Sam Oji

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Personal information
Sam Oji
Full name	Samuel Oji
Date of birth	October 9, 1985 (1985-10-09) (age 22)
Place of birth	Westminster, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Leyton Orient
Number	15
Youth clubs
	Arsenal
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004–2008 2005–2006 2007 2007 2008–	Birmingham City → Doncaster Rovers (loan) → Bristol Rovers (loan) → Leyton Orient (loan) Leyton Orient	0 (0) 4 (0) 5 (0) 2 (0) 9 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:53, 21 April 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Samuel Oji (born October 9, 1985) is an English football player who plays as a defender for Leyton Orient. He is of Nigerian ancestry.

Born in Westminster, London, Oji started his career as a youth player at Arsenal. He signed a full-time contract with Birmingham City for the start of the 2004–05 season.

In 2005–06 he spent six weeks on loan at Doncaster Rovers,^[1] for whom he made his debut in the Football League as a second-half substitute against Gillingham.^[2] In February 2006 he made his only first-team appearance for Birmingham as a very late substitute in the 2006 FA Cup fourth round replay against Reading.^[3] A year later he joined Bristol Rovers on a month's loan, later extended to two months.^[4] In the summer of 2007 he had a trial with Southend United^[5], then in August signed for Leyton Orient on a month's loan,^[6] later extended to three months.^[7]

With only six months remaining on his contract,^[5] Oji was released by Birmingham on 8 January 2008 and joined Leyton Orient until the end of the 2007–08 season.^[8]

[edit] References

^ "Oji set for Doncaster loan move", BBC, 2005-11-23. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
^ "Gillingham 1-0 Doncaster", BBC, 2005-12-06. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
^ "Birmingham 2-1 Reading", BBC, 2006-02-07. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
^ "Oji extends Bristol Rovers loan", BBC, 2007-03-20. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
^ ^a ^b "Birmingham man has Southend trial", BBC, 2007-07-19. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
^ "Orient sign Birmingham defender", BBC, 2007-08-28. Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
^ "Oji extends loan deal at Orient", BBC, 2007-10-02. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
^ "O's get Oji as Chambers pens deal", BBC, 2008-01-08. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.

[edit] External links

Sam Oji career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Leyton Orient F.C. – current squad

1 Nelson • 2 Purches • 3 Daniels • 4 Thelwell • 5 Mkandawire • 6 Saah • 7 Melligan • 8 Chambers • 9 Gray • 10 Thornton • 11 Corden • 12 Morris • 14 Barcham • 15 Oji • 16 Ibehre • 17 Terry • 18 Boyd • 19 Palmer • 20 Demetriou • 21 Echanomi • 22 Sylvester • 23 Fortune • Manager: Ling