Ex-Super Eagles Star, Sunday Oliseh Was Part Of The Committee That Awarded Messi World Cup Golden Ball

In case you didn’t know, Former Super Eagles star, Sunday Oliseh is member of the prestigious FIFA Technical Study Group, a 13-strong committee which analyses matches at international tournaments. The Golden Ball and other individual awards are chosen by this committee. The group was set up after the 1966
World Cup to monitor trends and developments in the game. Current members include former Liverpool manager, Gerard Houllier and ex-Hibernian boss, Mixu Paatelainen. The full member list is provided below. Roy Hodgson was due to be invited into the Technical Study Group before he was appointed England manager.
Gerard HOULLIER (France)
Gabriel CALDERON (Argentina)
Ricki HERBERT (New Zealand)
Abdel M. HUSSEIN (Sudan)
KWOK Ka Ming (Hong Kong)
Ioan LUPESCU (Romania)
Gines MELENDEZ SOTOS (Spain)
Tsuneyasu MIYAMOTO (Japan)
Sunday OLISEH (Nigeria)
Mixu PAATELAINEN (Finland)
Jaime RODRIGUEZ (El Salvador)
Theodore WHITMORE (Jamaica)