Olakunle Olusegun
Olusegun with FC Krasnodar in 2022
Personal information
Full name Olakunle Junior Olusegun
Date of birth (2002-04-23) 23 April 2002[1]
Place of birth Ilorin, Nigeria
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
FC Krasnodar
Number 40
Youth career
0000–2020 ABS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020 FDC Vista Gelendzhik
2020–2021 Fremad Amager 34 (7)
2021–2022 Botev Plovdiv 0 (0)
2021–2022FC Krasnodar-2 (loan) 19 (6)
2022FC Krasnodar (loan) 9 (0)
2022– FC Krasnodar 41 (7)
International career
2019 Nigeria U17 10 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 November 2019

Olakunle Junior Olusegun (born 23 April 2002) is a Nigerian football player who plays as a winger for Russian club FC Krasnodar.

Club career

In August 2021 his rights were purchased by Bulgarian club Botev Plovdiv who immediately loaned him to FC Krasnodar-2 in Russia for the 2021–22 season.[2]

He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for Krasnodar-2 on 29 August 2021 in a game against FC Baltika Kaliningrad.[3]

In April 2022, Olusegun was promoted to the main squad of FC Krasnodar and made his Russian Premier League debut on 3 April 2022 in a game against FC Dynamo Moscow.[4]

On 14 June 2022, Olusegun transferred to FC Krasnodar on a permanent basis and signed a four-year contract with the club.[5]

International career

He represented Nigeria at the 2019 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, where he scored a goal against Angola, and at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup, where he scored in their Round of 16 1–3 loss to the Netherlands.[6]

Career statistics

As of match played 10 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fremad Amager 2020–21 Danish 1st Division 31732349
2021–22 Danish 1st Division 300030
Total 3473200379
Krasnodar-2 2021–22 Russian Football National League 196196
Krasnodar (loan) 2021–22 Russian Premier League 9090
Krasnodar 2022–23 Russian Premier League 24581326
2023–24 Russian Premier League 17230202
Total 41711100528
Career total 10320143000011723

References

  1. Olakunle Olusegun at WorldFootball.net
  2. ""КРАСНОДАР-2" ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С ОЛАКУНЛЕ ОЛУСЕГУНОМ" (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 23 August 2021.
  3. "Baltika vs. Krasnodar II 2 - 1". Soccerway. 29 August 2021.
  4. "Krasnodar v Dynamo 0 - 1". Russian Premier League. 3 April 2022.
  5. ""Краснодар" выкупил трех нигерийцев" (in Russian). tele-sport.ru. 14 June 2022.
  6. "Nigeria U-17 vs. Netherlands U-17 1 - 3". Soccerway. 6 November 2019.


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