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 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ginosa (technical collaborator) | ||
| 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) |
| 2014–2015 |
Fidelis Andria | 16 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 |
Bisceglie | 30 | (0) |
| 2016 |
Barletta | 2 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Picerno | 10 | (0) |
| 2017 |
Olympia Agnonese | ? | (?) |
| 2017–2018 |
Barletta | 12 | (3) |
| 2018–2019 | Manfredonia | 18 | (7) |
| 2019–2020 | Buccino Volcei | 16 | (4) |
| 2020–2022 | Ginosa | 12 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 January 2022 | |||
Daniel Ola (born 23 November 1982) is a Ghanaian-Nigerian football coach and former defender. He is currently a technical collaborator for Italian amateur club Ginosa.[1]
Playing career
His name "Ola" means "Wealth" in
He came to Europe in 1999 and played in
In 2001 Ola left the club and moved to
In 2003, he was transferred to
Ola left the club in the summer of 2008 and one year later he signed a contract with Bulgarian club
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.[6] Their club was relegated to the Liga III after the season.
In September 2014, Ola signed a 1-year deal with the
At the end of the season Ola became a free agent; in July 2015 he signed with the Italian
Coaching career
After ending his active career in 2022 with Ginosa, Ola agreed to stay on at the amateur club as a technical collaborator.[7]
International career
His first call on 5 August 2008 was to the
References
- ^ Barletta 1922, a Bitonto una trasferta insidiosa barlettasport.it Archived 2018-01-11 at the Wayback Machine‚ barlettasport.it, 23 September 2017
- ^ "African People". African male names. Archived from the original on February 7, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
- ^ "Nigeria Calls Up "Ghanaian" for World Cup". Archived from the original on 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
- ^ И нигериец почна в Ботев
- ^ LFF: FC Jūrmala
- ^ "Vaičulis paraksta Lietuvā, Ibe pārcelsies uz Rumāniju". Sportacentrs.com. 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
- ^ "Ginosa: Daniel Ola nello staff tecnico biancoazzurro" (in Italian). Tutto Sport Puglia. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Cole and Ola get Nigeria call - SoccerNews.com