Olakunle Olusegun
{{Short description|Nigerian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Olakunle Olusegun
| image = Olakunle Olusegun in 2022.jpg
| caption = Olusegun with Krasnodar in 2022
| full_name = Olakunle Junior Olusegun
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|4|23|df=yes}}{{WorldFootball.net|olakunle-olusegun}}
| birth_place = Ilorin, Nigeria
| height = 1.67 m
| position = Right-back
| currentclub = Krasnodar
| clubnumber = 40
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2020 | youthclubs1 = ABS
| years1 = 2020 | clubs1 = FDC Vista Gelendzhik
| years2 = 2020–2021 | clubs2 = Fremad Amager | caps2 = 34 | goals2 = 7
| years3 = 2021–2022 | clubs3 = Botev Plovdiv | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2021–2022 | clubs4 = → Krasnodar-2 (loan) | caps4 = 19 | goals4 = 6
| years5 = 2022 | clubs5 = → Krasnodar (loan) | caps5 = 9 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2022– | clubs6 = Krasnodar | caps6 = 67 | goals6 = 10
| nationalyears1 = 2019 | nationalteam1 = Nigeria U17 | nationalcaps1 = 10 | nationalgoals1 = 3
| club-update = 19 April 2025
| nationalteam-update = 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.{{cite web|publisher=Krasnodar|url=https://www.fckrasnodar.ru/teams/team2/news/object/?object_id=140021|title="КРАСНОДАР-2" ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С ОЛАКУНЛЕ ОЛУСЕГУНОМ|date=23 August 2021|language=ru}}
He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for Krasnodar-2 on 29 August 2021 in a game against Baltika Kaliningrad.{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2021/08/29/russia/1-division/baltika-kaliningrad/krasnodar-ii/3516705/|title=Baltika vs. Krasnodar II 2 - 1|date=29 August 2021}}
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.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://eng.premierliga.ru/match/match_14742.html|title=Krasnodar v Dynamo 0 - 1|date=3 April 2022}}
On 14 June 2022, Olusegun transferred to FC Krasnodar on a permanent basis and signed a four-year contract with the club.{{cite web|publisher=tele-sport.ru|url=https://tele-sport.ru/football/russia/rpl/tlspnews_krasnodar-vykupil-trekh-nigeriitsev|title="Краснодар" выкупил трех нигерийцев|date=14 June 2022|language=ru}} On 5 March 2024, Olusegun extended his contract with Krasnodar until 30 June 2028.{{cite web |title=КРАСНОДАР ПЕРЕПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С ОЛАКУНЛЕ ОЛУСЕГУНОМ |url=https://fckrasnodar.ru/team/news/object/?object_id=146362 |website=fckrasnodar.ru/ |publisher=FC Krasnodar |access-date=26 March 2024 |language=Russian |date=5 March 2024}}
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.{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/11/06/world/u17-world-cup/nigeria-under-17/netherlands-under-17/3070689/|title=Nigeria U-17 vs. Netherlands U-17 1 - 3 |date=6 November 2019}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 19 April 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan="2"|Cup{{efn|Includes Danish Cup & Russian Cup (football)}} !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Fremad Amager
|31 | 7 | 3 | 2 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 34 | 9 | |||
| 2021–22
|Danish 1st Division |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 3 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!34 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 37 | 9 | ||
| Krasnodar-2
|Russian Football National League |19 | 6 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 19 | 6 | ||||
| Krasnodar (loan)
|9 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 9 | 0 | ||||
| rowspan="4"|Krasnodar
|Russian Premier League |24 | 5 | 8 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 6 | |||
| 2023–24
|Russian Premier League |27 | 3 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 3 | |||
| 2024–25
|Russian Premier League |16 | 2 | 8 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|name=RSC|Appearance in Russian Super Cup}} | 0 | 25 | 3 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!67 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 12 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!129 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 153 | 27 |
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References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|olakunle-junior-olusegun/606538}}
- {{WorldFootball.net|olakunle-olusegun}}
- [https://fckrasnodar.ru/en/teams/team2/squad/player/?person_id=167966#player-stat-tab/ Olakunle Olusegun] at Krasnodar
{{FC Krasnodar squad}}
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Category:Nigerian men's footballers
Category:Nigeria men's youth international footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Fremad Amager players
Category:FC Krasnodar-2 players
Category:Danish 1st Division players
Category:Russian First League players
Category:Russian Premier League players
Category:Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
Category:21st-century Nigerian sportsmen
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