Olakunle Olusegun

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

Olakunle Olusegun
Olusegun with Krasnodar in 2022
Personal information
Full name Olakunle Junior Olusegun[1]
Date of birth (2002-04-23) 23 April 2002
Place of birth Ilorin, Nigeria
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
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)
2021–2022 → FC Krasnodar-2 (loan) 19 (6)
2022 → FC Krasnodar (loan) 9 (0)
2022– FC Krasnodar 21 (4)
International career‡
2019 Nigeria U17 10 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 November 2019

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.[3]

He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for Krasnodar-2 on 29 August 2021 in a game against FC Baltika Kaliningrad.[4]

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.[5]

On 14 June 2022, Olusegun transferred to FC Krasnodar on a permanent basis and signed a four-year contract with the club.[6]

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.[7]

Career statistics
As of 2 April 2023
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fremad Amager 2020–21 1. Division 31732–349
2021–22 3000–30
Total 3473200379
Krasnodar-2 2021–22 FNL 196––196
Krasnodar 2021–22 RPL 90––90
2022–23 16451–215
Total 2545100305
Career total 781783008620

References
  1. Olakunle Olusegun at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Olakunle Olusegun. Official site FC Krasnodar". fckrasnodar.ru.
  3. ""КРАСНОДАР-2" ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С ОЛАКУНЛЕ ОЛУСЕГУНОМ" (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 23 August 2021.
  4. "Game Report by FNL" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 29 August 2021.
  5. "Krasnodar v Dynamo game report". Russian Premier League. 3 April 2022.
  6. "«Краснодар» выкупил трех нигерийцев" (in Russian). Tele Sport. 14 June 2022.
  7. "Nigeria U-17 v Netherlands U-17 game report". Soccerway. 6 November 2019.


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