Sam Sodje
Nigerian association football player (born 1979)
Okeremute Samuel Sodje (born 25 May 1979) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre back.
Born in England to Nigerian parents, Sodje represented Nigeria at international level.
Club career
Early years
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.
Brentford
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.
Reading
It was revealed Sodje had turned down a move to Southampton on 31 January 2006, the final day of the transfer window.
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