Olakunle Olusegun
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 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 | 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) | 24 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Nigeria U17 | 10 | (3) |
| 2025– | Nigeria | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 April 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 October 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.
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]
He made his debut for the senior national team on 6 June 2025 in a friendly against Russia.[9]
