Kazeem Olaigbe

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
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)
Number 11
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) 4 (1)
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 05:03, 24 August 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

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

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

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 August 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 3000——30
Career total 12910915216815921
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances in UEFA Conference League

References

  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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