Patrick Olalere

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Patrick Olalere

| image =

| caption =

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|4|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lagos, Nigeria

| height = 1.88 m

| position = Striker

| currentclub = Myrtle Beach FC (manager)

| youthyears1 = 1991–1992

| youthclubs1 = Carson-Newman College

| years1 = 1993

| clubs1 = Charleston Battery

| caps1 = 15

| goals1 = 5

| years2 = 1994

| clubs2 = New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers

| caps2 =

| goals2 = 7

| years3 = 1994

| clubs3 = Fort Lauderdale Strikers

| caps3 = ?

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 1995–1996

| clubs4 = Charleston Battery

| caps4 = 28

| goals4 = 30

| years5 = 1997

| clubs5 = New England Revolution

| caps5 = 1

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1997

| clubs6 = Jacksonville Cyclones

| caps6 = 5

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1997–1998

| clubs7 = Charleston Battery

| caps7 = 25

| goals7 = 12

| years8 = 1998

| clubs8 = Staten Island Vipers

| caps8 = 8

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 1999

| clubs9 = South Carolina Shamrocks

| caps9 = 6

| goals9 = 3

| totalcaps =

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Patrick Olalere (born 28 April 1972) is a Nigerian football manager and former player. He is the current coach of the Myrtle Beach FC.

A former professional player, he was active primarily in the United States, he played as a striker.

Career

=College career=

Olalere was born in Lagos, Nigeria. He played college soccer at Carson-Newman College.

=Professional career=

In the summer of 1993, Olalere played for the Charleston Battery of the USISL. In the fall of 1993, Olalere had an unsuccessful trial with the Buffalo Blizzard of the National Professional Soccer League. In the spring of 1994, he signed with the New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers. After an outstanding start to the season, scoring seven goals, the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the American Professional Soccer League signed Olalere.Fort Lauderdale to Sign Gamblers' Leading Scorer, The Times-Picayune, (New Orleans, LA) - Friday, July 15, 1994. He finished the season with the Strikers, scoring only two goals.{{cite web|url=http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1994/results94.htm|title=American Professional Soccer League 1994 Season|accessdate=13 October 2009|publisher=A-League Archive}} He returned to the Charleston Battery in 1995 and remained with them until 1998, scoring 47 goals in 83 games.{{cite web|url=http://www.charlestonbattery.com/history_pregister.asp?pid=71|title=Player profile|accessdate=13 October 2009|publisher=Charleston Battery|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225120723/http://www.charlestonbattery.com/history_pregister.asp?pid=71|archivedate=25 February 2011}} In 1997, the New England Revolution selected him in the 1997 MLS Supplemental Draft. He played one game before being released on April 16, 1997.[https://archive.today/20120707041128/http://articles.courant.com/1997-04-16/features/9704160417_1_frontier-league-league-approval-tryout-camp April 16, 1997 Transactions] He then moved to the Jacksonville Cyclones before finishing the season with the Battery. In 1998, he began the season with the Battery, but finished it with the Staten Island Vipers.{{citation needed|date=May 2013}} In 1999, Olalere finished his career with the South Carolina Shamrocks.