The Super Eagles coach was a popular search item during the year in which he shared the podium with football stars Pedro, Anthony Martial and Memphis Depay
Nigeria coach Sunday Oliseh was the 10th most searched sports personality by Nigerians on Google in 2015, according to a list of trends released by the website on Monday.
The search engine giant releases an annual list of top 10 search items to show what people were interested in knowing, or what trended online, in the course of the year.
Oliseh was the only Nigerian sports person on the list, which was topped by Chelsea midfielder Pedro, Barcelona acquisition Arda Turan and Manchester United wonderkid Anthony Martial.
The other sports people on the list are Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema, Arsenal goalkeeper Peter (sic) Cech, Manchester United’s Memphis Depay, Arsenal defender Gabriel Paulista. Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos, United defender Matteo Darmian and Super Eagles coach Oliseh in 10th place.
The former Super Eagles captain, who took over the reins of the Nigeria senior national team in July following the sack of Stephen Keshi, is the only non-active sports person in the top 10.
Noteworthy, all nine active sports men in the list were either involved in big money transfers or transfer speculations during the summer transfer market.
