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
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	→ 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.

External links

• Olakunle Olusegun at Soccerway
• Olakunle Olusegun at WorldFootball.net
• Olakunle Olusegun at Krasnodar