Daniel Olerum

Daniel "Erfan" Olerum

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Okechukwu Olerum
Date of birth	March 13, 1983 (1983-03-13) (age 28)
Place of birth	Lagos, Nigeria
Height	1.84 m (6 ft  1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	FC Aboomoslem
Youth career
2001–2004	University of Nigeria
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2004	Enugu Rangers
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 Foolad	11	(4)
2011–	Aboomoslem	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 11, 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Daniel "Erfan" Okechukwu Olerum (born March 13, 1983 in Lagos) is a Nigerian-born football striker. He currently plays for FC Aboomoslem in the Azadegan League.

Club career

Olerum currently plays for FC Aboomoslem in Azadegan League. His previous clubs were Nigersity FC, Shooting Stars FC, Enugu Rangers, Pasargadae F.C. and Foolad F.C.. Olerum had a few unsuccessful seasons at Enugu Rangers before moving to Shooting Stars FC in Ibadan where he was instrumental to the club returning to the Nigerian Premier League. He had a short unsuccessful stint in the German lower leagues.

In August 2003, 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 managed to win 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^[1].

Club Career Statistics

Last Update May 04, 2011 ^[2]

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 2	31	28	1	2	-	-	32	30
2005–06	Foolad	Pro League	11	0		0		0		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 Foolad	Division 1	11	4	0	0	-	-	11	4
2011-12	Aboomoslem		5	0	0	0	-	-	5	0
Total	Iran		168	58		2	0	0		60
Career total			168	58		2	0	0		60

• Assist Goals

Season	Team	Assists
05–06	Foolad	1
06–07	Aboomoslem	2
07–08	Aboomoslem	3
08–09	Aboomoslem	3
10–11	Tractor Sazi	0

International career

He aspires to play for Nigeria in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He has also expressed his wish to play for the Iranian national football team.^{[citation needed]}

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)

Personal life

• He is Married to an Iranian Woman.
• In September 2006 Olerum converted to Islam^{[citation needed]}, although he was a devoted Christian beforehand. Along with his new belief, he also stated in Iran that people should refer to him as Erfan, an Islamic name rather than Daniel.
• He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication from the University of Nigeria.^{[citation needed]}
• He can speak English as well as basic Persian.
• On February 6, 2007 he was offered Iranian citizenship.^{[citation needed]}

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. ^ http://khorasan.isna.ir/Default.aspx?NSID=5&SSLID=46&NID=13853
2. ^ www.iplstats.com

• 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

Sporting positions
Preceded by Reza Enayati	Persian Gulf Cup top scorer 2006–07	Succeeded by Hadi Asghari Mohsen Khalili

Persondata
Name	Olerum, Daniel
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1983-03-13
Place of birth	Lagos, Nigeria
Date of death
Place of death