Sodiq Suraj (born 8 January 1988 in

Oshogbo Osogbo (also ''Oṣogbo'', rarely ''Oshogbo'') is a city in Nigeria. It became the capital city of Osun State in 1991. Osogbo city seats the Headquarters of both Osogbo Local Government Area (situated at Oke Baale Area of the city) and Olorund ...

) is

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football player who plays for Osun United.

Career

Sodiq Suraj is a central defender who can also play as defensive midfielder.Sodiq Suraj joins Iraqi club
t mtnfootball.com, 29-10-2013, retrieved 31-20-2016 In 2008, he played in Serbian second level in

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's satellite team

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. In the season 2012–13 he played for

OC Safi Olympic Club de Safi ( ar, نادي أولمبيك أسفي) is a Moroccan football club based in Safi. Honours * Moroccan League Second Division: 1 ::2004 *Moroccan Cup: Finalist ::2016 Current squad Managers ...

at Moroccan top division. In October 2013 he signed with

Duhok SC Duhok Sports Club ( ar, نادي دهوك الرياضي, ku, یانه‌یا وه‌رزشی یا دهوکێ), founded in 1970, is a Kurdish professional sports club, based in Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan, that competes in the Iraqi Premier League, ...

in the

Iraqi Premier League The Iraqi Premier League ( ar, الدوري العراقي الممتاز) is the top level of the Iraqi football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it is operated by the Iraq Football Association (IFA) and operates on a system of promotion ...

. Next season, in 2014, he switched to another Iraqi club,

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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.

International career

Sodiq Suraj played with Nigeria U-20 at the

2007 African Youth Championship The African Youth Championship 2007 was held in the Republic of the Congo. It also served as qualification for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Qualification Preliminary Round Cape Verde, Swaziland and Uganda withdrew. As a result, Senegal, Mozambiqu ...

where they were losing finalists, thus qualifying for the U-20 World Cup. Next he played with

Nigeria national under-20 football team The Nigerian men's national under-20 football team represents Nigeria in men's international football also known as the Nigeria Under-20s or nicknamed the ''Flying Eagles.'' The Flying Eagles is the youth team for the national soccer in Nigeria. ...

, at the

2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 16th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup (formerly called the FIFA World Youth Championship), hosted by Canada from 30 June to 22 July 2007. Argentina defeated the Czech Republic in the title game by the score ...

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FIFA Stats
/ref> where they reached the quarter-finals.

Honours

;Nigeria U-20 *Finalist at

*Quarter-Finalist of

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Suraj, Sodiq 1988 births Living people Nigerian men's footballers Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Nigeria men's under-20 international footballers Men's association football defenders FK Teleoptik players Serbian First League players Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Sunshine Stars F.C. players Duhok SC players Expatriate men's footballers in Morocco Sportspeople from Osogbo Expatriate men's footballers in Iraq Shooting Stars S.C. players Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Iraq Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Djibouti Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Djibouti Kwara United F.C. players Olympic Safi players Osun United F.C. players First Bank F.C. players Djibouti Premier League players AS Arta/Solar7 players