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Nigeria

Sunday Oliseh
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 12/2014


Personal information
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*


Julius Berger
1989-1990


RFC Liège
1990-1994
75x apps / 3x goas


Reggiana
1994-1995
29x apps / 1x goal


1. FC Köln
1995-1997
54x apps / 4x goals


Ajax Amsterdam
1997-1999
54x apps / 8x goals


Juventus
1999-2000
8x apps / 0x goal


Borussia Dortmund
2000-2004
53x apps / 1x goal


→ VfL Bochum (loan)
2003-2004
32x apps / 1x goal


Genk
2005-2006
16x apps / 0x goal


Total
321x apps / 18x goals

 

National team

Nigeria
1993-2002
63x apps / 4x goals


Teams managed

Eupen (Sports director)
2007

Verviétois
2008-2009


* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

 

Sunday Ogorchukwu Oliseh, born 14 September 1974 in Abavo, Delta State, is a former Nigerian footballer and coach, who in his active player career played as a midfielder. He now lives in Baelen (Belgium)

 

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 63 international matches and scored four goals 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 a defender – 

Oliseh ran and fired an explosive shot from 25 yards and took Spanish goalkeeper Andoni Zubizarreta completely by surprise.

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.

In March 2004, Oliseh was sacked by Borussia Dortmund after punching team-mate Vahid Hashemian while on loan at VfL Bochum.

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.