{"id":891798,"date":"2026-02-12T03:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T09:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/12\/super-eagles-stellenbosch-fc-show-interest-in-olisa-ndah-after-orlando-pirates-exit\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T03:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T09:16:11","slug":"super-eagles-stellenbosch-fc-show-interest-in-olisa-ndah-after-orlando-pirates-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/12\/super-eagles-stellenbosch-fc-show-interest-in-olisa-ndah-after-orlando-pirates-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Eagles: Stellenbosch FC show interest in Olisa Ndah after Orlando Pirates exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img width=\"750\" height=\"422\" alt=\"Soccer Super Eagles: Stellenbosch FC show interest in Olisa Ndah after Orlando Pirates exit\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/media.soccernet.ng\/main\/2026\/02\/NS-Photo-Badge-Email-Soccernet-4.jpg\" srcset data-sizes=\"auto\" data-expand=\"700\"><\/p>\n<p>Olisa Ndah in action for Super Eagles. Copyright: Imago<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Premier Soccer League side <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/tag\/stellenbosch-fc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stellenbosch FC<\/a> have emerged as a potential destination for <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/tag\/super-eagles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Super Eagles<\/a> defender Olisa Ndah following his recent departure from Orlando Pirates, Soccernet.ng reports. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian centre-back is currently without a club after mutually terminating his contract with the Soweto giants and is now attracting attention within the Premier Soccer League.<\/p>\n<p>Although reports from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idiskitimes.co.za\/transfer-centre\/ndah-spotted-at-new-psl-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Idiskitimes<\/a> suggested that the Cape Winelands outfit were already assessing Ndah, his agent has clarified the nature of the club\u2019s interest to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrik-foot.com\/en-za\/stellenbosch-fc-olisa-ndah-orlando-pirates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Afrik Foot ZA<\/a>, stressing that no formal trial or transfer talks have taken place yet.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_190572\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190572\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.soccernet.ng\/main\/2025\/12\/imago1050072502-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Kelechi Iheanacho, Alhassan Yusuf, Olisa Ndah, Raphael Onyedika of Nigeria\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-190572\">Photo by Victor Ihechi\/IMAGO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Soccer Stellenbosch monitoring Olisa Ndah\u2019s fitness<\/h2>\n<p>Ndah\u2019s agent, Mike Makaab, explained that Stellenbosch\u2019s interest is centred on the defender\u2019s physical condition rather than an immediate move.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNot assessing, purely looking at his level of fitness and wellbeing,\u201d Makaab said to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrik-foot.com\/en-za\/stellenbosch-fc-olisa-ndah-orlando-pirates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Afrik Foot ZA<\/a> when asked about Stellenbosch FC\u2019s involvement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The 28-year-old has been without competitive action for some time after struggling with injuries during the final phase of his spell at Orlando Pirates, which limited his appearances and kept him out of action this season.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_196916\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-196916\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.soccernet.ng\/main\/2026\/02\/Olisa-Ndah.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Olisa Ndah\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-196916\">Photo credit: Olisandah\/IG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Soccer Agent confirms enquiries for Super Eagles defender<\/h2>\n<p>When asked whether Stellenbosch\u2019s interest could develop into a possible transfer and if other clubs had begun making enquiries, Makaab replied: <em>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2026\/01\/orlando-pirates-super-eagles-ndah.html\">Ndah officially parted ways with Orlando Pirates<\/a> recently after three-and-a-half years at the club, having joined from Akwa United in 2021.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_196917\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-196917\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.soccernet.ng\/main\/2026\/02\/Olisa-Ndah-in-action-for-Orlando-Pirates.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Olisa Ndah in action for Orlando Pirates\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1349\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-196917\">Photo credit: Olisandah\/IG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He established himself as a key figure in defence during his early seasons with the Buccaneers, but injuries and the emergence of younger players reduced his role in the squad.<\/p>\n<p>The Super Eagles defender is now a free agent and is working on regaining full fitness as he weighs up his next move, with interest beginning to build from within South Africa.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"<!-- Author Start -->Ayomide Oguntimehin<!-- Author End -->&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/media.soccernet.ng\/main\/2024\/12\/Ayomide-Oguntimehin-pics-150&#215;150.jpg&#8221;  height=&#8221;80&#8243; width=&#8221;80&#8243;>\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/ayomide-oguntimehin\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAyomide Oguntimehin\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAyomide Oguntimehin is a CAF-accredited sports journalist and Chief Editor at Soccernet.ng. He has interviewed Super Eagles stars like William Troost-Ekong, Taiwo Awoniyi, Bright Osayi-Samuel, and Ademola Lookman, and is known for breaking major transfer stories.<\/p>\n<p>Ayomide has worked with Sports Brief, Naija News and served as Social Lead Editor at Legit.ng. He has also featured on Goal, TVC News, Sports Mole, and Milan News24. He holds a Master\u2019s degree and is currently pursuing a PhD. Follow Ayomide on X (formerly Twitter): @ayo_oguntimehin\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2026\/02\/super-eagles-stellenbosch-olisa-ndah.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Ayomide Oguntimehin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Olisa Ndah in action for Super Eagles. Copyright: Imago Premier Soccer League side Stellenbosch FC have emerged as a potential destination for Super Eagles defender Olisa Ndah following his recent departure from Orlando Pirates, Soccernet.ng reports. The Nigerian centre-back is currently without a club after mutually terminating his contract with the Soweto giants and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":891799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3577,2005,4578],"tags":[7956,6323],"class_list":{"0":"post-891798","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eagles","8":"category-soccer","9":"category-super","10":"tag-eagles","11":"tag-super"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/891799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}