Sodiq Suraj

Sodiq Suraj
Personal information
Full name	Sodiq Suraj
Date of birth	(1988-01-08) January 8, 1988
Place of birth	Oshogbo, Nigeria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	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)
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–	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

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

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]

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]

Sodiq Suraj played with Nigeria U-20 at the 2007 African Youth Championship where they were losing finalists, thus qualifiying 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]

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