# Daniel Olerum > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Daniel_Olerum > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Daniel_Olerum.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Olerum > Source revision: 1328456990 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Nigerian footballer Daniel "Erfan" Olerum Personal information Full name Daniel Okechukwu Olerum Date of birth (1983-03-13) 13 March 1983 (age 43) Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Position Forward 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 as of 17 October 2016 Olerum during his time at F.C. Aboomoslem **Daniel "Erfan" Okechukwu Olerum** (born 13 March 1983) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a [forward](/source/Forward_(association_football)) for [Shabab Al-Ordon Club](/source/Shabab_Al-Ordon_Club) in the [Jordan Premier League](/source/Jordan_Premier_League). ## Career Olerum was born in [Lagos](/source/Lagos), Nigeria. He started playing first with [Enugu Rangers](/source/Enugu_Rangers) and then with [Shooting Stars SC](/source/Shooting_Stars_SC).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] In August 2004, Olerum signed with [Foolad F.C.](/source/Foolad_F.C.) After making only 11 appearances and scoring no goals for [Foolad FC](/source/Foolad_FC) in the [IPL 2005/06](/source/IPL_2005%2F06) season, he decided to go to [F.C. Aboomoslem](/source/F.C._Aboomoslem), another Premier League side where he would go on to enjoy great success. He has won the best [IPL 2006/07](/source/IPL_2006%2F07) forward award after having scored 17 goals for Aboomoslem. In the next two seasons with [Aboomoslem](/source/F.C._Aboomoslem) he scored 9 goals and could not perform as well as before. He moved to [Teraktor Sazi](/source/Teraktor_Sazi_F.C.) in 2009 and had unsuccessful seasons with Traktor Sazi where he didn't score a goal. In the middle of the 2010–2011 season, he moved to [Gostaresh Foolad](/source/Gostaresh_Foolad_F.C.) in [Azadegan League](/source/Azadegan_League). On 23 July 2011, he joined [Aboomoslem](/source/FC_Aboomoslem).[1] In 2013, he joined [Serbian SuperLiga](/source/Serbian_SuperLiga) side [FK Sloboda Užice](/source/FK_Sloboda_U%C5%BEice).[2] On 22 July 2013, he joined [Al-Wehdat](/source/Al-Wehdat_SC) for 70,000 dollars comprehensive provider contract and monthly salaries for one season. ## Career statistics 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 **Shabab Al-Ordon** - [Jordan FA Shield](/source/Jordan_FA_Shield): 2016[2] **Individual** - [Iran's Premier Football League](/source/Iran's_Premier_Football_League): - Top Goalscorer (2006/07) 17 goals, Aboomoslem, shared with [Mehdi Rajabzadeh](/source/Mehdi_Rajabzadeh) - **[Football Iran News & Events](/source/Iran_football_award_winners#Golden_Ball_award)** - Striker of the year (2006/07) - Foreigner player of the year player (2006/07) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [\[1\]](http://khorasan.isna.ir/Default.aspx?NSID=5&SSLID=46&NID=13853) at khorasan.isna.ir 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-soccerway_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-soccerway_2-1) [Daniel Olerum profile](https://int.soccerway.com/players/daniel-okechukwu-olerum/139521/) at Soccerway - [بازیکنی که در ایران مسلمان شد](http://www.tebyan.net/index.aspx?pid=43310&KEYWORD=+%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b2%db%8c%da%a9%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%86+%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%ac%db%8c+%d8%af%d8%b1+%d9%81%d9%88%d8%aa%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%84+%d8%a7%db%8c%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%86+(%d9%82%d8%b3%d9%85%d8%aa) ## External links - [BBC Sport Article : Olerum Happy to be in Iran](http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/4950932.stm) - [The Nigerian Who Became Iranian(IranSportsPress.com)](http://www.iransportspress.com/news/45/ARTICLE/6193/2008-07-20.html) - [Olerum Interview with Vanguard](http://www.persianleague.com/news/morenews.cfm?news=2071) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192026/http://www.persianleague.com/news/morenews.cfm?news=2071) 27 September 2007 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) - [Olerum Statistics](https://web.archive.org/web/20070128025841/http://www.iplstats.com/Olrom_e.htm) - [Nigerian sets Iranian League record](https://web.archive.org/web/20070402071454/http://www.kickoffnigeria.com/stories/story7710.html) - [Olerum fires on in Iran](https://web.archive.org/web/20070926234513/http://www.kickoffnigeria.com/stories/story7724.html) - [VIDEO : Olerum's Hat trick](https://web.archive.org/web/20070927235407/http://www.irangoals.com/2007/01/25/video-perspolis-tehran-abu-moslem/) - [PersianFootball.com on olerum](http://www.persianfootball.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49040) v t e Iran Pro League top scorers 2001–02: Enayati 2002–03: Bezik 2003–04: Daei 2004–05: Enayati 2005–06: Enayati 2006–07: Olerum / Rajabzadeh 2007–08: Asghari / Khalili 2008–09: Borhani 2009–10: Emad 2010–11: Norouzi 2011–12: Ansarifard 2012–13: Rafkhaei 2013–14: Ansarifard 2014–15: Edinho 2015–16: Taremi 2016–17: Taremi 2017–18: Alipour 2018–19: Chimba / Kiros 2019–20: Diabaté 2020–21: Shahbazzadeh 2021–22: Mensha 2022–23: Moghanlou 2023–24: Moghanlou 2024–25: Hosseinzadeh --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Daniel Olerum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Olerum) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Olerum?action=history)). 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