Stephen Dunmoye
Former Golden Eaglets forward Olakunle Olusegun was named Man of the Match, after helping his Russian club Krasnodar to a 2-1 home win against Sochi in Saturday’s league tie.
Olusegun scored and also provided the assist for Krasnodar’s second goal which earned them a fourth consecutive league win.
It was Olusegun’s third goal and second assist in seven league appearances for Krasnodar in the Russian top flight this season.
The 20-year-old opened scoring for his side in the 49th minute before setting up the second goal scored on 52 minutes.
Krasnodar are second on 17 points in the 16-team league table of the Russian premier division.
Olusegun is in his second season with the first team of Krasnodar. He made nine appearances without scoring in his debut season in the 2021/22 league campaign.
He was a member of the Eaglets squad to the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil where they got to the round of 16.
Olusegun is born in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. He had his rights purchased in August 2022 by Bulgarian club Botev Plovdiv who immediately loaned him to FC Krasnodar-2 in Russia for the 2021–22 season.
He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for Krasnodar-2 on 29 August 2021 in a game against FC Baltika Kaliningrad.
In April 2022, Olusegun was promoted to the main squad of FC Krasnodar and made his Russian Premier League debut on 3 April 2022 in a game against FC Dynamo Moscow.
On 14 June 2022, he transferred to Krasnodar on a permanent basis and signed a four-year contract with the club.
