Sam Sodje
Sodje training with Charlton Athletic in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Okeremute Sodje | ||
| Date of birth | 25 May 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Greenwich, London, England | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2002 | Stevenage Borough | 29 | (3) |
| 2002–2004 | Margate | 68 | (8) |
| 2004–2006 | Brentford | 83 | (12) |
| 2006–2009 | Reading | 3 | (0) |
| 2007 | → West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | → Charlton Athletic (loan) | 27 | (2) |
| 2008 | → Watford (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Leeds United (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Charlton Athletic | 27 | (4) |
| 2010 | Skoda Xanthi | 4 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Notts County | 27 | (2) |
| 2013 | Portsmouth | 9 | (0) |
| Total | 293 | (32) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005–2009 | Nigeria | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:18, 27 April 2013 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:34, 19 March 2007 (UTC) |
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Samuel Okeremute "Sam" Sodje (born 25 May 1979) is a retired professional footballer who played as a defender.
Born in England to Nigerian parents, Sodje represented Nigeria at international level.
Sodje was born in Greenwich, London and joined Margate at the beginning of the 2002–03 season and scored on his debut with a header. He won the Supporters' Player of the Year award at the end of his first season with Margate.
In the summer of 2003, he 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 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 that season he won a local newspaper award for player of the season, and at the end of the 2005–06 season he was honoured with a place in the PFA League One team of the year.
It was revealed Sodje had turned down a move to Southampton on 31 January 2006, the final day of the transfer window. Much transfer speculation followed until it was announced on 12 July 2006 that Sodje would join Reading, subject to a medical; the transfer was completed on 14 July 2006.
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