Michael Olaha

Michael Olaha
Olaha in 2022
Personal information
Full name Michael Onyedikachi Olaha
Date of birth (1996-07-04) 4 July 1996 (age 28)
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

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

Sông Lam Nghệ An

References

  1. ^ "Olaha Michael Onyedikachi". vpf.vn.
  2. ^ "GNPL: Abia Warriors sign 19 new players". futaa. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2017.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Abia Warriors Olaha on Trials in Slovenia". AfricanFootball. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  4. ^ "SLNA, bao giờ cho đến ngày xưa?". Bongda (in Vietnamese). 3 January 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Sông Lam Nghệ An vô địch Cúp Quốc gia 2017". Lao Động. 30 November 2017.
  6. ^ "מייקל אולהה חתם בהפועל ת"א". Israel Today (in Hebrew). 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  7. ^ Goldstein, Igal (23 July 2020). "מייקל אולהה חתם בהפועל כפר שלם" (in Hebrew). Sport Channel. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Buổi tập đầu tiên của Olaha trong ngày trở lại SLNA" (in Vietnamese). Báo Nghệ An. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Sông Lam Nghệ An khởi sắc nhờ ngoại binh" (in Vietnamese). Người Lao Động. 27 May 2024.


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