| Fred Friday | |
| Full Name: | Imoh Fred Friday |
| Birth Date: | 20 May 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Port Harcourt, Nigeria |
| Position: | Striker |
| Currentclub: | Beitar Jerusalem |
| Clubnumber: | 9 |
| Youthclubs1: | Unicem Rovers |
| Youthclubs2: | Gabros FC |
| Youthyears3: | –2013 |
| Youthclubs3: | BUJOC Sports Academy |
| Years1: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs1: | Lillestrøm |
| Caps1: | 57 |
| Goals1: | 22 |
| Years2: | 2016–2020 |
| Clubs2: | AZ |
| Caps2: | 28 |
| Goals2: | 7 |
| Years3: | 2016–2018 |
| Clubs3: | Jong AZ |
| Caps3: | 10 |
| Goals3: | 11 |
| Years4: | 2018 |
| Clubs4: | → Sparta Rotterdam (loan) |
| Caps4: | 14 |
| Goals4: | 4 |
| Years5: | 2019 |
| Clubs5: | → FC Twente (loan) |
| Caps5: | 11 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs6: | Strømsgodset |
| Caps6: | 38 |
| Goals6: | 9 |
| Years7: | 2023– |
| Clubs7: | Beitar Jerusalem |
| Caps7: | 35 |
| Goals7: | 4 |
| Club-Update: | 15 April 2024 |
Imoh Fred Friday (born 20 May 1995) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Israeli Premier League club Beitar Jerusalem.
Born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Friday played youth football for Unicem Rovers, Gabros FC and BUJOC Sports Academy in the lower leagues of Nigeria.[1] He left Nigeria for Norway in 2013, and at the age of 17 he spent three weeks on trial at Lillestrøm before he was signed on a permanent basis. Then-coach Magnus Haglund handed him just three appearances all season as the club flirted with relegation.
In July 2016, Friday moved from Lillestrøm to Eredivisie side AZ Alkmaar, on a four-year contract.[2] [3] He moved on loan to Sparta Rotterdam in January 2018.[4]
He was released by AZ in January 2020.[5]
On 29 January 2021, after being a free agent for a year, Friday returned to Norwegian football, signing a two-year contract with Strømsgodset where he was assigned the number 9 jersey.[6]
In February 2023 he signed for Beitar Jerusalem.[7]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Lillestrøm | 2013 | Tippeligaen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2014 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 3 | |||||
| 2015 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 6 | – | – | 29 | 17 | |||||
| 2016 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 8 | |||||
| Total | 57 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 28 | |||
| AZ | 2016–17 | Eredivisie | 23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 7 | |
| 2017–18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 2 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 9 | |||
| Sparta Rotterdam (loan) | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 4 | |||
| Twente (loan) | 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| Strømsgodset | 2021 | Eliteserien | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 7 | |||
| 2022 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 30 | 6 | |||||
| Total | 56 | 12 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 60 | 13 | |||||
| Beitar Jerusalem | 2022–23 | Israeli Premier League | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | |
| 2023–24 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 4 | |||
| Total | 40 | 4 | 4 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 45 | 7 | ||||
| Career total | 206 | 49 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 238 | 61 | |||