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)
2020Hapoel 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

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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

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Sông Lam Nghệ An

References

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  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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