| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sikiru Okanlawon Olatunbosun | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-01-03)3 January 1996 (age 29) | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos,Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Arsimi | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2018 | MFM F.C. | 82 | (20) |
| 2018–2019 | Plateau United | 11 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Menemenspor | 31 | (3) |
| 2021 | Ankaraspor | 16 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Smouha | 4 | (0) |
| 2022 | Rivers United | 12 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | Tuzlaspor | 6 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Voska Sport | 15 | (2) |
| 2024–2025 | Iliria Fushë-Krujë | ||
| 2025 | Albanët | ||
| 2025– | Arsimi | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017– | Nigeria | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 June 2020 | |||
Sikiru Olatunbosun (born 3 January 1996) is a Nigerianfootballer who plays as awinger forArsimi in theMacedonian First Football League.[1]
On 15 June 2016, Olatunbosun scored a brace againstNasarawa United at theAgege Stadium which earned him praise.[2] In August 2016 Olatunbosun scored another brace as MFM beatAkwa United 3–0.[3] Olatunbosun latter claimed that he knew he was going to score a brace against Akwa United because the match was on his birthday and he felt he had been empowered by God.[4] Olatunbosun finished the season with 7 goals.[5]
In the first match of the2017 season Olatunbosun scored his team's first goal of the season againstNiger Tornadoes at the Agege stadium in an eventual 3–0 win. Afterwards Olatunbosun stated that he would be targeting the season's top scorer award.[5]
Goal against Enugu Rangers
On 24 February 2017 in a match against defending championsEnugu Rangers Olatunbosun took down a back-heel flick from teammateStephen Odey and then improvised with a flick of his own over with his right foot over Rangers defender Emmanuel Etim and although off balance managed to hit an unstoppable left-footed volley into the top corner.[6] The match ended with MFM prevailing 2–1 but Olatunbosun's goal gained widespread attention over the internet and was nominated for the CNN goal of the week award.[6] Only one Nigerian (Kelechi Iheanacho) had ever won the award before for a goal in an international match against Tanzania and no Nigerian Premier League player had ever even been nominated for the award.[7] On 4 March, it was announced that Olatunbosun's goal had indeed won the CNN award gathering more than 80 percent of the vote.[8] Afterwards, Olatunbosun's strike was also widely totted as worthy of thePuskas Award[9] and mentions of it were published in Spanish, Brazilian, French, Italian, and British newspapers.[10] Olatunbosun said afterwards that the goal was because of the grace of God, adding that he hoped that MFM F.C. would qualify for Africa's continental championship at the end of the season.[11]
In December 2018, Olatunbosun joinedPlateau United.[12]
On 21 August 2019, Olatunbosun joined Turkish clubMenemenspor on a two-year contract.[13]
Olatunbosun was called up as part of a Nigeria XI for the2014 Expo Unity World Cup, where he scored two goals in the final, a 7-0 thrashing of a Colombia XI.[14]He first represented the fullNigeria national football team in June 2017, coming on as a sub in a friendly against Togo.[15]
Olatunbosun was born inLagos.[16] In his youth Olatunbosun was also a talented baseball player and was part of the local team at Finbas College. He played in baseball tournaments in Burkina Faso and other African countries as well as the national tournament in Abuja before permanently switching to football.[17]