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Full nameOlakunle Junior Olusegun
PositionCentre-forward
NationalityNigeria
Age24
Date of birth23 Apr 2002
Birthplacellorin
Height167 cm
Shirt number#40
ClubNizhny Novgorod
Centre-forwardalso played MID
26
Appearances
5
Goals
3
Assists
1998
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Nizhny Novgorod.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Premier League265319986.52

Scout report

Project playerCentre-forward

O. Olusegun is a 24-year-old centre-forward at Nizhny Novgorod, rated 33.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 43rd of 274 on scout potential in the Premier League. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (76.6% of available minutes). He brings 0.36 goal contributions per 90 (0.23 goals, 0.14 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Olusegun.

Judged on this season alone, Olusegun graded 29 — a solid campaign that ranks top 39% of the 31 centre-forwards in the Premier League, on 5 goals and 3 assists in 26 appearances (0.36 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 8 → 29). Across the 5 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 33, top 17% of the 31 centre-forwards in the Premier League. At 24 Olusegun is in his prime years, and a market index of 5.1 reflects that trajectory.

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A career still climbing — Olusegun is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26Remarkably consistentStepped up 2022/23
Current potentialTop 17% centre-forwards · Premier LeagueCurrent seasonTop 39% centre-forwards · Premier League12th-best centre-forward in the Premier League43rd in the Premier League · potential5th-highest potential centre-forward in the Premier League
33.2
Ratingi
5th of 31 centre-forwards
28.6
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
76.6%
Minutes
a regular starter
0.36
Goal contrib / 90
productive for the role

Output in context · Nizhny Novgorod finished 15th of 16 · a relegation-threatened side

5
Goals
3
Assists
8
G+A
0.19
Goals / app

5 goals in 26 appearances (0.19 per game), a meaningful share of the load for a relegation-threatened side. He also laid on 3 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 8 goal contributions (0.31 per appearance).

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 76.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Final-third output. 0.36 goal contributions per 90 (0.23 goals, 0.14 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 33.2, Olusegun carries the 5th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Premier League (top 17%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Nizhny Novgorod finished 15th of 16) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.36 goal contributions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Transfer news

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