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
| 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 | ||
- ^ Includes Danish Cup & Russian Cup (football)
- ^ Appearance in Russian Super Cup
References
- ^ Olakunle Olusegun at WorldFootball.net
- ^ ""КРАСНОДАР-2" ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С ОЛАКУНЛЕ ОЛУСЕГУНОМ" (in Russian). Krasnodar. 23 August 2021.
- ^ "Baltika vs. Krasnodar II 2 - 1". Soccerway. 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Krasnodar v Dynamo 0 - 1". Russian Premier League. 3 April 2022.
- ^ ""Краснодар" выкупил трех нигерийцев" (in Russian). tele-sport.ru. 14 June 2022.
- ^ "КРАСНОДАР ПЕРЕПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С ОЛАКУНЛЕ ОЛУСЕГУНОМ". fckrasnodar.ru/ (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "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