Temitope Olusesi

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Temitope Olusesi
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Personal information
Full name Olusesi Temitope Emmanuel [1]
Date of birth (1996-09-22) 22 September 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Sapele, Delta State, Nigeria
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Enugu Rangers
Number 20
Youth career
2012–2014 Heartland FC B
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2016 Heartland F.C. 20 (4)
2016– Enugu Rangers 27 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Temitope Olusesi (born September 22, 1996 in Sapele, Delta State, Nigeria) is a Nigerian professional footballer, who plays as a right-back for Enugu Rangers in the Nigeria Professional Football League. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Club career

Olusesi started his career from Heartland Team B, he gained promotion to the first team Heartland F.C. in 2014 where he signed his first professional contract. [6] [7] He sometimes play the role of an attacker. [8]

Olusesi joined Enugu Rangers in the 2016–17 Nigeria Professional Football League season on a three-year contract. [9] [10] [11]

He previously served as a vice captain of the club before his appointment as the general captain in 2020. [10] [12] [13]

Olusesi has also played at the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup in 2019. [14] [15]

Honours

Enugu Rangers

Individual

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