Sam Sodje
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| Sam Sodje | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | May 25, 1979 (age 27) | |
| Place of birth | Greenwich, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | West Bromwich Albion (on loan from Reading) |
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| Number | 34 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1998–2002 2002–2004 2004–2006 2006– 2007 |
Stevenage Borough Margate Brentford Reading → West Bromwich Albion (loan) |
29 (3) 68 (8) 83 (12) 3 (0) 2 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| Nigeria U20 | ||
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Sam Sodje (born 25 May 1979 in Greenwich, London) is a Nigerian centre half currently playing his football with Reading. His brothers, Efe, Steve, Akpo, Bright, and cousin Onome all play sports in England (all football except Bright who plays rugby league).
Sam joined Margate at the beginning of the 2002-03 season and scored on his debut with an acrobatic scissor kick goal. He quickly established himself as a huge favourite with the supporters and won the Supporters' Player of the Year award at the end of his first season with Margate.
In the summer of 2003, Sam went on trial at Yeovil Town and Chester City, but neither team signed him. He returned to Margate to play Conference football for the 2003-04 season and Sam impressed once again.
At the beginning of the 2004-05 season, he moved from Margate to League One side Brentford on a free transfer. He became popular with the Brentford fans through a combination of his goal-scoring, and his crazy hairstyles. At the end of the season he won a local newspaper award for player of the season.
On 31 January 2006, it was revealed Sodje had turned down a move to Southampton on the final day of the transfer window.[1] Much transfer speculation followed until it was announced on 12 July 2006 that Sodje would join Reading, subject to a medical;[2] the transfer was completed on 14 July 2006.[3]
On 26 August 2006 Sam made his Reading debut away to Wigan because of a suspension to Ibrahima Sonko. However, his first team opportunities in the 2006-07 proved to be limited, so on 16 March 2007 he signed a month's loan deal with West Bromwich Albion.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Sodje turns down move to Saints", BBC Sport, 2006-02-01. Retrieved on July 12, 2006.
- ^ "Royals agree £350k fee for Bees' Sam Sodje", readingfc.co.uk, 2006-07-12. Retrieved on July 12, 2006.
- ^ "Royals to complete signing of defender Sam Sodje this afternoon", readingfc.co.uk, 2006-07-14. Retrieved on July 14, 2006.
- ^ "Sodje to join West Brom on loan for a month", readingfc.co.uk, 2007-03-16. Retrieved on March 16, 2007.
[edit] External links
- Sam Sodje profile at readingfc.co.uk
- Sam Sodje career stats at Soccerbase
- Sam Sodje profile at nigerianplayers.com
| West Bromwich Albion F.C. - Current Squad |
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3 Robinson | 4 Perry | 5 Clement | 6 C. Davies | 8 Greening | 9 Ellington | 10 Hartson | 11 Gera | 12 Chaplow | 14 Albrechtsen | 15 Kamara | 16 Koren | 17 Carter | 19 Koumas | 20 McShane | 21 Phillips | 23 Forsyth | 24 Wallwork | 26 R. Davies | 27 Elvins | 28 Hodgkiss | 30 Daniels | 31 Kiely | 32 MacDonald | 33 Nardiello | 34 Sodje | Manager: Mowbray |
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Sodje, Sam |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Footballer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 25 May 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greenwich |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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