English rugby league footballer
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
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
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]
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