Sodiq Suraj

Sodiq Suraj (born 8 January 1988 in Oshogbo) is Nigerian football player who plays for Shooting Stars F.C..

Sodiq Suraj
Personal information
Full name Sodiq Suraj
Date of birth (1988-01-08) 8 January 1988
Place of birth Oshogbo, Nigeria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder or Defender
Club information
Current team
Shooting Stars F.C.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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– Shooting Stars 21 (1)
National team
2007 Nigeria U-20 14 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 August 2013
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2013

Career

Sodiq Suraj is a central defender who can also play as defensive midfielder.[1][2] In 2008, he played in Serbian second level in FK Partizan's satellite team FK Teleoptik.[2][3] In the season 2012–13 he played for OC Safi at Maroccan top division.[2] In October 2013 he signed with Duhok SC in the Iraqi Premier League.[2] Next season, in 2014, he switched to another Iraqi club, Naft Al-Wasat SC.[4][5]

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.[6]

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,[7] at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada[8] where they reached the quarter-finals.[2]

Honours

Nigeria U-20

References

  1. "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.
  2. Sodiq Suraj joins Iraqi club at mtnfootball.com, 29-10-2013, retrieved 31-20-2016
  3. Profile at Srbijafudbal
  4. Foreign Players in the Iraqi Premier League at RSSSF
  5. Sodiq Suraj at zerozero.pt
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. FIFA Stats
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