Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sodiq Suraj [1] | ||
Date of birth | 8 January 1988 | ||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2003–2005 | Prime | 25 | (3) |
2005 | First Bank | 18 | (1) |
2006–2008 | Sunshine Stars | 27 | (2) |
2008 | → Teleoptik (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.
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]
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]
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]
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