Soga Sambo (born 5 October 1985 in

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) is a Nigerian football

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who presumably last played for the Sharks of Nigeria until their dissolution in 2016.

Career

Sambo began his career by

Pepsi Football Academy The Pepsi Football Academy is a Nigerian association football academy. History The Pepsi Football Academy was established in November 1992 by Kashimawo Laloko. Originally based in Lagos, the initiative secured the total backing of Pepsi in 1994 and ...

and moved in January 2002 to

Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division The Ivory Coast MTN Ligue 1 is the top division of the Ivorian Football Federation. It was created in 1960. 2021−22 Ligue 1 clubs * AF Amadou Diallo * AS Indenié Abengourou * ASEC Mimosas * Bouaké FC * CO Korhogo * ES Bafing * FC San Pedro * ...

club

ASEC Mimosas The Association Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas, literally Mimosas Commerce Employees' Sporting Association, is an Côte d'Ivoire, Ivorian Association football, football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ''ASEC Mimosas A ...

, played for 1 year by the team before turning to

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he signs a contract by

Shooting Stars F.C. Shooting Stars Sports Club (often nicknamed 3SC or ''Oluyole Warriors'') is a Nigerian professional football club based in Ibadan. History The club was one of the founders of the Nigerian Premier League in 1972, when they were called ''WNDC Iba ...

He played for 2 years by the team from

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and moved in January 2006 for one year to

Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club (simply known as Sundowns) is a South African professional Association football, football club based in Mamelodi, Pretoria in the Gauteng province that plays in the Premier Soccer League, the first tier of So ...

in the

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, the club from

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elongated his contract not and he released the club and moved back to

, he signs a contract by

Kwara United F.C. Kwara United Football Club is a Nigerian football club based in Ilorin. They play in the top division in Nigerian football, the Nigeria Professional football League after promotion in 2017 from the Nigeria National League. Their home stadium is t ...

On 26 September 2008 he moved to

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based Club FC Inter Turku.

International

He was member of the Nigeria U-20 at

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and won the

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(Vice-Worldcup Winner). He won with Nigeria U-17 at

2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship The FIFA U-17 World Championship 2001, the ninth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Port of Spain, Malabar in Arima, Marabella in San Fernando, Couva, and Bacolet in Scarborough at Trinidad and Tobago between 13 and 30 September ...

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the

(Vice-Worldcup Winner).

Titles

(Vice-Worldcup Winner) *

(Vice-Worldcup Winner) * 2008 Veikkausliiga Winner with FC Inter Turku

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sambo, Soga 1985 births Living people Nigerian men's footballers Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Nigeria men's international footballers Nigeria men's under-20 international footballers Nigeria men's youth international footballers ASEC Mimosas players Shooting Stars S.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players FC Inter Turku players Expatriate men's footballers in Ivory Coast Veikkausliiga players Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Pepsi Football Academy players Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Kwara United F.C. players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Kaduna