Olakunle Olusegun

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Olakunle Olusegun
Olakunle Olusegun in 2022.jpg
Olusegun with Krasnodar in 2022
Personal information
Full name Olakunle Junior Olusegun
Date of birth (2002-04-23) 23 April 2002 (age 23) [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*
YearsTeamApps(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) 10 (2)
International career‡
2019 Nigeria U17 10 (3)
2025– Nigeria 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 October 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, and the Nigeria national team.

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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 5 October 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fremad Amager 2020–21 Danish 1st Division 31732––349
2021–22 Danish 1st Division3000––30
Total3473200–379
Krasnodar-2 2021–22 Russian First League 196–––196
Krasnodar (loan) 2021–22 Russian Premier League 90–––90
Krasnodar 2022–23 Russian Premier League24581——326
2023–24 Russian Premier League27340——313
2024–25 Russian Premier League19281—1 [b] 0283
Total701020200109112
Pari Nizhny Novgorod (loan) 2025–26 Russian Premier League10240——142
Career total14225274001017029

Honours

Krasnodar

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. ↑ ""Пари НН" арендовал Оланкунле Олусегуна" (in Russian). FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod. 23 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Nigeria U-17 vs. Netherlands U-17 1 - 3". Soccerway. 6 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "«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.


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