Olatoundji Tessilimi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 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) |
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* 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
- ↑ Olatoundji Tessilimi mukaan SJK Akatemiaan, sjk.fi, 24 April 2023
- ↑ Finlande: Olatoundji Tessilimi et le SJK Akatemia calent en demi-finale des barrages Veikkausliiga, megasportsmedia.com, 23 October 2023
- ↑ 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.
External links
- Olatoundji Tessilimi at Soccerway
- Olatoundji Tessilimi at WorldFootball.net
- Olatoundji Tessilim at the Finnish FA
Categories:
- 2004 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Porto-Novo
- Beninese men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Ayema FC players
- SJK Akatemia players
- Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players
- Kolmonen players
- Ykkönen players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Ykkösliiga players
- Benin men's under-20 international footballers
- Benin men's international footballers
- 2025 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Beninese expatriate men's footballers
- Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- 21st-century Beninese sportsmen
- Beninese expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
- FK Dukla Prague players
- Beninese football biography stubs