Michael Olise Faces Allegations of Abandoning Daughter Amidst Rising Football Career

Michael Olise’s summer break has been jolted by serious allegations away from the pitch, with a German woman claiming the Bayern Munich and France star has abandoned their two-and-a-half-year-old daughter despite acknowledging he is the father.

Fatima Zaunbrecher, 34, has gone public with her story, accusing the 22-year-old of refusing contact and financial support for little Aaliyah Noor Olise, while she works two jobs to keep their household afloat.

“He Completely Ignored It”

Speaking in a series of videos on her Instagram account, @fati.zahara, Zaunbrecher says she and Olise were in a relationship from 2022, lasting around two years. The relationship ended, and shortly after their separation she discovered she was pregnant.

A DNA test, she says, later confirmed Olise as Aaliyah’s father. According to her, the winger has formally acknowledged paternity.

That, she claims, is where his involvement ends.

Zaunbrecher alleges Olise has never met his daughter, has not called her, and has not voluntarily contributed to her upbringing. She says an initial attempt to establish child support also went nowhere.

She describes a proposal for €2,000 in child support as an interim measure while a court process played out. Her former lawyer, she says, contacted Olise’s legal team with the figure and provided her bank details.

“I pretty much said you can do it through my former lawyer, who wrote to his lawyer that he can start paying, and I also sent it to my bank account, and he didn't send anything,” she said in one of the videos.

“I gave him a chance, but my child's father is savage; he didn't take it, and he completely ignored it. His lawyers are very terrible persons.”

The result, she says, is a life built around double shifts and childcare.

“I’m Raising Our Child Alone”

Zaunbrecher paints a stark contrast between her daily reality and the lifestyle she associates with Olise’s rising profile.

“I'm raising our child alone while her father is partying and inviting women and doing the most and is not paying any dime for his own daughter,” she said.

“Since that day, he hasn't paid anything, and he didn't call his daughter. But he said in the statement that he wanted to contact his daughter and me. That doesn't make any sense.”

Her focus, she insists, is not on policing his private life but on securing stability for Aaliyah.

Zaunbrecher’s videos have circulated widely, sparking debate around responsibility, image, and the off-field pressures that now surround one of European football’s most talked-about young attackers.

Olise has not publicly responded to the latest claims. The allegations, as presented by Zaunbrecher, have not been tested in open court, and there has been no formal statement from Bayern Munich.

A Summer in the Spotlight

All this comes at a time when Olise’s stock on the field has rarely been higher.

The winger played a key role for France at the 2026 World Cup, helping Didier Deschamps’ side to a fourth-place finish and finishing the tournament with a competition-best seven assists. His creativity and composure under pressure turned him into one of the standout performers in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

He is currently on holiday after that demanding campaign. Recent social media clips show him relaxing in Turks and Caicos, a world away from the domestic strain Zaunbrecher describes.

The contrast is jarring: a player basking in the glow of a breakthrough global tournament, and a mother claiming she is left alone with the full weight of responsibility for their child.

Rulebook and Reputation

Olise’s World Cup also brought him into the spotlight for a very different reason during France’s clash with Morocco. A little-known FIFA regulation meant he could not fully join in the celebrations after scoring, with the law allowing Morocco to restart play immediately if all French outfield players vacated their half.

It was a small, technical detail in the laws of the game, but it underlined how closely every movement of a modern star is scrutinised on the pitch.

Off it, the scrutiny is far more personal.

As pre-season approaches and Bayern prepare to build around one of Europe’s most gifted young playmakers, the questions now stretch beyond tactics and form.

How Olise, his representatives, and potentially the courts respond to Zaunbrecher’s claims may shape not just his image, but the next chapter of a career that has only just begun to hit the elite level.