Daniel Olerum

Daniel "Erfan" Olerum

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Okechukwu Olerum
Date of birth	(1983-03-13) 13 March 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Lagos, Nigeria
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Shabab Al-Ordon
Youth career
	University of Nigeria
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2003	Enugu Rangers
2003–2004	Shooting Stars
2004–2005	Pasargad	31	(28)
2005–2006	Foolad	11	(0)
2006–2009	Aboomoslem	90	(26)
2009–2011	Tractor Sazi	20	(0)
2011	Gostaresh	11	(4)
2011–2012	Aboomoslem	20	(2)
2013	Sloboda Užice	6	(0)
2013–2014	Al-Wehdat	7	(0)
2014–2015	Shabab Al-Ordon	10	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 October 2016

Olerum during his time at F.C. Aboomoslem

Daniel "Erfan" Okechukwu Olerum (born 13 March 1983 in Lagos) is a Nigerian football striker playing for Shabab Al-Ordon Club in the Jordan Premier League.

Club career

He started playing in Nigeria, first with Enugu Rangers and then with Shooting Stars SC. ^[1]

In August 2004, Olerum signed with Foolad F.C. After making only 11 appearances and scoring no goals for Foolad FC in the IPL 2005/06 season, he decided to go to F.C. Aboomoslem, another Premier League side where he would go on to enjoy great success. He has won the best IPL 2006/07 forward award after having scored 17 goals for Aboomoslem, But in the next two season with Aboomoslem he only 9 goals together and could perform as well as before. He moved to Teraktor Sazi in 2009 and again had couple of unsuccessful seasons with Traktor Sazi where he didn't even score one goal. Finally in the middle of the 2010–2011 season he moved to Gostaresh Foolad in Azadegan League.

On 23 July 2011, he joined Aboomoslem. ^[2]

In 2013, he joined Serbian SuperLiga side FK Sloboda Užice. ^[3]

On 22 July 2013, he joined Al-Wehdat for 70,000 dollars comprehensive provider contract and monthly salaries for one season.

Club career

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Iran			League		Hazfi Cup		Asia		Total
2004–05	Pasargad	Division 1	31	28	1	2	-	-	32	30
2005–06	Foolad	Pro League	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
2006–07	Aboomoslem		27	17	1	0	-	-	28	17
2007–08			33	5	2	0	-	-	35	5
2008–09			30	4	2	0	-	-	32	4
2009–10	Tractor Sazi		18	0	0	0	-	-	18	0
2010–2011			2	0	1	0	-	-	3	0
	Gostaresh	Division 1	11	4	0	0	-	-	11	4
2011–12	Aboomoslem		20	2	0	0	-	-	20	2
Serbia			League		Serbian Cup		Europe		Total
2012–13	Sloboda Užice	Pro League	6	0	0	0	-	-	6	0
Jordan			League		Jordan FA Cup		Asia		Total
2013–14	Al-Wehdat	Pro League	7	0	5	2	-	-	12	2
Total	Iran		183	60	7	2	0	0	190	62
Total	Serbia		6	0	0	0	-	-	6	0
Total	Jordan		7	0	5	2	-	-	12	2
Career total			196	60	12	4	0	0	208	64

Honours

Individual

• Iran's Premier Football League:
  • Top Goalscorer (2006/07) 17 goals, Aboomoslem, shared with Mehdi Rajabzadeh
• Football Iran News & Events
  • Striker of the year (2006/07)
  • Foreigner player of the year player (2006/07)

Club

Shabab Al-Ordon

• Jordan FA Shield: 2016 ^[3]

Quotes

"All I needed was just a chance to show what I could do, and Iran provided me with that opportunity" – On his move to Iran

"You know the death of my best friend Sam Okoye affected my game a lot, but now I am happy to be in the news for the right reasons, it came against the biggest team in Iran and I am grateful for my teammates' efforts as well. The fact that the three goals came in the space of twenty minutes left everyone stunned."- Talking about his Hat-trick

References

1. Erfan Olerum at zerozero.pt
2. at khorasan.isna.ir
3. 1 2 Daniel Olerum profile at Soccerway

• بازیکنی که در ایران مسلمان شد

External links

• BBC Sport Article : Olerum Happy to be in Iran
• The Nigerian Who Became Iranian(IranSportsPress.com)
• Olerum Interview with Vanguard
• Olerum Statistics
• Nigerian sets Iranian League record
• Olerum fires on in Iran
• VIDEO : Olerum's Hat trick
• PersianFootball.com on olerum