Michael Olaha
 Olaha in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Onyedikachi Olaha | ||
| Date of birth | 4 July 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sông Lam Nghệ An | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2014 | New Generation Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Abia Warriors | 33 | (10) |
| 2017–2019 | Sông Lam Nghệ An | 79 | (19) |
| 2020–2021 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 15 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Hapoel Kfar Shalem (loan) | 34 | (11) |
| 2022– | Sông Lam Nghệ An | 60 | (15) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 February 2024 | |||
Michael Onyedikachi Olaha (born 4 July 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for V.League 1 club Sông Lam Nghệ An.
Club career
[edit]Olaha signed for Nigerian Premier League side Abia Warriors in 2015 from the New Generation Academy.[2] After impressing in his first season, he was offered a trial with Slovenian side NK Domžale.[3]
In January 2017, he signed with Vietnamese side Sông Lam Nghệ An.[4] He scored a goal in the 2017 Vietnamese Cup final, helping the club win the title.[5]
After two and a half years, he left Sông Lam Nghệ An and signed for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Tel Aviv, for four years.[6]
On 23 July 2020, he moved on loan to Hapoel Kfar Shalem.[7]
In July 2021, Olaha re-joined Sông Lam Nghệ An.[8] In the 2023–24 season, he was designated to be the team captain.[9]
Honours
[edit]Sông Lam Nghệ An
References
[edit]- ^ "Olaha Michael Onyedikachi". vpf.vn.
- ^ "GNPL: Abia Warriors sign 19 new players". futaa. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Abia Warriors Olaha on Trials in Slovenia". AfricanFootball. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "SLNA, bao giờ cho đến ngày xưa?". Bongda (in Vietnamese). 3 January 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Sông Lam Nghệ An vô địch Cúp Quốc gia 2017". Lao Động. 30 November 2017.
- ^ "מייקל אולהה חתם בהפועל ת"א". Israel Today (in Hebrew). 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ Goldstein, Igal (23 July 2020). "מייקל אולהה חתם בהפועל כפר שלם" (in Hebrew). Sport Channel. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ "Buổi tập đầu tiên của Olaha trong ngày trở lại SLNA" (in Vietnamese). Báo Nghệ An. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "Sông Lam Nghệ An khởi sắc nhờ ngoại binh" (in Vietnamese). Người Lao Động. 27 May 2024.
External links
[edit]- Michael Olaha at Soccerway
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Lagos
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Abia Warriors F.C. players
- Song Lam Nghe An FC players
- Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players
- Hapoel Kfar Shalem F.C. players
- Nigeria Professional Football League players
- V.League 1 players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Liga Leumit players
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Vietnam
- Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- Nigerian football forward stubs