Sunday Oliseh é um ex-volante nigeriano campeão da Copa Africana de Nações de 1994. Ficou marcado pelo gol da vitória sobre a Espanha na Copa de 1998.
Sunday Oliseh
Sunday Oliseh was born on September 14, 1974, in Nigeria. A midfielder with good technique and strong in marking, he was one of the key pieces of the Nigerian generation that enchanted the world in the 1990s. In Europe, he played for RFC Liège, Reggiana and Köln before joining Ajax in 1997. In Amsterdam, he won the Dutch Championship and the Dutch Cup. He then played one season at Juventus and moved to Borussia Dortmund, where he was German champion in 2001-02. For the national team, he was champion of the African Cup of Nations in 1994 and competed in the World Cups of 1994 and 1998. In France, he scored from outside the area the winning goal in a 3-2 victory over Spain, one of the most memorable moments in the history of Nigerian football. After retiring from playing, he was coach of the Nigerian national team between 2015 and 2016 and later of Fortuna Sittard, from the Netherlands.