Bright Sodje
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| Full name | Bright Sodje | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 April 1966 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 22 May 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Akpo Sodje (brother) Efe Sodje (brother) Onome Sodje (nephew) Sam Sodje (brother) Tai Sodje (son) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bright Ojamohare Sodje (born 21 April 1966) is a retired dual-code rugby player, who played for rugby league clubs; the Wakefield Trinity (Wildcats), Hull Kingston Rovers, and the Sheffield Eagles in England as well as rugby union for Wakefield RFC.
Sodje's brothers, Sam, Efe, Akpo, Steve, and his nephew, Onome, have all played professional football in England.
Bright was a winger with a reputation for scoring tries, and noted for his aeroplane style celebration.
Financial Crisis at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
[edit]In 2000, at the height of a financial crisis at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, the contracts of all players aged over 24 were terminated during September 2000. The players affected were; Andy Fisher, Bobbie Goulding, Warren Jowitt, Tony Kemp (player-coach), Steve McNamara, Francis Maloney, Martin Masella, Steve Prescott, Bright Sodje, Francis Stephenson and Glen Tomlinson.[1]
Personal life
[edit]In September 2017, Bright was sentenced to 21 months in prison for fraud, having – with his brothers Efe and Stephen – siphoned off money from a charity, the Sodje Sports Foundation.[2]
His son, Tai, is a professional footballer, and currently plays for the academy team of Manchester City.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Goodway calls for aid package". BBC Sport. 24 April 2001. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
- ^ "Efe, Bright and Stephen Sodje jailed for fraud last September, court reveals". Sky News. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ Bajkowski, Simon (23 March 2021). "'I think I've opened up to different ways of playing': Man City academy striker Tai Sodje is firing his way to goals target". manchestereveningnews.co.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
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- 1966 births
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- Alumni of Sheffield Hallam University
- Black British sportsmen
- British people convicted of fraud
- British sportspeople convicted of crimes
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- English people of Nigerian descent
- English rugby league players
- English rugby union players
- Hull Kingston Rovers players
- Prisoners and detainees of England and Wales
- Rugby league wingers
- Sheffield Eagles players
- Sodje family
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