Olakunle Olusegun
 Olusegun with Krasnodar in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Olakunle Junior Olusegun | ||
| Date of birth | 23 April 2002[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Ilorin, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Pari Nizhny Novgorod | ||
| 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 | 70 | (10) |
| 2025– | → Pari Nizhny Novgorod (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Nigeria U17 | 10 | (3) |
| 2025– | Nigeria | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 June 2025 | |||
Olakunle Junior Olusegun (born 23 April 2002) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Russian club Pari Nizhny Novgorod on loan from 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]
On 23 July 2025, Olusegun was loaned by Pari Nizhny Novgorod.[7]
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.[8]
Career statistics
- As of match played 18 August 2025
| 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 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 28 | 3 | ||
| Total | 70 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 12 | ||
| Pari Nizhny Novgorod (loan) | 2025–26 | Russian Premier League | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 136 | 24 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 162 | 28 | ||
- ^ Includes Danish Cup & Russian Cup
- ^ Appearance in Russian Super Cup
Honours
Krasnodar
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.
- ^ ""Пари НН" арендовал Оланкунле Олусегуна" (in Russian). FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod. 23 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ "Nigeria U-17 vs. Netherlands U-17 1 - 3". Soccerway. 6 November 2019.
- ^ "«Краснодар» впервые стал чемпионом Мир РПЛ!" [Krasnodar became the champions of Mir RPL for the first time!] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 24 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
External links
- Olakunle Olusegun at Soccerway
- Olakunle Olusegun at WorldFootball.net
- Olakunle Olusegun at Krasnodar