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Daniel Ola Personal information Full name Daniel Ola Date of birth November 23, 1982 Place of birth Accra, Ghana Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) Playing position Defender Club information Current club FC Jūrmala Number 34 Youth career 1997-1999 King Faisal Babes 1999–2000 Carouge 2000–2001 Lazio 2001 Chievo Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2002–2003 L'Aquila 45 (3) 2003–2005 Teramo 58 (4) 2005-2008 Cesena 42 (1) 2009 Botev Plovdiv 6 (0) 2010-2011 Persebaya Surabaya 26 (1) 2011- FC Jūrmala 13 (2) National team‡ 2008- Nigeria[1] 0 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 June 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 June 2011Daniel Ola (born November 23, 1982 in Accra) is a Ghanaian-Nigerian football defender, who currently plays for FC Jūrmala in the Latvian Higher League.
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Career
Ola began his career with King Faisal Babes. He came to Europe in 1999 and played in Switzerland for Carouge[2] before June 2000 when he was scouted by S.S. Lazio and he joined the club's reserves. The Roma based club played in the UEFA Champions League in 2000. In 2001 Ola left the club and moved to Chievo. After 6 months he left Verona and moved to L'Aquila and played 45 games, and scored 3 goals in the Serie C1 as well. In 2003 he was transferred to Teramo. He was sold to Cesena in co-ownership deal in summer 2007. Ola left the club in the summer of 2008 and one year later he signed a contract with Bulgarian club Botev Plovdiv.[3] In May 2010 he joined Persebaya. In April 2011 he joined the Latvian side FC Jūrmala.[4]
International career
On 5 August 2008 was his first call to the Nigeria national football team against South Africa.[5] He was an unused substitute.
References
- ^ Daniel Ola – FIFA competition record
- ^ Nigeria Calls Up "Ghanaian" for World Cup
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.lff.lv/lv/virsliga/klubi/fcjurmala/
- ^ [2]
External links
Categories:- 1982 births
- Living people
- Nigerian footballers
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria
- L'Aquila Calcio 1927 players
- A.C. ChievoVerona players
- A.C. Cesena players
- Teramo Calcio players
- PFC Botev Plovdiv players
- Ghanaian people of Nigerian descent
- Nigerian expatriates in Bulgaria
- Association football defenders
- People from Accra
- Ghanaian expatriates in Italy
- S.S. Lazio players
- Étoile Carouge FC players
- Ghanaian expatriates in Bulgaria
- Expatriate footballers in Latvia
- Nigerian football biography stubs
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