In spotlight but shunning limelight - Olise's unique rise to top

Sport InsightIn spotlight but shunning limelight - Olise's unique rise to topPublished6 minutes agoCommentsImage source, Getty ImagesByBy Emlyn Begley and Interviews by Nathanael HutchinsonMichael Olise is not your typical footballer.Born and raised in England, he is setting this World Cup alight with France.The Bayern Munich forward, via Reading and Crystal Palace, usually shuns the spotlight, loves chess, barely celebrates goals and avoids interviews - and does not have a deal with any sportswear or boot companies.After a season with 25 goals and 28 assists for the Bundesliga champions, the 24-year-old is now seen as one of the world's best players.Going into Saturday's last-16 tie with Paraguay, Olise has become the first player to assist five goals at one World Cup since Germany's Thomas Hassler in 1994.Those who have known him since childhood say his reserved nature should not be seen as arrogance - it's just "Michael being Michael".It is what he has always done.Why France's Olise is moving into Ballon d'Or picturePublished9 JuneUnited, free and brilliant - can anyone stop France masterclass?Published3 days agoBorn in London to a French-Algerian mother, Mina, and a Nigerian father, Vincent, Olise stood out from a young age."The sports coaches came to me one day and said have you seen this boy... in year two?" Daniel Coker, Olise's sports teacher at Dr Triplett's CE Primary School in Hayes, London, told BBC Sport."When I saw him play...I knew that he was going to be something special."Coker recalled how Olise - already on Chelsea's books at the time - excelled in every sport he tried."At age 10 and 11 that's when I'd get him in everything I could," he added. "He'd come and have a go and just blow us out the water with how good he was."And already the young Olise did not like any fuss."Michael was a quiet and shy boy. He gave so many assists to...