Olakunle Olusegun

Olakunle Junior Olusegun (born 23 April 2002) is a Nigerian football player who plays for Russian clubs FC Krasnodar and FC Krasnodar-2 on loan from the Bulgarian club Botev Plovdiv.

Olakunle Olusegun
Personal information
Full name Olakunle Junior Olusegun
Date of birth (2002-04-23) 23 April 2002
Place of birth Ilorin, Nigeria
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 FC 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– Botev Plovdiv 0 (0)
2021– → FC Krasnodar-2 (loan) 19 (6)
2021– → FC Krasnodar (loan) 6 (0)
National team‡
2019 Nigeria U-17 10 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 November 2019

Club career

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.[1]

He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for Krasnodar-2 on 29 August 2021 in a game against FC Baltika Kaliningrad.[2]

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.[3]

International career

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.[4]

References
  1. ""КРАСНОДАР-2" ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С ОЛАКУНЛЕ ОЛУСЕГУНОМ" (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 23 August 2021.
  2. "Game Report by FNL" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 29 August 2021.
  3. "Krasnodar v Dynamo game report". Russian Premier League. 3 April 2022.
  4. "Nigeria U-17 v Netherlands U-17 game report". Soccerway. 6 November 2019.


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