Olise, Sekou

Sekou Jabate was born in Liberia . In 2002, due to the civil war, he fled with his family to Nigeria, where he spent some time in a refugee camp ^[5] . There he began to play football at the Ibidei club, which was coached by Churchill Olise, who adopted Seka and gave him his last name ^[4] .

In 2006, the footballer moved to the Danish Midtjylland . For the main Danish team, Seku made his debut on October 26, 2008, in total, he spent 6 matches for Midtjylland ^[6] . In the summer of 2009, he held training camps along with the Moscow Lokomotiv ^[7] , but he did not conclude a contract with the railroad workers.

August 31, 2009, on the last day of the transfer window , the footballer was leased by Moscow CSKA . He made his debut for the team on October 4, 2009 in the match against Kuban and immediately scored a goal and an assist. After the end of the season, he signed with CSKA a contract for 5 years “on very favorable conditions for CSKA ”, according to the Director General of CSKA Roman Babaev ^[8] .

In August 2010, Olise received a call to the national team of Liberia ^[9] .

On August 15, 2010, in a match against Anji , he took a double for the first time in his professional career ^[10] . Later, in a match against Sibir , Olisa scored a goal, which was victorious - 1-0 ^[11] .

Sekou Olise scored a goal against the Zimbabwe national team in his debut match for the national team of Liberia (as part of the qualifying tournament for the African Cup of Nations), setting the final score - 1: 1 ^[12] .

On January 30, 2013, on loan, he transferred to the Greek football club PAOK . The lease term is calculated until June 30, 2013. In the club from Thessaloniki, Olise performed under 99th number. On July 8, 2013, the lease was extended for another year.

July 11, 2014 sent to rent in the " Kuban " for six months ^[13] . In the winter he returned to CSKA ^[14] , as the coach of the “ Kuban” Leonid Kuchuk did not see him a place in the team ^[15] . The Moscow club began to search for options for transferring Sekou to the Russian Premier League team or to China ^{[16] [17]} . At the end of the contract, he left CSKA on June 30, 2015 ^[18] .

On August 28, 2015, he signed a contract with the Qatari club Al-Garafa . He played in the team before the winter transfer window, played 6 matches, scored 2 goals, gave 1 assists, left the team in winter.

On June 26, 2016, Seku Olise became a player in the Chinese Dalian Aerbin team. However, he managed to play only 4 games and was not marked by effective actions. In April 2017, the player again became a free agent.

Seku's adoptive father, Churchill Olise, is a coach, his father's uncles: Sunday and Igutu are also professional footballers.

CSKA

• Silver medalist of the championship of Russia : 2010
• Russian Championship bronze medalist: 2011/12
• Russian Cup Winner: 2010/11 , 2012/13

Kuban

• Finalist of the Cup of Russia: 2014/15

Performance stats for CSKA

As of December 9, 2012

The following tournaments are taken into account in the table under certain columns:

• ² Cup of Russia , Russian Super Cup
• ³ UEFA Champions League , UEFA Europa League

Total: 2 matches / 1 goal; 0 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss.

• Soccer player profile on CSKA official website
• Soccer player profile on Midtjyllanna official website
• Sekou Olise: “Football saved me from death”