Jonathan Sogbie
Jonathan Sogbie (born February 1, 1970[1]) is a Liberian politician and retired association football player who played mainly as a Forward. At club level Sogbie played for ASEC Mimosas, Lausanne Sport, Servette Geneve, Connecticut Wolves, Rhode Island Stingrays, and Chongqing Lifan.[2] Sogbie also played for the Liberia national team between 1990 and 1998.[1] Since his retirement from soccer, he entered politics, and is noted for being an opponent of his former teammate George Weah, who is now the President of Liberia .[3] He previously served as the public relations manager at the National Oil Company of Liberia.[4]
In December 2020, he was elected as a member of The Senate of Liberia, the upper house of the bicameral legislative branch of Liberia.[5]
References
- ^ a b "FIFA Player Statistics: Jonathan SOGBIE". FIFA.com. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
- ^ Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann (1967-01-01). "Jonathan Sogbie". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
- ^ Ledgerhood Rennie (2006-03-11). "BBC SPORT | Football | African | Liberia's Sogbie in fraud probe". BBC News. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
- ^ "NOCAL Unveils Achievements". Publicagendanews.com. 2011-12-20. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
- ^ J.Burgess Carter (2020-12-23). "Senator-Elect Vows to Push for Change in Election Act". Retrieved 2020-12-28.
 | ||
  | This biographical article related to Liberian association football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Liberian footballers
- Liberian expatriate footballers
- Liberia international footballers
- ASEC Mimosas players
- Expatriate footballers in Ivory Coast
- FC Lausanne-Sport players
- Servette FC players
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Connecticut Wolves players
- Rhode Island Stingrays players
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Chongqing Lifan F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in China
- Association footballers not categorized by position
- Liberian football biography stubs