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) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fidelis Andria | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| 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) |
| 2011-2012 | FC Jūrmala | 47 | (5) |
| 2012 | → Daugava Daugavpils (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2013 | Daugava Daugavpils | 27 | (2) |
| 2014 | UTA Arad | 6 | (0) |
| 2014- | Fidelis Andria | 10 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 8, 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of Novenber, 2014 | |||
Daniel Ola (born November 23, 1982 in Accra) is a Ghanaian-Nigerian football defender, who currently plays for Fidelis Andria in the Italian Serie D, the top level of the Italian non-professional football association.
Career
His name "Ola" means "Wealth" in Yoruba.[1] 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] In August 2012 Ola was loaned to another Latvian Higher League club Daugava Daugavpils. He scored 2 goals in 14 matches and helped his team become the champions of Latvia. After the 2012 season his contract with Jūrmala expired, and Ola joined Daugava Daugavpils on permanent basis, helping the club win the Latvian Supercup in the beginning of the year. In February 2014 Ola was transferred to the Romanian Liga II club UTA Arad alongside his former Daugava teammate Stanley Ibe.[5] Their club was relegated to the Liga III after the season. On September 2014 Ola signs a contract with the Serie D side Fidelis Andria.
International career
On 5 August 2008 was his first call to the Nigeria national football team against South Africa.[6] He was an unused substitute.
References
- ^ "African People". African male names. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
- ^ Nigeria Calls Up "Ghanaian" for World Cup
- ^ И нигериец почна в Ботев
- ^ LFF: FC Jūrmala
- ^ "Vaičulis paraksta Lietuvā, Ibe pārcelsies uz Rumāniju". Sportacentrs.com. 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
- ^ Cole and Ola get Nigeria call - SoccerNews.com
External links
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Nigerian footballers
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- Association football defenders
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria
- Expatriate footballers in Latvia
- Expatriate footballers in Romania
- L'Aquila Calcio 1927 players
- A.C. Chievo Verona players
- A.C. Cesena players
- S.S. Lazio players
- Teramo Calcio players
- PFC Botev Plovdiv players
- Étoile Carouge FC players
- FC Jūrmala players
- FK Daugava Daugavpils players
- FC UTA Arad players
- Bulgarian A Professional Football Group players
- Ghanaian expatriates in Italy
- Nigerian expatriates in Bulgaria
- Ghanaian expatriates in Bulgaria
- Nigerian expatriates in Latvia
- Nigerian expatriates in Romania
- Ghanaian expatriates in Romania
- Sportspeople from Accra
- Ghanaian people of Nigerian descent
- Ghanaian people of Yoruba descent
- Yoruba sportspeople