“Yes, he’ll be our new coach” – Super Eagles hero lands coaching job with German club

Certainly one of Germany’s regional league groups has kicked off a refreshing partnership with one in every of Nigeria’s best ever midfielders

German Regionalliga West facet SV Straelen has confirmed the appointment of former Tremendous Eagles head coach Sunday Oliseh as the brand new group supervisor, ending the 47-year-old’s four-year keep and not using a teaching job.

Straelen’s boss Hermann Tecklenburg revealed that the membership determined at hand Oliseh a one-year contract after fruitful conversations over the previous couple of weeks and that the previous Juventus midfielder is worked up to take over at Römerstraße.

“Sure, Sunday Oliseh will probably be our new coach. A very good 14 days in the past, we had scrumptious asparagus on the Straelener Hof,” Tecklenburg stated, as per Waz.

“That was a superb dialog. Within the final 24 hours, we had been additionally capable of focus on an employment contract till June 30, 2023.

“On Wednesday 21 June, Sunday will lead the primary apply session. We look ahead to working collectively.”

With the appointment, Oliseh returns to Germany, the place he spent seven cumulative years throughout his enjoying days sporting the colors of FC Cologne, Borussia Dortmund, and Vfl Bochum. He was a member of the Dortmund facet that lifted the Bundesliga title in 2002.

A key member of Nigeria’s victorious Atlanta ’96 Olympic Video games squad, Oliseh performed for Juventus, Ajax, and Genk earlier than retiring in 2006.

The defensive midfielder took up a job in administration shortly after, main Belgian facet Eupen as sporting director in 2007.

Oliseh was appointed Tremendous Eagles supervisor in 2015 however barely lasted 9 months within the saddle earlier than he resigned because of disagreements with the Nigeria Soccer Federation.

In 2017, the previous RFC Liege star was named because the supervisor of Dutch second division facet Fortuna Sittard and was doing nicely till he was dismissed in the direction of the tip of the season.

And over 4 years after that bitter-sweet journey within the Netherlands, Oliseh, thought to be one in every of Nigeria’s most interesting ever midfielders, is able to open a brand new chapter of his story.

“After this lengthy break, Sunday is worked up about his new job at SV Straelen,” stated Tecklenburg.

SV Straelen are within the fourth-tier of the German soccer league construction.