Sodiq Suraj

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Sodiq Suraj
Personal information
Full name Sodiq Suraj [1]
Date of birth (1988-01-08) 8 January 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Oshogbo, Nigeria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder or Defender
Team information
Current team
Osun United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2005 Prime 25 (3)
2005 First Bank 18 (1)
2006–2008 Sunshine Stars 27 (2)
2008Teleoptik (loan) 7 (0)
2009 Kwara United 23 (3)
2010–2012 Prime 33 (4)
2012–2013 Olympique Safi 9 (0)
2013–2014 Duhok SC 23 (0)
2014–2015 Naft Al-Wasat SC
2015–2018 Shooting Stars 21 (1)
2018–2020 Ifeanyi Ubah
2020–2021 Arta/Solar7
2021– Osun United
International career
2007 Nigeria U-20 14 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 August 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2013

Sodiq Suraj (born 8 January 1988 in Oshogbo) is Nigerian football player who plays for Osun United.

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Career

Sodiq Suraj is a central defender who can also play as defensive midfielder. [2] [3] In 2008, he played in Serbian second level in FK Partizan's satellite team FK Teleoptik. [3] [4] In the season 2012–13 he played for OC Safi at Moroccan top division. [3] In October 2013 he signed with Duhok SC in the Iraqi Premier League. [3] Next season, in 2014, he switched to another Iraqi club, Naft Al-Wasat SC. [5] [6]

Position

His natural position is defender and is a variable and strong defence man. Sodiq plays as Libero or as Left full back on the national team. [7]

International career

Sodiq Suraj played with Nigeria U-20 at the 2007 African Youth Championship where they were losing finalists, thus qualifying for the U-20 World Cup. Next he played with Nigeria national under-20 football team, [8] at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada [9] where they reached the quarter-finals. [3]

Honours

Nigeria U-20

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References

  1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 5 July 2007. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013.
  2. "Suraj Sodiq, um nome a ter em conta" [Sodiq Suraj, a name to pay attention to] (in Portuguese). Futebol O Desporto Rei. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sodiq Suraj joins Iraqi clubat mtnfootball.com, 29-10-2013, retrieved 31-20-2016 Archived 31 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Profileat Srbijafudbal Archived 27 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Foreign Players in the Iraqi Premier League at RSSSF
  6. Sodiq Suraj at zerozero.pt
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  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. FIFA Stats