Sekou Jabateh Oliseh (born 5 June 1990) is a Liberian professional

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who plays as a

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for Liberian side LISCR.

Early and personal life

Born in

Monrovia Monrovia () is the capital city of the West African country of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic coast and as of the 2008 census had 1,010,970 residents, home to 29% of Liberia’s total population. As the ...

Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...

, Oliseh was adopted by Nigerian former professional footballer Churchill Oliseh at a young age. His uncles are fellow footballers Azubuike Oliseh, Egutu Oliseh and

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Club career

Early career

Oliseh began his career in his adopted home country Nigeria with Ebedei, before moving to Danish side

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in 2006. Between 2008 and 2009, Oliseh made 5 league appearances for Midtjylland, before moving on loan to Russian side

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in July 2009.Liberian Discovered With CSKA Moscow!
In December 2009, the loan deal became permanent as Oliseh signed a 5-year deal with CSKA.

CSKA Moscow

Oliseh made his debut for CSKA on 4 October 2009 against Kuban Krasnodar and scored his first goal on the same day. He entered the match as a substitute for striker

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in the 70th minute and scored nine minutes later to complete a 4–0 victory for the Army men. He then made his

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debut as a substitute against

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on 8 December 2009, replacing

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in the 82nd minute at the

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. However, he was not able to secure a first team spot in 2010, due to the presence of fellow attacking midfielder Krasić. Following Krasić's transfer saga to

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, Oliseh received a rare start and did not disappoint. He scored a double in the first half against

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on 15 August 2010, tallying in the 12th minute and then just before halftime for manager Leonid Slutskiy's squad. Another winning goal followed on 20 September, scoring the only goal in the home victory against Sibir Novosibirsk. Oliseh joined Greek club PAOK on loan in January 2013, with the deal being in extended in July 2013. Oliseh again went out on loan in July 2014, this time to Kuban Krasnodar, returning to CSKA during the winter break after Kuban declined to extend his loan. Oliseh officially left CSKA upon on the expiration of his contract in June 2015. Oliseh joined

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in March 2016. He signed a contract with

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side

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on 24 June 2016. He left the Dalian Yifang in December 2016.

LISCR FC

On 17 October 2020, Oliseh returned to football, signing a one-year contract with Liberian First Division side LISCR.

International career

Oliseh, who had represented his adopted nation of Nigeria since childhood, received a call-up to the Liberian team from manager

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in September 2010 for a

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match against

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. Oliseh would honor the invitation, citing star Liberian forward

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as a key motivating factor behind his decision. "I have my entire family and friends here in Liberia who would love to see me play for our nation, I love Nigeria but I can't play for them," said Oliseh. Oliseh then made his debut on 5 September 2010 against Zimbabwe and scored the equalizing goal in a 1–1 draw for Liberia.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oliseh, Sekou 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Monrovia Liberian footballers Liberian expatriate footballers Liberia international footballers Nigerian footballers Nigerian people of Liberian descent Sportspeople of Liberian descent Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark PFC CSKA Moscow players PAOK FC players Russian Premier League players Expatriate footballers in Russia FC Midtjylland players Danish Superliga players FC Kuban Krasnodar players Association football wingers F.C. Ebedei players Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate footballers in Romania Liga I players FC Astra Giurgiu players China League One players Dalian Professional F.C. players Expatriate footballers in China Nigerian adoptees LISCR FC players