Serge Atakayi

Serge Atakayi (born 30 January 1999) is a professional footballer who plays for League of Ireland Premier Division club St Patrick's Athletic as a winger. Originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, he has represented his adopted country of Finland at under-19 level.

Club Career

FF Jaro

Atakayi joined the youth system at FF Jaro in 2013 and made his senior debut for the club in 2015. He became the youngest goalscorer in the history of the Finnish top flight when he scored against HIFK on 17 May 2015, aged 16 years and 107 days.

Rangers

On 31 August 2016, after trial periods with Leicester City and Fulham, he joined Rangers on a three-year contract. He signed a one-year contract extension to tie him to Rangers until 2020 in June 2018. He made his debut against Motherwell in a 7-1 win during November 2018.

SJK

Atakayi left Rangers on 30 December 2019 to join Finnish side SJK for a reported fee of £100,000. Atakayi played in 19 games on the 2020 season and scored once. On June 4 2021 it was told by SJK-head coach Jani Honkavaara that Atakayi had not been training with the team since February because of attitude problems. Atakayi only played in one Finnish Cup game for SJK in the 2021 season. On 28 July 2021 he moved to TPS on loan.

St Patrick's Athletic

On 15 July 2022 it was announced that Atakayi had signed for League of Ireland Premier Division club St Patrick's Athletic on an 18 month contract for an undisclosed fee. He made his debut on the same day, in a 1–1 draw with Dundalk at Richmond Park.

International Career

Atakayi was born in DR Congo but obtained Finnish citizenship in 2016 and represented Finland at under-15 level.

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