Anthony Olusanya

Anthony Olusanya
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Jakobstad, Finland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 HJK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 JBK 9 (1)
2018–2020 Jaro 60 (18)
2021 Klubi 04 2 (0)
2021– HJK 75 (14)
2024 → Haka (loan) 10 (7)
International career‡
2021 Finland U21 7 (1)
2023– Finland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:47, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

Anthony Olusanya (born 1 February 2000) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Veikkausliiga club HJK.

Club career

On 30 September 2021, in a UEFA Europa Conference League group phase game against Alashkert, he came on as a late substitute for Roope Riski and scored his first goal in a European club competition. HJK eventually won 4–2.

On 12 August 2024, he was loaned out to FC Haka for the rest of the season.[1] He made 10 appearances and scored seven goals for Haka, before returning to his parent club HJK after the season.

International career

Born in Jakobstad, Finland, Olusanya is of Nigerian descent on his father's side but does not have Nigerian citizenship. His mother is of Finnish background.[2][3]

He made his debut for the Finland U-21 team on 3 June 2021 in a friendly match against Sweden U-21. He then scored his first international goal against Estonia U-21 on 3 September 2021 in an Under-21 European Championship qualifier.[4]

He made his debut for Finland on 9 January 2023 in a friendly match against Sweden where he came on at the 77th minute to replace Kai Meriluoto. Finland ultimately lost the game 0–2, with Christoffer Nyman and Joel Asoro being the goalscorers.

Career statistics

As of 2 November 2024.[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jakobstads BK 2017 Kakkonen 4 0 – – – 4 0
2018 Kakkonen 1 1 1 0 – – 2 2
2019 Kakkonen 3 0 – – – 3 0
2020 Kakkonen 1 0 – – – 1 0
Total 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
Jaro 2018 Ykkönen 20 1 3 0 – – 23 1
2019 Ykkönen 19 6 4 0 – – 23 6
2020 Ykkönen 21 11 3 1 – – 24 12
Total 60 18 10 1 0 0 0 0 70 19
Klubi 04 2021 Ykkönen 2 0 – – – 2 0
HJK Helsinki 2021 Veikkausliiga 16 3 3 0 7[b] 1 – 26 4
2022 Veikkausliiga 21 7 3 0 12[c] 0 1[d] 0 37 7
2023 Veikkausliiga 22 2 1 0 9[b] 1 5[d] 2 37 5
2024 Veikkausliiga 16 2 1 0 0 0 3[d] 3 20 5
Total 75 14 8 0 28 2 9 5 120 21
Haka (loan) 2024 Veikkausliiga 10 7 – – – 10 7
Career total 156 38 19 1 28 2 9 5 212 47
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. ^ a b Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. ^ Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ a b c Includes Finnish League Cup

References

  1. ^ Anthony Olusanya lainalle Hakaan, hjk.fi, 12 August 2024
  2. ^ "Kaipaatko jotain Pietarsaaresta, Anthony Olusanya?". HJK Helsinki (in Finnish). 2022-03-04.
  3. ^ "Nigerian Exports : Umraniyespor's Bentley Still Deadly From Long Range; HB Koge's Adedeji, Jaro's Olusanya, Falkenbergs' Nsima Strike:: All Nigeria Soccer - The Complete Nigerian Football Portal". www.allnigeriasoccer.com.
  4. ^ "Estonia U-21 v Finland U-21 game report". UEFA. 3 September 2021.
  5. ^ Anthony Olusanya, Finnish FA