| Intro | Nigerian footballer and manager |
| Is |
Sports official Athlete Football player Association football player Association football manager |
| From | Nigeria |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth |
14 September 1974, Port Harcourt |
| Age | 46 years |
Sunday Ogorchukwu Oliseh (born and bred in Abavo on 14 September 1974, Parents from Ebedei-Uno community in Ukwuani L.g.a of Delta State) is a Nigerian football manager and former player who is the current manager of Dutch Eerste Divisie side Fortuna Sittard. In his active playing career he played as a midfielder.
Coaching career
Started his coaching Career in Belgium with youth teams of Belgian 3rd Division Verviers, notably the Under 19 team. Graduated to the first team as chief coach season 2008-2009 Verviers, -2014/2015 season was appointed as the Chief Coach and Club Manager of RCS VISE Belgium 3rd Division In 2015-2016, was appointed by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) the National Team Chief Coach of Nigeria (Super Eagles of Nigeria) where he made an impressive statistic of; 14 Games (Only 2 losses) 19 Goals scored, 6 conceded. He qualified Nigeria to the CHAN tournament in Rwanda, qualified Nigeria to the Group phase of the 2018 world cup Qualifiers and on his first game as Chief Coach of Nigeria in an AFCON qualifier managed a draw in Tanzania. He resigned as Nigeria’s national coach at about 2:28am on 26th February, 2016 exactly a month to the team’s encounter with the Pharaohs of Egypt in the AFCON qualifiers. He was barely 8 months into his stay as manager due to contract violations, lack of support, unpaid wages and benefits to his players, Asst. Coaches and himself.
On 27 December 2016, it was announced that Oliseh had been appointed as the new manager of Fortuna Sittard.
Football career
A physical, technical defensive midfielder, Oliseh played for well world famous clubs such as AFC Ajax, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus F.C..
Oliseh played 63 international matches and scored three 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. Sunday Oliseh was voted africa’s 3rd best footballer in 1998 by CAF
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. 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 for having led the team as they demanded unpaid allowances and dues owed to be paid.
In March 2004, Oliseh was sacked by Borussia Dortmund after head butting team-mate Vahid Hashemian while on loan at VfL Bochum allegedly over racial remarks.
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.
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
- Eredivisie: 1997–98
- KNVB Cup: 1997–98, 1998–99
- Borussia Dortmund
- Bundesliga: 2001–02
- UEFA Cup: 2001–02 (Runner-up)
Country
- Nigeria
- African Cup of Nations: 1994
- Olympic Gold Medal: 1996
- Afro Asian Cup 1995
Personal
His younger brothers, Azubuike and Egutu, are also professional footballers; another brother is Churchill Oliseh and his nephew is Sekou Oliseh.