé Bordeaux - Toulouse, Ligue 1, 25e journée, Dimanche 17 Février 2019 In: L'Équipe of February 17, 2019 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  28. ↑ Ligue 1: Josh Maja (Bordeaux) marque son premier but puis sort sur blessure contre Nîmes In: L'Équipe from April 20, 2019 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  29. ↑ a b Josh Maja - performance data 19/20 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed April 12, 2020)
  30. ↑ Josh Maja scores first career hat-trick as Bordeaux stroll past Nimes In: Goal.com from December 3, 2019 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  31. ↑ Josh Maja: It is possible to select Bordeaux forward for Nigeria against Ukraine - Rohr In: Goal.com from August 28, 2019 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  32. ↑ Josh Maja: Nigeria chase England-born forward In: BBC of August 29, 2019 (accessed April 12, 2020)
  33. ↑ Ukraine 2-2 Nigeria In: ESPN of September 10, 2019 (accessed April 12, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Maja, Josh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maja, Joshua Erowoli Orisunmihare Oluwaseun (full name); Maja, Joshua
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1998
PLACE OF BIRTH Lewisham , England