Sambo Choji
| Sambo Choji | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| birthday | March 13, 1977 | |
| size | 172 cm | |
| position | midfield player | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Greater Tomorrow | ||
| until 1995 | SF Hostenbach | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1995-2002 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 166 (24) |
| 2002-2003 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 23 (8) |
| 2003-2004 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 19 (6) |
| 2004-2005 | → Persepolis Tehran (loan) | |
| 2005-2006 | Persepolis Tehran | |
| 2006-2007 | SKN St. Pölten | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| Nigeria U17 | ||
|
1 Only league games are given. Status: end of career |
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Sambo "Sammy" Choji (born March 13, 1977 ) is a former Nigerian soccer player . The striker spent most of his career with the German club 1. FC Saarbrücken .
Career
In his youth, Sambo Choji played in Nigeria with the Greater Tomorrow club and with a German club from Hostenbach . 1993 joined the Nigerian U-17 national team at the U-17 World Cup in Japan , where the team won the title.
From 1995 he played in the first team of 1. FC Saarbrücken , with which he initially competed in the Regionalliga West / Südwest . In 2000 the promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga followed , in which Saarbrücken was able to hold until 2002. After relegation to the regional league that year, Choji left the club.
This was followed by one-year positions at the second division club Eintracht Braunschweig and again at 1. FC Saarbrücken, with whom he reached third place in the final table of the Regionalliga Süd in 2003/04 and thus the renewed second division promotion. However, in the same year Choji was loaned to the Iranian club Persepolis from Tehran , to which he finally moved in 2005. In 2006 Choji played for six months in Austria at SKN St. Pölten .
successes
- Championship of the Regionalliga West / Southwest (1): 2000
- Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga (2): 2000 , 2004
- Saarland Cup victory (6): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sambo Choji in the FIFA database , accessed on October 11, 2010
- ↑ "Japan 1993: The" Golden Eaglets "are the high-flyers" . In: FIFA.com, accessed October 11, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Choji, sambo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Choji, Sammy (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nigerian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1977 |