Sam Oji

Football player infobox
playername = Sam Oji


fullname = Samuel Oji
height = height|ft=6|in=1
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1985|10|9|df=y
cityofbirth = Westminster
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Hereford United
clubnumber = 12
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs = Arsenal
years = 2004–2008
2005–2006
2007
2007
2008
2008–
clubs = Birmingham City
→ Doncaster Rovers (loan)
→ Bristol Rovers (loan)
→ Leyton Orient (loan)
Leyton Orient
Hereford United
caps(goals) = 00 (0)
04 (0)
05 (0)
02 (0)
11 (0)
04 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 10:33, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =

Sam Oji (born 9 October 1985) is an English football player who plays as a defender for Hereford United.

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

In 2005–06 he spent six weeks on loan at Doncaster Rovers, [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/doncaster/4462474.stm |title=Oji set for Doncaster loan move |publisher=BBC |date=2005-11-23 |accessdate=2008-01-08] for whom he made his debut in the Football League as a second-half substitute against Gillingham. [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/4494718.stm |title=Gillingham 1-0 Doncaster |publisher=BBC |date=2005-12-06 |accessdate=2008-01-08] In February 2006 he made his only first-team appearance for Birmingham as a very late substitute in the 2006 FA Cup fourth round replay against Reading. [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/4680422.stm |title=Birmingham 2-1 Reading |publisher=BBC |date=2006-02-07 |accessdate=2008-01-08] A year later he joined Bristol Rovers on a month's loan, later extended to two months. [cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_rovers/6470211.stm |title=Oji extends Bristol Rovers loan |publisher=BBC |date=2007-03-20 |accessdate=2008-01-08] In the summer of 2007 he had a trial with Southend United,cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southend_utd/6906446.stm |title=Birmingham man has Southend trial |publisher=BBC |date=2007-07-19 |accessdate=2008-01-08] then in August signed for Leyton Orient on a month's loan, [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leyton_orient/6966999.stm |title=Orient sign Birmingham defender |publisher=BBC |date=2007-08-28 |accessdate=2007-11-29] later extended to three months. [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leyton_orient/7024335.stm |title=Oji extends loan deal at Orient |publisher=BBC |date=2007-10-02 |accessdate=2008-01-08]

With only six months remaining on his contract, Oji was released by Birmingham on 8 January 2008 and joined Leyton Orient until the end of the 2007–08 season. [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leyton_orient/7176782.stm |title=O's get Oji as Chambers pens deal |publisher=BBC |date=2008-01-08 |accessdate=2008-01-08] He was released by Orient at the end of the season. [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leyton_orient/7390970.stm |title= O's boss begins summer shake-up |publisher=BBC |date=2008-05-08 |accessdate=2008-06-19]

Oji signed for League One club Hereford United on 7 August 2008. [cite web |url=http://www.herefordunited.co.uk/article/2026046/Sam-Oji-Becomes-A-Bull |title=Sam Oji becomes a Bull |publisher=Hereford United |date=2008-08-07 |accessdate=2008-08-07]

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NAME = Oji, Sam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Oji, Samuel
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH = 1985-10-09
PLACE OF BIRTH = Westminster, London, England
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =