Fejiri Okenabirhie

Fejiri Shaun China Okenabirhie (born 25 February 1996) is an English-Nigerian professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Doncaster Rovers. He played for Shrewsbury Town from 2018 to 2020.

Pre-Shrewsbury career
Okenabirhie was born in Hendon, London to Nigerian parents. He began his career as a youth player at Premier League giants Arsenal before joining Stevenage as an apprentice in 2012. He spent a month-long loan move to Southern Football League side Bedford Town in early 2014 at the age of 17. He scored on his debut for Bedford the same day in a win over Stourbridge. A few months later in April 2014, he made his professional debut for Stevenage, coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 defeat to Bristol City in League One. While at Stevenage, Okenabirhie would spend other loan spells at Farnborough in 2014 and Cambridge City and Royston Town in 2015 before being released at the end of the 2014–15 season. After his release, Okenabirhie made a permanent move down to non-league, joining Harrow Borough. He spent a season in Harrow before climbing back up the leagues, signing for National League side Dagenham & Redbridge. He made 68 league appearances for The Daggers, scoring 19 league goals. During his time in East London, he also earned 5 caps for the England C national team.

Shrewsbury career
It was announced on 10 June 2018 that Okenabirhie had signed for Town on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee. He made his debut on the first league game of the season, coming on as a substitute for Stefan Payne in a 0–1 defeat at home to Bradford City. It took Okenabirhie eight appearances in all competitions to score his first Shrews goal, netting a hat-trick in a 6–0 win over Tranmere Rovers in the EFL Trophy. This hat-trick made manager John Askey consider making Okenabirhie a first-team starter. His first league goal came in a 3–2 home win against Rochdale on 17 November. Okenabirhie's performance in the game gained praise from caretaker manager Danny Coyne. He then netted in all of the next five games, including 2 in an FA Cup replay away at Salford City. After impressing new manager Sam Ricketts, Ricketts stated that Okenabirhie will be a big part of his plans and will be his principal striker for his first full season the following season. On 15 January 2019, Okenabirhie scored a late equalising penalty as Shrewsbury came from 2–0 down away at Stoke City in an FA Cup third round replay, a game that Town would go on to win 2–3. Two weeks later, Okenabirhie scored another hat-trick, this time in a 4–3 defeat away at Bradford City at Valley Parade. On 28 April, Okenabirhie netted a late equaliser at the Ricoh Arena in a 1–1 draw with Coventry City. The goal meant Shrewsbury were mathematically safe from relegation.

Post-Shrewsbury career
Okenabirhie left Salop on 30 January 2020 and signed for fellow League One club Doncaster Rovers on a two-year deal. The fee was undisclosed but it is said to have been more than £75k.