Sam Oji

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Sam Oji
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Oji in 2012
Personal information
Full name Samuel Udoka Oji[1]
Date of birth (1985-10-09) 9 October 1985 (age 38)[1]
Place of birth Westminster, England
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Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Galway United
Number 24
Youth career
2000–2004 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2008 Birmingham City 0 (0)
2005–2006 → Doncaster Rovers (loan) 4 (0)
2007 → Bristol Rovers (loan) 5 (0)
2007 → Leyton Orient (loan) 2 (0)
2008 Leyton Orient 11 (0)
2008–2009 Hereford United 4 (0)
2009 Ljungskile SK 5 (0)
2011–2013 Tamworth 39 (2)
2013–2014 Limerick 35 (0)
2015– Galway United 20 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:22, 8 Aug 2015 (UTC)

Samuel Udoka "Sam" Oji (born 9 October 1985) is an English professional footballer who plays for Irish club Galway United as a defender.

He played in the Football League for Doncaster Rovers, Bristol Rovers, Leyton Orient and Hereford United, and in the Swedish Superettan for Ljungskile SK, before returning to England to play for Tamworth in the Conference National.

Career

Birmingham City

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Oji training with Birmingham City in 2006

Born in Westminster, London, Oji started his career as a youth player at Arsenal.[1] He signed a full-time contract with Birmingham City for the start of the 2004–05 season.[1]

In 2005–06 he spent six weeks on loan at Doncaster Rovers,[3] for whom he made his debut in the Football League as a second-half substitute against Gillingham.[4]

In February 2006 he made his only first-team appearance for Birmingham as a late substitute in the 2006 FA Cup fourth round replay against Reading.[5]

A year later he joined Bristol Rovers on a month's loan, later extended to two months.[6] In the summer of 2007 he had a trial with Southend United,[7] then in August signed for Leyton Orient on a month's loan,[8] later extended to three months.[9]

Leyton Orient

With six months remaining on his contract,[7] Oji left Birmingham by mutual consent on 8 January 2008 and joined Leyton Orient until the end of the 2007–08 season.[10] He was released by Orient at the end of the season.[11]

Hereford United

Oji signed for League One club Hereford United on 7 August 2008.[12] After five games for the club he suffered a knee injury which kept him out of training for four months; he never regained his first-team place and at the end of his short-term contract, in February 2009, he was released.[13]

Ljungskile SK

In March 2009 Oji joined Ljungskile SK of the Superettan (Swedish second division) after a successful trial.[14] He played only six league games for Ljungskile before leaving in June.[15] In August, Oji had a trial with Tranmere Rovers,[16] then with Turkish Süper Lig side Diyarbakirspor,[17] and in September, he returned to former club Leyton Orient for another trial which ended as he suffered an apparently serious leg injury while playing for the reserves.[18] A succession of knee injuries then kept him out of football for two years.[19]

Tamworth

In December 2011 Oji signed for Conference National side Tamworth.[20] He made his debut as a second-half substitute in the first match of 2012, a 2–2 draw at home to Alfreton Town.[21] He was sent off for two bookable offences in a league match against Fleetwood Town on 4 February 2012.[22]

Limerick

Oji signed for League of Ireland side Limerick on 26 August 2013, and made his debut for the club in a 2-0 away defeat to Sligo Rovers.[23]

Galway United

Oji joined Galway United from Limerick in 2015[24]

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 5 June 2013.

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
2004–05 Birmingham City Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005–06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005–06 Doncaster Rovers (loan) League One 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
2006–07 Birmingham City Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006–07 Bristol Rovers (loan) League Two 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2007–08 Birmingham City Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007–08 Leyton Orient (loan) League One 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2007–08 Leyton Orient League One 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2008–09 Hereford United League One 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
Sweden League Svenska Cupen League Cup Europe Total
2009 Ljungskile Superettan 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
2011–12 Tamworth Conference National 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2012–13 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 2
Total England 45 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 48 1
Total Sweden 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Career total 74 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 77 3

Personal life

Oji is a cousin of UK soul singer Lemar.[19]

References

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  24. ↑ http://galwayunitedfc.ie/sam-oji-signs-for-united/ . Galway United F.C. 23 February 2015

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