If all goes as planned, the new National team coach, Sunday Oliseh, would be unveiled in Abuja today by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Oliseh would formally takeover the vacant job of Chief Coach of the Super Eagles, a position previously occupied by his former teammate, Stephen Keshi. Keshi’s appointment was terminated by the federation on July 4. His exit paved way for the federation to fill the position.
A peep into his curriculum vitae, revealed that as a player, he commenced his professional career as a defensive midfielder with Julius Berger FC of Lagos between1989 and 1990. The 40-year-old defender and former Super Eagles skipper also played for AFC Ajax, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus FC. He scored two goals during his 54 international caps for the Eagles, with 321 appearances for his various clubs. Oliseh is mainly remembered for scoring the winning goal against Spain in the France 1998 World Cup at the group stage, a footage that was extensively used by many television stations then. He, however, participated in two World Cups, USA ‘94 and France 1998. Oliseh was a member of the Olympic Games gold medal winning team in the soccer event in Atlanta Olympic Games tagged Atlanta ‘96. Oliseh also was part of the team that won the Africa Cup of Nations trophy in 1994 in Tunisia. During his stint with Ajax FC Holland, he won the Dutch league title with the team. Oliseh also won the Bundesliga with his team, Borussia Dortmund in 2001- 2002 season and also ended up as runners up in the UEFA champions’ league in the same year. He had managed 2007 Eupen as Sports Director and in 2008, Vervietois a third division league club in Belgium. Oliseh’s fiery temper could not be ignored in spite of his success both at the national and international level, he was sacked by Borussia Dortmund after punching a teammate, Vahid Hashemain while on loan to VFL Bochum. At the National team, the Eagles, he had 54 outings. In January 2006, Oliseh retired from professional football at the age of 31. The ex-Eagles player has UEFA professional coaching licence, UEFA grade A (advance) coaching Diploma, UEFA B (Basic) coaching Diploma and Business Management Diploma in Belgium. He was also a member of FIFA study group. In 2013, he granted an interview, ruling himself out of the Eagles coaching job in the future at which in response, said: “my wife will kill me”.
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