Azubuike Cosmas Sunday Oliseh Jr. (born 18 November 1978) is a Nigerian former

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. He last played for

Ermis Aradippou Ermis Aradippou () is a Cypriot professional football club based in Aradippou, a settlement on the outskirts of the city of Larnaca. The club was formed in 1958, and currently plays in the Cypriot Second Division. Ermis' greatest success came ...

in the

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. He is the younger brother of retired

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captain

Sunday Oliseh Sunday Ogochukwu Oliseh (born 14 September 1974) is a Nigerian football manager and former player. In his active playing career he played as a defensive midfielder. Physical yet technically gifted, he played for top European clubs including Aja ...

and the older brother of the former

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and

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midfielder

Egutu Oliseh Egutu Chukwuma Oliseh (born 18 November 1980) is a Nigerian footballer currently playing for Greek club Olympiakos Laurium F.C. in the amateur Football League of Eastern Attica (EPSANA) as a midfielder. Having experience from Belgian, French an ...

; another brother is

Churchill Oliseh Churchill Oliseh is a Nigerian football manager who manages FC Ebedei. He is the father of Sekou Oliseh and brother of Azubuike Oliseh, Egutu Oliseh and Sunday Oliseh. Churchill Oliseh is credited with discovering Nigerian international Obafemi ...

and his nephew is

Sekou Oliseh Sekou Jabateh Oliseh (born 5 June 1990) is a Liberian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Liberian side LISCR. Early and personal life Born in Monrovia, Liberia, Oliseh was adopted by Nigerian former professional footballer ...

. Azubuike joined his compatriots

Celestine Babayaro Celestine Boyd Jonto Hycieth Babayaro (born 29 August 1978) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a left-back or a midfielder. Babayaro spent the majority of his career playing in the Premier League, mainly for Chelsea from ...

and

James Obiorah James Chibuzor Obiorah (born 24 August 1978) is a Nigerian former footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career His previous clubs include RSC Anderlecht, Grasshopper Zurich, Cádiz CF, Grazer AK and Lokomotiv Moscow and he was also loan ...

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, as a 16-year-old. Looking for regular first team action, Oliseh was loaned out to

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for the 1998–99 season, before moving to the

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the following year.

References

* * 1978 births Living people Nigerian footballers Association football midfielders Nigeria international footballers Olympic footballers of Nigeria Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Belgian Pro League players Eredivisie players Veikkausliiga players Cypriot First Division players AEK Larnaca FC players R.S.C. Anderlecht players RBC Roosendaal players FC Utrecht players FC Jokerit players K.S.V. Roeselare players Oud-Heverlee Leuven players Ermis Aradippou FC players Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Belgium Nigerian expatriates in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Finland Nigerian expatriates in Belgium Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Nigerian expatriates in Finland Sportspeople from Warri {{Nigeria-footy-midfielder-stub