Leyton Orient have signed Jaze Kabia from Grimsby Town on a three-year deal, a club-record fee for the League One side though the amount is undisclosed. The 26-year-old becomes Orient's ninth signing of the summer and takes the number nine shirt, vacated after Dom Ballard's move to Bristol City.
Kabia scored 19 goals in 48 League Two appearances for Grimsby this season as they finished seventh and reached the play-offs. He arrived at Grimsby from Truro City, where he scored 16 goals in 40 league games as the club won the National League South title in 2024-25.
Kabia told the club website: "I have a habit for being in the right place at the right time and I feel like finishing is the strongest part of my game. I'm really excited and am itching to get started here. It's a statement having the number nine on your back, it carries weight, and I like that kind of pressure. It gives me that extra motivation and I want to continue this club's streak of having good goalscorers."
Orient head coach Richie Wellens said: "Jaze will bring us pace, power, desire, commitment, work rate and a big goal threat. He scored a hell of a lot of goals for Truro to earn his move into the league and then did the same at Grimsby."