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.

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 12 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

Club career

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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

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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
20102011 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

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Individual

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Club

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Shabab Al-Ordon

Quotes

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"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

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  1. ^ Erfan Olerum at zerozero.pt
  2. ^ [1] at khorasan.isna.ir
  3. ^ a b Daniel Olerum profile at Soccerway
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