| Date of birth | 26 July 2005 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 205 cm (6 ft 9 in) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 kg (265 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olamide Sodeke (born 26 July 2005) is an English rugby union player who plays as a second row forward for Saracens.
His father Adewale and mother Mobola moved from Nigeria to raise him and his sister in Abbey Wood in southeast London. His father works for the NHS and his mother is a housing officer. A Formula One and football fan as a child, he only began playing rugby at school when he was aged 11 years-old. He later joined Blackheath, before joining the academy at Saracens. [3]
He played on-loan for RFU Championship side Ampthill RUFC in 2024. [4] He was included in the Saracens match-day squad for the first time, named as a replacement for the Rugby Premiership match against Bristol Bears on 4 January 2025, and made his debut as a late replacement for Tom Willis. [5] [6]
He played for England's Under-17 and Under-18 sides, [7] before being part of the England U20 side which won the 2024 Six Nations Under 20s Championship. [8] He was part of the England U20 side that won the 2024 World Rugby U20 Championship in South Africa. [9] [10]
He attended Gravesend Grammar School where he was head boy, prior to reading economics and business management at King's College London. [11] [5]