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Kazeem Olaigbe
Olaigbe with Rennes in 2025
Personal information
Full name Kazeem Aderemi J Olaigbe[1]
Date of birth (2003-01-02) 2 January 2003 (age 23)
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 FC Basel
(on loan from Trabzonspor)
Youth career
–2019 Anderlecht
2019–2022 Southampton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2023 Southampton 0 (0)
2022–2023 → Ross County (loan) 19 (0)
2023 → Harrogate Town (loan) 19 (3)
2023–2025 Cercle Brugge 47 (7)
2025 Rennes 10 (0)
2025– Trabzonspor 18 (0)
2026 → Konyaspor (loan) 13 (0)
2026– → FC Basel (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2018 Belgium U15 4 (0)
2018–2019 Belgium U16 11 (3)
2019 Belgium U17 6 (3)
2021–2022 Belgium U19 5 (0)
2022 Belgium U20 2 (0)
2023–2024 Belgium U21 13 (4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 08:45, 19 May 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:37, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Kazeem Aderemi Olaigbe (born 2 January 2003) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swiss Super League club FC Basel, on loan from Süper Lig club Trabzonspor. He has represented Belgium at youth international level.

Club career

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Olaigbe began his career with Anderlecht before joining Southampton in the summer of 2019.[2][3] On 15 February 2022, Olaigbe signed a contract extension with Southampton until June 2024.[3][4]

On 27 June 2022, Olaigbe joined Ross County on a season-long loan.[5][6] On 16 July 2022, Olaigbe made his first professional appearance for Ross County in the Scottish League Cup in their 1–1 (3–4 pens) victory against Buckie Thistle, coming on as a substitute to replace Owura Edwards in the 66th minute.[7] Ten days later, Olaigbe started his first professional match for the club in a 2–0 win against Alloa Athletic in the Scottish League Cup, and provided an assist for Josh Sims.[8] Olaigbe returned to his parent club on 31 January 2023.[9] Later that day, he joined League Two side Harrogate Town on loan until the end of the season.[10]

Olaigbe joined Belgian Pro League club Cercle Brugge on 29 August 2023.[11]

On 3 February 2025, he joined Ligue 1 side Rennes on a four-and-a-half year contract.[12]

On 7 August 2025, Olaigbe moved to Trabzonspor in Turkey.[13] On 5 February 2026, he joined Konyaspor on loan for the remainder of the 2025–26 season.[14]

On 2 July 2026, Olaigbe joined FC Basel on a season-long loan.[15]

International career

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Born in Belgium, Olaigbe is of Nigerian descent.[16] He has represented Belgium at under-17 and under-19 levels.[17]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 9 May 2026[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Southampton U21 2019–20[19] –––1[a]010
2020–21[20] –––3[a]131
2021–22[21] –––2[a]222
Total 0000006363
Ross County (loan) 2022–23[22] Scottish Premiership 1901052–252
Harrogate Town (loan) 2022–23[22] League Two 193———193
Cercle Brugge 2023–24 Belgian Pro League 28410——294
2024–25 Belgian Pro League 19320—10[b]5318
Total 47730001056012
Rennes 2024–25 Ligue 1 10000——100
Trabzonspor 2025–26 Süper Lig 18031——211
Konyaspor (loan) 2025–26 Süper Lig 13020——150
FC Basel (loan) 2026–27 Swiss Super League 0000——00
Career total 12610915216815621
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances in UEFA Conference League

References

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  1. ↑ "Aspire Academy Tri-Series Season 2016–17" (PDF). Aspire Academy. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "Ross County sign Kazeem Obaigbe on season-long loan from Southampton". BT Sport. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Olaigbe signs contract extension". Southampton FC. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  4. ↑ House, Alfie (15 February 2022). "Highly-rated Southampton youngster Kazeem Olaigbe signs new contract". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Olaigbe joins Ross County on loan". Southampton FC. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Olaigbe joins County on-loan". Ross County FC. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Buckie Thistle 1–1 Ross County (3–5 pens)". BBC Sport. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Alloa Athletic 0–2 Ross County". BBC Sport. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "Olaigbe returns to Southampton". RCFC. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "BELGIAN U19 INTERNATIONAL OLAIGBE JOINS ON LOAN". Harrogate Town A.F.C. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "Kazeem Olaigbe departs for Cercle Brugge". Southampton FC. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  12. ↑ "Kazeem Olaigbe, a Rennes player until 2029!". Stade Rennais. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  13. ↑ "Kamuoyuna Duyuru" [Public Announcement] (in Turkish). Trabzonspor. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  14. ↑ "Hoş geldin Kazeem Olaigbe!". Konyaspor (in Turkish). 5 February 2026. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  15. ↑ "FC Basel 1893 verpflichtet Kazeem Olaigbe leihweise mit Kaufoption". FC Basel (in German). 2 July 2026. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
  16. ↑ "Confirmed : 19yo Belgian-Nigerian forward signs new deal with Southampton:: All Nigeria Soccer - The Complete Nigerian Football Portal". www.allnigeriasoccer.com.
  17. ↑ Kazeem Olaigbe at Soccerway
  18. ↑ Kazeem Olaigbe at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Kazeem Olaigbe in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Kazeem Olaigbe in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Kazeem Olaigbe in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  22. 1 2 "Games played by Kazeem Olaigbe in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
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