Michael Olaha

{{short description|Nigerian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Michael Olaha | image = Micheal Olaha.png | caption = Olaha in 2022 | fullname = Michael Onyedikachi Olaha | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|07|04|df=y}} | birth_place = Lagos, Nigeria | height = 1.86 m<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vpf.vn/player/olaha-michael-onyedikachi/|title=Olaha Michael Onyedikachi|website=vpf.vn}}</ref> | currentclub = Sông Lam Nghệ An | clubnumber = 7 | position = Forward | youthyears1 = 2010–2014 | youthclubs1 = New Generation Academy | years1 = 2015–2017 | clubs1 = Abia Warriors | caps1 = 39 | goals1 = 10 | years2 = 2017–2019 | clubs2 = Sông Lam Nghệ An | caps2 = 76 | goals2 = 18 | years3 = 2020–2021 | clubs3 = Hapoel Tel Aviv | caps3 = 15 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2020–2021 | clubs4 = → Hapoel Kfar Shalem (loan) | caps4 = 34 | goals4 = 11 | years5 = 2021– | clubs5 = Sông Lam Nghệ An | caps5 = 109 | goals5 = 35 | club-update = 26 April 2026 }} '''Michael Onyedikachi Olaha''' (born 4 July 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for V.League 1 club Sông Lam Nghệ An.

==Club career== Olaha signed for Nigerian Premier League side Abia Warriors in 2015 from the New Generation Academy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.futaa.com/news/gnpl-abia-warriors-sign-19-new-players |title=GNPL: Abia Warriors sign 19 new players |date=15 March 2015 |access-date=4 June 2017 |work=futaa }}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> After impressing in his first season, he was offered a trial with Slovenian side NK Domžale.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://africanfootball.com/news/632211/Abia-Warriors-Olaha-on-trials-in-Slovenia |title=Abia Warriors Olaha on Trials in Slovenia |date=25 June 2016 |access-date=4 June 2017 |work=AfricanFootball}}</ref>

In January 2017, he signed with Vietnamese side Sông Lam Nghệ An.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bongdaplus.vn/tin-tuc/viet-nam/v-league/slna-bao-gio-cho-den-ngay-xua-1757061701.html |title=SLNA, bao giờ cho đến ngày xưa? |date=3 January 2017 |access-date=4 June 2017 |work=Bongda |language=vi}}</ref> He scored a goal in the 2017 Vietnamese Cup final, helping the club win the title.<ref name="2017 cup">{{cite web|url=https://laodong.vn/the-thao/song-lam-nghe-an-vo-dich-cup-quoc-gia-2017-579087.ldo|title=Sông Lam Nghệ An vô địch Cúp Quốc gia 2017|date=30 November 2017|publisher=Lao Động}}</ref>

After two and a half years, he left Sông Lam Nghệ An and signed for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Tel Aviv, for four years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/663169|title=מייקל אולהה חתם בהפועל ת"א |date=4 June 2019 |access-date=4 June 2019 |work= Israel Today |language=Hebrew}}</ref>

On 23 July 2020, he moved on loan to Hapoel Kfar Shalem.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=127&docID=346043|title=מייקל אולהה חתם בהפועל כפר שלם|first=Igal|last=Goldstein|date=23 July 2020|access-date=3 August 2020|language=Hebrew|publisher=Sport Channel}}</ref>

In July 2021, Olaha re-joined Sông Lam Nghệ An.<ref>{{cite web |title=Buổi tập đầu tiên của Olaha trong ngày trở lại SLNA |url=https://baonghean.vn/buoi-tap-dau-tien-cua-olaha-trong-ngay-tro-lai-slna-post241392.html |publisher=Báo Nghệ An |access-date=4 January 2022 |language=vi}}</ref> In the 2023–24 season, he was designated to be the team captain.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sông Lam Nghệ An khởi sắc nhờ ngoại binh |url=https://nld.com.vn/song-lam-nghe-an-khoi-sac-nho-ngoai-binh-19624052621490173.htm |publisher=Người Lao Động |date=27 May 2024 |language=vi}}</ref>

==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 2 May 2026}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 10px;" |+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan=2|Club ! rowspan=2|Season ! colspan=3|League ! colspan=2|National cup ! colspan=2|Continental ! colspan=2|Other ! colspan=2|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=3|Abia Warriors |2015 |NPFL |6||2||?||?||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||6||2 |- |2016 |NPFL |33||8||?||?||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||33||8 |- !colspan=2|Total !39!!10!!?!!?!!0!!0!!0!!0!!39!!10 |- |rowspan=4|Song Lam Nghe An |2017 |V.League 1 |25||5||7||3||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||32||8 |- |2018 |V.League 1 |26||8||5||1||4{{efn|name=ACL2|Appearance in AFC Cup}}||1||1{{efn|name=VSC|Appearance in Vietnamese Super Cup}}||0||36||10 |- |2019 |V.League 1 |25||5||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||25||5 |- !colspan=2|Total !76!!18!!13!!4!!4!!1!!1!!0!!94!!23 |- |Hapoel Tel Aviv |2019–20 |Israeli Premier League |15||0||3||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||18||0 |- |Hapoel Kfar Shalem (loan) |2020–21 |Liga Leumit |34||11||2||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||36||11 |- |rowspan=6|Song Lam Nghe An |2022 |V.League 1 |22||3||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||22||3 |- |2023 |V.League 1 |18||5||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||5 |- |2023–24 |V.League 1 |26||13||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||26||13 |- |2024–25 |V.League 1 |23||5||2||2||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||25||7 |- |2025–26 |V.League 1 |20||9||1||2||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||21||11 |- !colspan=2|Total !109!!35!!3!!4!!0!!0!!0!!0!!112!!39 |- !colspan=3|Total career !273!!74!!21!!8!!4!!1!!1!!0!!299!!83 |} {{notelist}}

==Honours== '''Sông Lam Nghệ An''' *Vietnamese Cup: 2017<ref name="2017 cup"/>, runner-up: 2024–25 *Vietnamese Super Cup runner-up: 2017

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==External links== * {{soccerway|michael-olaha/471472}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Olaha, Michael}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Lagos Category:Nigerian men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Abia Warriors F.C. players Category:Song Lam Nghe An FC players Category:Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players Category:Hapoel Kfar Shalem F.C. players Category:Nigeria Professional Football League players Category:V.League 1 players Category:Israeli Premier League players Category:Liga Leumit players Category:Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Vietnam Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Category:21st-century Nigerian sportsmen