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)
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 0(3)
68 0(8)
83 (12)
03 0(0)
02 0(0)   
National team2
Nigeria U20

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 23:59, 31 March 2007 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 14:34, 19 March 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

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]

  1. ^ "Sodje turns down move to Saints", BBC Sport, 2006-02-01. Retrieved on July 12, 2006.
  2. ^ "Royals agree £350k fee for Bees' Sam Sodje", readingfc.co.uk, 2006-07-12. Retrieved on July 12, 2006.
  3. ^ "Royals to complete signing of defender Sam Sodje this afternoon", readingfc.co.uk, 2006-07-14. Retrieved on July 14, 2006.
  4. ^ "Sodje to join West Brom on loan for a month", readingfc.co.uk, 2007-03-16. Retrieved on March 16, 2007.


West Bromwich Albion F.C. - Current Squad

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
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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