Olakunle Olusegun

Olakunle Olusegun
	Olusegun with FC Krasnodar in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Olakunle Junior Olusegun
Date of birth	23 April 2002 (age 22)
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
2020	FDC Vista Gelendzhik
2020–2021	Fremad Amager
2021–2022	Botev Plovdiv
2021–2022	→ FC Krasnodar-2 (loan)
2022	→ FC Krasnodar (loan)
2022–	FC Krasnodar
International career‡
2019	Nigeria U17
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 May 2024; ‡ 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[edit]

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] On 5 March 2024, Olusegun extended his contract with Krasnodar until 30 June 2028.^[6]

International career[edit]

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[edit]

As of match played 4 May 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup^[a]		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Fremad Amager	2020–21	Danish 1st Division	31	7	3	2	–		–		34	9
	2021–22	Danish 1st Division	3	0	0	0	–		–		3	0
	Total		34	7	3	2	0	0	–		37	9
Krasnodar-2	2021–22	Russian Football National League	19	6	–		–		–		19	6
Krasnodar (loan)	2021–22	Russian Premier League	9	0	–		–		–		9	0
Krasnodar	2022–23	Russian Premier League	24	5	8	1	–		–		32	6
	2023–24	Russian Premier League	24	3	4	0	–		–		28	3
	Total		48	8	12	1	0	0	–		60	9
Career total			110	22	15	3	0	0	0	0	125	25

^ Includes Danish Cup & Russian Cup (football)

References[edit]

^ Olakunle Olusegun at WorldFootball.net
^ ""КРАСНОДАР-2" ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С ОЛАКУНЛЕ ОЛУСЕГУНОМ" (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 23 August 2021.
^ "Baltika vs. Krasnodar II 2 - 1". Soccerway. 29 August 2021.
^ "Krasnodar v Dynamo 0 - 1". Russian Premier League. 3 April 2022.
^ ""Краснодар" выкупил трех нигерийцев" (in Russian). tele-sport.ru. 14 June 2022.
^ "КРАСНОДАР ПЕРЕПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С ОЛАКУНЛЕ ОЛУСЕГУНОМ". fckrasnodar.ru/ (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
^ "Nigeria U-17 vs. Netherlands U-17 1 - 3". Soccerway. 6 November 2019.

External links[edit]

Olakunle Olusegun at Soccerway
Olakunle Olusegun at FootballDatabase.eu
Olakunle Olusegun at WorldFootball.net
Olakunle Olusegun at Krasnodar

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[8] Includes Danish Cup & Russian Cup (football)

[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] "КРАСНОДАР ПЕРЕПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С ОЛАКУНЛЕ ОЛУСЕГУНОМ". fckrasnodar.ru/ (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.

[7] "Nigeria U-17 vs. Netherlands U-17 1 - 3". Soccerway. 6 November 2019.

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