Anthony Olusanya
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 February 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Jakobstad, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | HJK | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2020 | JBK | 9 | (1) |
| 2018–2020 | Jaro | 60 | (18) |
| 2021 | Klubi 04 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021– | HJK | 71 | (14) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Finland U21 | 7 | (1) |
| 2023– | Finland | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:47, 9 January 2023 (UTC) | |||
Anthony Olusanya (born 1 February 2000) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Veikkausliiga club HJK.
Club career[edit]
On 30 September 2021, in a UEFA Europa Conference League group phase game against Alashkert, he came on as a late substitute for Roope Riski and scored his first goal in a European club competition. HJK eventually won 4–2.
International career[edit]
Born in Jakobstad, Finland, Olusanya is of Nigerian descent on his father's side but does not have Nigerian citizenship. His mother is of Finnish background.[1][2]
He made his debut for the Finland U-21 team on 3 June 2021 in a friendly match against Sweden U-21. He then scored his first international goal against Estonia U-21 on 3 September 2021 in an Under-21 European Championship qualifier.[3]
Career statistics[edit]
- As of 10 June 2024[4]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| JBK | 2017 | Kakkonen | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | Kakkonen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 2 | |||
| 2019 | Kakkonen | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2020 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Jaro | 2018 | Ykkönen | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 1 | ||
| 2019 | Ykkönen | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 6 | |||
| 2020 | Ykkönen | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 24 | 12 | |||
| Total | 60 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 19 | ||
| Klubi 04 | 2021 | Ykkönen | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| HJK Helsinki | 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7[b] | 1 | – | 26 | 4 | |
| 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 12[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 37 | 7 | |
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9[b] | 1 | 5[d] | 2 | 37 | 5 | |
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[d] | 3 | 15 | 5 | |
| Total | 71 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 115 | 21 | ||
| Career total | 142 | 33 | 18 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 197 | 41 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup
- ^ a b Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b c Includes Finnish League Cup
References[edit]
- ^ "Kaipaatko jotain Pietarsaaresta, Anthony Olusanya?". HJK Helsinki (in Finnish). 2022-03-04.
- ^ "Nigerian Exports : Umraniyespor's Bentley Still Deadly From Long Range; HB Koge's Adedeji, Jaro's Olusanya, Falkenbergs' Nsima Strike:: All Nigeria Soccer - The Complete Nigerian Football Portal". www.allnigeriasoccer.com.
- ^ "Estonia U-21 v Finland U-21 game report". UEFA. 3 September 2021.
- ^ Anthony Olusanya], Finnish FA
External links[edit]
- Anthony Olusanya at Soccerway
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Jakobstad
- Finnish men's footballers
- Finland men's international footballers
- Finland men's under-21 international footballers
- Finnish people of Nigerian descent
- Men's association football forwards
- FF Jaro players
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
- Veikkausliiga players