Olakunle Olusegun

Olakunle Olusegun
Olusegun with Krasnodar in 2022
Personal information
Full name Olakunle Junior Olusegun
Date of birth (2002-04-23) 23 April 2002 (age 22)[1]
Place of birth Ilorin, Nigeria
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Krasnodar
Number 40
Youth career
–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 → Krasnodar-2 (loan) 19 (6)
2022 → Krasnodar (loan) 9 (0)
2022– Krasnodar 62 (8)
International career‡
2019 Nigeria U17 10 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 November 2019

Olakunle Junior Olusegun (born 23 April 2002) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Russian club Krasnodar.

Club career

In August 2021, Olusegun's rights were purchased by Bulgarian club Botev Plovdiv who immediately loaned him to 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 Baltika Kaliningrad.[3]

In April 2022, Olusegun was promoted to the main squad of Krasnodar and made his Russian Premier League debut on 3 April 2022 in a game against 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

Olusegun 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 match played 8 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental Other Total
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 27 3 4 0 — — 31 3
2024–25 Russian Premier League 11 0 7 1 — 1[b] 0 19 1
Total 62 8 19 2 0 0 1 0 82 10
Career total 124 21 22 4 0 0 1 0 147 25
  1. ^ Includes Danish Cup & Russian Cup (football)
  2. ^ Appearance in Russian Super Cup

References

  1. ^ Olakunle Olusegun at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ ""КРАСНОДАР-2" ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С ОЛАКУНЛЕ ОЛУСЕГУНОМ" (in Russian). 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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