Sunday Oliseh
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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.
The 52-year-old, who became the first Nigerian to lead the side into the second round at a World Cup, is attracting the interest of other countries.
He becomes the sixth manager to leave his job during the World Cup, following the departures of Honduras's Luis Suarez, Iran's Carlos Queiroz, Japan's Alberto Zaccheroni, Italy's Cesare Prandelli and Ivory Coast's Sabri Lamouchi.
Keshi, who captained Nigeria at the 1994 World Cup finals, was previously in charge of Mali and Togo.
LAST SIXTEEN
30th June 2014
France vs Nigeria 2:0
Teams who have reached the round of the last sixteen
Nigeria vs Argentina 2:3
Nigeria vs Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:0
Iran vs Nigeria 0:0
The former Dutch football-star, Ruud Gullit, hopes a team from Africa will perform well and prove to be the surprise package at the World Cup in Brazil.
The United States completed their World Cup preparations with victory over Nigeria.
Keshi feels these games have given him and his players an insight into what lies ahead. "All I need is the mentality and discipline to dominate the game and take chances," he added. "In friendlies you can correct your mistakes but in a tournament it can cost us dearly.
