10 Things You Should Know About Super Eagles New Coach, Sunday Oliseh

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10 Things You Should Know About Super Eagles New Coach, Sunday Oliseh

Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has appointed Sunday Oliseh as coach on a three-year contract.
Here are the ten things you need to know about the new Super Eagles gaffer.


According to details provided by Vanguard,
* Sunday Ogorchukwu Oliseh was born 14 September 1974 in Abavo, Delta State.
* He played 54 international matches and scored two goals for Nigeria.
* He 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 the World Cup squad later that year for disciplinary reasons
* 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.
* His records are not impressive but some people think he's the man to couch the Eagles... We wait and see.
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