Sunday Oliseh will play an important role at the Qatar 2022 World Cup as a member of the Technical Study Group led by former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, FIFA confirmed today.
The former Super Eagles midfielder and head coach is one of six men in the team of technical experts.
“FIFA today unveiled the Technical Study Group (TSG), which will provide cutting-edge analysis of all FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 matches while increasing and developing understanding of the game across the world,” the world governing body said on its website today.
“Led by FIFA’s Chief of Global Football Development Arsène Wenger, the TSG consists of Jürgen Klinsmann (Germany), Alberto Zaccheroni (Italy), Cha Du-Ri (Korea Republic), Sunday Oliseh (Nigeria), Faryd Mondragon (Colombia) and Pascal Zuberbühler (Switzerland).
“The TSG will be supported by FIFA’s Head of High Performance Programme Ulf Schott and Group Leader Football Performance Analysis & Insights Chris Loxston, as well as by a team of football analysts, data engineers, data scientists and performance analysts based in both Qatar and Wales.
“During the event, FIFA will share the most modern metrics and performance data in the tournament’s history with the worldwide TV and online audience, as well as with the participating teams and their players.
“Developed by the FIFA High Performance team and Arsène Wenger, the Enhanced Football Intelligence service will offer new and exciting insights to enrich the coverage and analysis of every game at the tournament through a unique set of in- and post-match visuals presented as augmented reality and traditional graphics.”
FIFA explained that the TSG will also “study trends and benchmarks for the future of the game and their impact on coach education and talent development.”
Wenger, who led Arsenal to three Premier League titles during his over 20-year stay at the club, shed more light on the role of the group.
“We want to describe, analyse and interpret what is happening on the pitch to inspire technical experts and football fans in general,” said the Frenchman.
“We will not only be collecting more data than before, but we will also be aiming to find the right balance between technical expertise and data. And we want to inform people about our technical observations directly and during the tournament itself, not months after the tournament.”
Oliseh attended two World Cups with the Super Eagles, the team reaching the second round at both editions, while Klinsmann won the tournament as a player with West Germany in 1990 and coached the Germany side that finished in third place on home soil in 2006.
On his part, Zaccheroni coached in four countries over a 35-year managerial career, including spells at AC Milan, Inter, Lazio, Juventus and Torino, among others, while Cha Du-Ri won 76 caps for Korea Republic and represented his country at two editions of the World Cup, including their historic run to the semi-finals in 2002.
Mondragon won 51 caps for his country over two decades. He was part of the Colombia squad at the 1994 and 1998 World Cups, and rounded off his illustrious career by playing in the 2014 tournament at the age of 43.
Zuberbühler was capped 51 times by Switzerland and is currently FIFA’s Senior Football Expert. He also set a special record at Germany 2006 by becoming the first and to date only goalkeeper to be knocked out of a FIFA World Cup without conceding a single goal.
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