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Sunday Ogorchukwu Oliseh (born September 14, 1974 in Abavo, Delta State) is a retired Nigerian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Early career
Sunday Oliseh started his European career at RFC Liège in Belgium, where he joined his compatriot Victor Ikpeba. Oliseh only appeared in three games in his first season in Belgium. It was during his second year with the Liège side that Oliseh started seeing regular playing time. He spent two more years in Belgium, before moving to Italy.

Oliseh joined Reggiana in 1994. He made his league debut for the new club on September 4 1994, in an away game against Napoli, becoming the first ever Nigerian to appear in the Italian Serie A. Oliseh appeared in all but five league games for Reggiana that season, scoring once in the 2-0 home win over Brescia. That, however, was not enough to save the team from relegation. Reggiana finished second from bottom and Oliseh found himself on the move again, this time to the German Budesliga side 1. FC Köln.

Oliseh quickly established himself as a first team regular at RheinEnergieStadion. He made his Bundesliga debut on August 12, 1995, in a 1-0 home defeat to Schalke 04. Overall, Oliseh played 54 league games for Köln during his two-year stint with the club. He was shown 14 yellow, two red cards and scored four goals for Köln. His first Bundesliga goal came on the opening day of the 1996-97 season, in a 3-0 away win over Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Ajax Amsterdam
In the summer of 1997, Morten Olsen, the Danish coach who brought Oliseh to Germany, left for Ajax, taking Oliseh with him. In July, Oliseh took part in a pre-season tournament at Goodison Park, scoring one goal against Newcastle.

At Ajax, Oliseh mostly played in defence, where he teamed up with Frank de Boer, Danny Blind and Mario Melchiot. He scored a goal on his league debut against Vitesse and added four more throughout the season as his solid form helped Ajax to an Eredivisie title with a convincing 39 point gap over closest rivals PSV Eindhoven. Oliseh also played full 90 minutes in the KNVB Cup final at Feijenoord Stadion, where Ajax clinched their second title of the season with a 5-0 win over PSV. He also appeared in all of his team's six UEFA Cup games, getting on the score sheet once in their 9-1 thrashing of Maribor at Amsterdam ArenA in September.

Olsen moved Oliseh to the centre of defence halfway through the 1998-99 season, when Frank de Boer left for FC Barcelona during the winter transfer window. Sunday scored three league goals in what proved to be a highly disappointing season for Ajax, as the defending champions finished only sixth in the league and bottom of their Champions League group, that featured Olympiacos, Croatia Zagreb and Porto.

Juventus
Juventus signed Oliseh on a five-year contract for $10m on June 25, 1999, beating off interest from Serie A rivals AS Roma. Despite the hefty price tag, Oliseh was only a rotation player during his second spell in Italy, as he found himself behind both Edgar Davids and Alessio Tacchinardi in the pecking order. One of the highest earners at his club, Sunday made only eight league appearances for Juventus in 1999-00. Carlo Ancelotti, Juve's coach at the time, however, was more keen on playing Oliseh in Europe, where the Nigerian missed only the opening Intertoto Cup game with Romanian Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ. He then played full 90 minutes in the return leg back in Italy, in both legs against Russian FC Rostselmash and in the first leg against Rennes. He also started the second leg in France, but was replaced by Zinedine Zidane after the first half. Oliseh scored his first and only goal for Juventus in the UEFA Cup second round game against Levski Sofia.

Borussia Dortmund
Unsettled in Italy, Oliseh signed for Borussia Dortmund in June 2000, in a deal worth over $5.5m. At Dortmund Oliseh was reunited with his former Liege partner, compatriot Victor Ikpeba. In his first season with the club, Oliseh appeared in 22 league games, as Borussia finished third and qualified for the UEFA Champions League.

Not a regular starter in his second season with Borussia, Oliseh played 18 league games, as Dortmund finished two points ahead of bitter rivals Bayern Munich and only one point ahead of runners-up Bayer Leverkusen to win their sixth domestic league title. In August 2001, Sunday scored his first and, as it later turned out, only league goal for the Ruhr side - a firm header past Hansa Rostock's Mathias Schober from Tomáš Rosický's corner. Interestingly enough, the Nigerian's first league goal came only ten days after his first competitive goal for the club - a similar header in the Champions League third qualifying round game against Shakhtar Donetsk.

In Europe, Dortmund narrowly missed out on qualifying for the second round of the Champions League, only with goal difference holding them back, as they finished behind Liverpool and Boavista. Oliseh started three group stage games and came on as a sub in one. As the third-placed team in their group, Dortmund went on to play in the UEFA Cup, where they had a successful run, reaching the final of the competition. Although Oliseh himself did not play in the final, he started both semi-final games against AC Milan.

Bochum and later career
On January 9, 2003, Borussia Dortmund officially confirmed Oliseh's departure to VfL Bochum until the end of the season. Having found glimpses of his old form, Oliseh saw his deal at Bochum extended for another season in July 2003. However, as Bochum was on its way to the club's best ever 5th place finish in the Bundesliga, in 2003-04, Oliseh's career at the club was cut short by an incident involving Iran international Vahid Hashemian, following a goalless draw away to Hansa Rostock. The two clashed several times throughout the game and then after the game, when Oliseh allegedly head-butted his team mate. The incident saw Oliseh's contract at Bochum terminated with immediate effect. During his stint at Bochum, Oliseh appeared in 32 Bundesliga games, scoring one goal, a 20-meter direct free kick, which happened to come in a 3-0 home win over his former team Borussia Dortmund. In an interview given shortly after the incident that terminated his career at Bochum, Oliseh ruled out a possibility of returning to Dortmund, the club with which he had a contract until 2005. Having been previously told by coach Matthias Sammer that he had no future at the club, Oliseh had several times denied a possibility of ever returning to Dortmund or being sold to any other club aside from Bochum. However, as Sammer was sacked following the 2003-04 season and was replaced by Bert van Marwijk, it was announced that Oliseh will be returning to Borussia for the 2004-05 season.

Having started in all of the first 9 league games for Dortmund, Oliseh then made only two more appearances for his team in December 2004. Just like during his career at Bochum, an away game to Hansa Rostock, this time a 1-1 draw played on December 11, 2004, proved out to be his last ever appearance for the club as Oliseh never made it to the pitch in the second part of the 2004-05 season.