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- Tuesday July 28th, 2026 @ 18:00
Olusanya Is A Saint
St Patrick's Athletic are delighted to announce the signing of Anthony Olusanya from Swedish club Kalmar FF.
The 26-year-old attacker, who has been capped twice by Finland at senior international level, arrives at Richmond Park on Transfer Deadline Day.
Olusanya has spent the majority of his professional career so far in his native country, and has scored 59 times in 259 senior appearances, the majority of them coming with Jaro and HJK Helsinki in Finland before his move to Kalmar FF in Sweden in January 2025.
Anthony was part of Kalmar FF's Swedish Superettan (2nd Division) League win in 2025 and has featured in 12 games this season in the Allsvenskan (Premier Division).
The attacker has also won 3 Finnish League titles, 1 Finnish League Cup and featured in the group stages of the UEFA Conference League twice and the UEFA Europa League.
He made his international debut for Finland in a friendly against Sweden on January 9th 2023, and went on to win one further cap and earned 7 U21 caps.
Our newest Saint said:
"I am very pleased to be joining St Patrick's Athletic and I am excited about getting to know the players and staff. I can't wait to get started and hopefully be part of many great moments with the team.
Moving to St Pat's and the League of Ireland is a new challenge for me. I've learned a little about the history of the club and I am looking forward to being part of that and I want to achieve good things here.
I can play in different attacking positions and I hope to be able to create and score and be a threat in the final third and make a good contribution to the team."
Manager Stephen Kenny said:
"I'm quite excited about Anthony's signing. He has played a high number of matches with good teams in Finland and Sweden and we are looking forward to seeing him make a positive impact here at St Patrick's Athletic.
Anthony is an all round striker with a range of attributes and he has the ability and adaptability to play with, and compliment different types of strikers. He has a high level of tactical understanding too and he is also in season and has been playing games up to recently which is an advantage.
Anthony has the potential to be an excellent signing for the club."
While Sporting Director Ger O'Brien added:
“We are delighted to welcome Anthony to St Patrick's Athletic and we're very pleased to bring someone of his quality, experience and character to the football club.
He has proven himself at a high level in Scandinavian football and brings qualities that we believe will strengthen our attacking options.
He is an intelligent player with pace, technical ability and a strong work ethic, and we feel he is an excellent fit for the way we want to play.
We'd also like to thank Kalmar FF for their professionalism in helping to complete the transfer."
Olusanya will wear the number 21 shirt at Richmond Park and his signed is subject to international clearance.
