Meet Nigerian wonderkid Olakunle Olusegun ranked among top 20 dribblers in the world

Former Golden Eaglets star Olakunle Olusegun has been named among the best young dribblers in the World.

Olusegun was spotted in the latest issue from the reliable CIES Football Observatory as monitored by Pulse Sports Nigeria.

According to the report, the Krasnodar star was ranked among the top 20 dribblers following an analysis of players from 35 different leagues.

The latest issue from the CIES was compiled from data of players who have not turned 23 and have played at least 1, 500 minutes of football in the last year.

Olukunle, who plays for Russian side Krasnodar, was ranked 17th on the least out of 100 players analysed, higher than Arsenal's Bukayo Saka and former PSG star Xavi Simmons.

The former youth international completes a successful dribble every 19 minutes with a 58.7% success rate

At the top of the table is Brazilian midfielder, Vinicius Junior who tops the list with a successful dribble every 15 minutes and 32 seconds for Real Madrid and a success rate of 50.3%.

Ghana’s Mohammed Kudus is the best dribbler from Africa after he was ranked as the fourth-best dribbler in the world.

Kudus, who plays at Ajax Amsterdam, completes a dribble every 18 minutes and ten seconds at a success rate of 76.9%

The youngster joined the junior team of Russian side Krasnodar in the summer of 2021 at the tender age of 18 after moving to Europe after an impressive outing with Nigeria’s U17 side at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

He played for Danish club side, Boldklubben Fremad Amager before Bulgarian side Boter Plodov snapped him up for just a week. 

Olusegun was one of Nigeria’s best players in Brazil where he netted two goals before the Golden Eaglets exited the competition.