A prolific defensive midfielder in his playing days, Oliseh played for popular clubs such as AFC Ajax of Holland, Borussia Dortmund ( Germany) and Juventus F.C. of Italy.
Currently a football pundit, Oliseh, played 63 international matches, scoring four goals for Nigeria. He played at the World Cups of 1994 and 1998. He was also a member of the Nigerian Olympic gold medal winning football team of 1996.
He is mostly remembered for scoring the winning goal in the group stage match against Spain in the 1998 World Cup, as Nigeria prevailed 3–2. A throw-in deep in the Spanish half, headed clear by a defender, was met by an on-rushing Oliseh who fired an explosive shot from 25 yards that took Spanish goalkeeper Andoni Zubizarreta completely by surprise.
Oliseh who captained Nigeria during the 2002 African Cup of Nations retired from professional football in January 2006 at the age of 31. He was recently tipped for the position of Head of Technical Department at the Nigeria Football Federation.
Carol Tshabalala on the other hand is a foremost sports Television presenter and journalist. She currently anchores various programmes on Football, Boxing and Rugby for Supersports and is a regular feature on their channels. She also presents her own show- “Love PSL” which focuses on football lifestyle and is aired every Tuesday on SS4 and Supersport HD.
Previously, she was the only female soccer anchor in South Africa, presenting live Premier Soccer League matches on “Laduma” on SABC 1.
Carol began broadcasting in 2000 for the youth sports programme “Sportsbuzz”. Within a year, she was a field reporter for the soccer show, “Soccer Special” and soon earned the prestigious accolade of being the first female sports anchor of major TV show, “Mabaleng” previously hosted by Robert Marawa and Martin Locke. She also hosted the 2003 and 2008 “Miss South Africa and Miss South Africa teen” pageants.
In 2011, she had the esteemed honour of hosting the biggest soccer accolade in the world- The FIFA Ballon D’or in Zurich with CNN anchor- Pedro Pinto.
She has been involved in such prestigious productions as The 2010 World Cup preliminary draw (broadcast live across the world), 46664 Nelson Mandela concert, All Africa Games, Comrades and City to City marathons and the World Karate Cup. She has also covered 2 Olympics and Paralympic Games, the Commonwealth Games in Australia and the FIFA World Cup in Germany 2006 and the 2010 FIFA world Cup.
Oliseh and Tshabalala will no doubt add to the glitz and glamour of the 2013 Glo Caf Awards Gala night on 9th of January, 2014 at Eko Hotel Convention Centre, Lagos
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