Olatoundji Tessilimi

Olatoundji Tessilimi
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-11-02) 2 November 2004
Place of birth Porto-Novo, Benin
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
Dukla Prague
Youth career
–2023 Ayema
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023 SJK Akatemia II 13 (15)
2023– SJK Akatemia 12 (6)
2024–2026 SJK 33 (7)
2026– Dukla Prague 0 (0)
International career‡
2023– Benin U20 4 (0)
2025– Benin 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 July 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 January 2026

Olatoundji Tessilimi (born 2 November 2004) is a Beninese professional footballer, playing as a winger for Czech National Football League club Dukla Prague and the Benin national team.

Career

Tessilimi played with Ayema in his native Benin, before signing with Finnish SJK Seinäjoki organisation in 2023,[1] and starting with their reserve team SJK Akatemia in Finnish second-tier.[2] He missed the 2024 season due to injury, but eventually debuted in Veikkausliiga with SJK on 2 May 2025, in away loss against KuPS.

On 30 June 2026, Tessilimi signed a contract with Czech National Football League club Dukla Prague.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Olatoundji Tessilimi mukaan SJK Akatemiaan, sjk.fi, 24 April 2023
  2. ↑ Finlande: Olatoundji Tessilimi et le SJK Akatemia calent en demi-finale des barrages Veikkausliiga, megasportsmedia.com, 23 October 2023
  3. ↑ Štefl, Jan (30 June 2026). "Dukla získala beninského reprezentanta Olatoundjiho. Je to pro mě velký krok, hlásí nová posila". inFotbal.cz (in Czech). Sport News Invest. Retrieved 30 June 2026.