John-Christophe Kloblavi Ayina (born 9 April 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Championnat National 2 club Thonon Evian.

John-Christophe Ayina
Personal information
Full name John-Christophe Kloblavi Ayina
Date of birth (1991-04-09) 9 April 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Rouen, France
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Thonon Evian
Number 15
Youth career
2007–2009 Guingamp
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 Guingamp B 2 (0)
2009–2011 Paris Saint-Germain B 30 (3)
2012 Quevilly 10 (2)
2012–2013 Córdoba 5 (0)
2013Écija (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)
2016–2018 Virtus Francavilla 32 (3)
2018 Bisceglie 15 (0)
2018 Fidelis Andria 2 (0)
2018–2019 Savoia 18 (2)
2019–2020 Nardò 5 (0)
2020 Ellera Calcio
2020–2021 Pirin Blagoevgrad 14 (3)
2021– Thonon Evian 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:35, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

Career

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Ayina made his professional debuts in 2009 with Guingamp's reserve team. Shortly after, he joined Paris Saint-Germain. In July 2011, he was released.[citation needed]

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

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

On 4 January 2013 Ayina was loaned to Écija Balompié in the Segunda División B, until June.[4] On 2 September he rescinded his link with the Andalusians, and moved to Racing Santander in the same division.[5]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, 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 EFL 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 EFL 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] After spells at Fidelis Andria, Savoia and Nardò, Ayine moved to Italian amateur club Ellera Calcio in January 2020.[13][14] In June 2020, he joined Pirin Blagoevgrad.[15]

Honours

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Thonon Evian

References

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  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.
  13. ^ MERCATO - Il bomber franco-congolese Ayina ha firmato con l'Ellera, MERCATO - Il bomber franco-congolese Ayina ha firmato con l'Ellera], settecalcio.it, 25 January 2020
  14. ^ COLPO ELLERA: PRESO IL FRANCESE AYINA IN ATTACCO, eccellenzacalcio.it, 25 January 2020
  15. ^ "Пирин привлече юноша на ПСЖ".
  16. ^ Ghalaza-Boudra, Youcef (21 May 2022). "Thonon Evian file en National 2 ! (Off)" [Thonon Evian is heading to the National 2! (Off)]. Foot National (in French). Retrieved 8 June 2022.
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