Background
Oliseh, Sunday was born on September 14, 1974 in Abavo, Belgium.
Oliseh, Sunday was born on September 14, 1974 in Abavo, Belgium.
He was the coach of the n national football team from July 14, 2015, until he resigned on February 26, 2016, over a "lack of support". Ahead of the unveiling exercise by the Football Federation, newly appointed Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh arrived Abuja, the evening of Tuesday 14 July 2015 to take up the job of coaching "s national team, the Super Eagles. The Football Federation (NFF) decided to motivate him afterwards by giving him a brand new Nissan Altima 2.5 SL 2015 Model Carolina, 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 "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.
A physical, technical defensive midfielder, Oliseh played for well known clubs such as AFC, and Juventus F.C. Oliseh played 54 international matches and scored two goals for, 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 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 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 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.
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