Sunday Oliseh
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| Full name | Sunday Ogochukwu Oliseh | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 September 1974 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Abavo, Delta State, Nigeria | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Defensive Midfielder | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Julius Berger | |||||||||||
| 1990–1994 | RFC Liège | 75 | (3) | |||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Reggiana | 29 | (1) | |||||||||
| 1995–1997 | 1. FC Köln | 54 | (4) | |||||||||
| 1997–1999 | Ajax | 54 | (8) | |||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Juventus | 8 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2000–2004 | Borussia Dortmund | 53 | (1) | |||||||||
| 2003–2004 | → VfL Bochum (loan)[1][2] | 32 | (1) | |||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Genk | 16 | (0) | |||||||||
| Total | 321 | (18) | ||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||
| 1993–2002 | Nigeria | 54 | (2) | |||||||||
| Teams managed | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | Eupen (Sports director) | |||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Verviétois | |||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Nigeria | |||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | ||||||||||||
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Sunday Ogorchukwu Oliseh (born 14 September 1974 in Abavo, Delta State) is a former Nigerian footballer who in his active playing career played as a midfielder. He was the coach of the Nigerian national football team from July 14, 2015, until he resigned on February 26, 2016, over a "lack of support".[3]
Coaching career
Ahead of the unveiling exercise by the Nigeria Football Federation, newly appointed Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh arrived Abuja, Nigeria the evening of Tuesday 14 July 2015 to take up the job of coaching Nigeria's national team, the Super Eagles.[4] The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) decided to motivate him afterwards by giving him a brand new Nissan Altima 2.5 SL 2015 Model Car, which is worth 6 million Naira.. He was responsible for the retirement of the most capped player, Vincent Enyeama, in October 2015. He resigned as Nigeria's national coach at about 2:28am 26th February, 2016 before the team's encounter with the pharaohs of Egypt in the AFCON qualifiers. He was barely 8 months into his stay as manager.
Football career
A physical, technical defensive midfielder, Oliseh played for well known clubs such as AFC Ajax, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus F.C..
Oliseh played 54 international matches and scored two goals[5] for Nigeria, and played at the Football World Cups of 1994 and 1998. Oliseh also participated in the Olympic gold medal winning team of 1996.
He is mostly remembered for scoring the winning goal in the group stage match against Spain in the 1998 World Cup, as Nigeria prevailed 3–2. A throw-in deep in the Spanish half was headed clear by Fernando Hierro – Oliseh ran and fired an explosive shot from 25 yards and took Spanish goalkeeper Andoni Zubizarreta completely by surprise.[6] Despite captaining Nigeria during the 2002 African Cup of Nations, Oliseh was omitted from his country's World Cup squad later that year for disciplinary reasons. After missing out on World Cup selection, Oliseh retired from international football in June 2002.[7]
In March 2004, Oliseh was sacked by Borussia Dortmund after punching team-mate Vahid Hashemian while on loan at VfL Bochum.[8][9]
In January 2006, at the age of 31, Oliseh retired from professional football after playing a half season for Belgian top club K.R.C. Genk.[10]
Club statistics
| Club performance | League | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
| Belgium | League | |||
| 1990–91 | Liège | First Division | 3 | 0 |
| 1991–92 | 16 | 1 | ||
| 1992–93 | 30 | 2 | ||
| 1993–94 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Italy | League | |||
| 1994–95 | Reggiana | Serie A | 29 | 1 |
| Germany | League | |||
| 1995–96 | Köln | Bundesliga | 24 | 0 |
| 1996–97 | 30 | 4 | ||
| Netherlands | League | |||
| 1997–98 | Ajax | Eredivisie | 29 | 5 |
| 1998–99 | 25 | 3 | ||
| Italy | League | |||
| 1999–00 | Juventus | Serie A | 8 | 0 |
| Germany | League | |||
| 2000–01 | Borussia Dortmund | Bundesliga | 22 | 0 |
| 2001–02 | 18 | 1 | ||
| 2002–03 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | Bochum | 11 | 0 | |
| 2003–04 | 21 | 1 | ||
| 2004–05 | Borussia Dortmund | 11 | 0 | |
| Belgium | League | |||
| 2005–06 | Genk | First Division | 16 | 0 |
| Country | Belgium | 91 | 3 | |
| Italy | 37 | 1 | ||
| Germany | 139 | 6 | ||
| Netherlands | 54 | 8 | ||
| Total | 321 | 18 | ||
International career statistics
| Nigeria national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 11 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 2 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 0 |
| 2002 | 7 | 0 |
| Total | 54 | 2 |
Honours
Club
- Ajax
- Borussia Dortmund
- Bundesliga: 2001–02
- UEFA Cup: 2001–02 (Runner-up)
Country
- Nigeria
Personal
His younger brothers, Azubuike and Egutu, are also professional footballers; another brother is Churchill Oliseh and his nephew is Sekou Oliseh.
References
- ↑ "Bochum release Oliseh". BBC Sport. 1 March 2004. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ↑ Bennett, Mark (28 April 2004). "Ruhr treat for Bochum". UEFA. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ↑ http://www.360nobs.com/2016/02/sunday-oliseh-quits-super-eagles-former-captain-quits-as-head-coach/
- ↑ http://saharareporters.com/2015/07/14/sunday-oliseh-arrives-abuja-take-nigerias-national-coach-job
- ↑ Roberto Mamrud (10 Apr 2014). "Sunday Ogorchukwu Oliseh - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "Oliseh goal vs. Spain". Archived from the original on 1 February 2011.
- ↑ Obayiuwana, Osasu (19 June 2002). "Sunday Oliseh quits". BBC News. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ↑ "Oliseh shown door after punch-up". CNN. 11 March 2004. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ↑ "Oliseh not surprised". BBC News. 12 March 2004. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ↑ "Oliseh leaves Genk" (in French). sport.be. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007.
- 1 2 "Oliseh, Sunday". National Football Teams. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
External links
- Sunday Oliseh profile at Fussballdaten
| Preceded by Uche Okechukwu |
Nigeria Captain 2000–2002 |
Succeeded by Jay-Jay Okocha |
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