# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sambo-choji
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:58:16.050Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sambo-choji"
name: "Sambo Choji"
slug: "sambo-choji"
description: "Sambo Choji is a Nigerian former football striker. Choji was an integral member of the Nigeria national Under-17 team, the golden eaglets that won the Fifa World Under-17 championship in 1993 in Tokyo, Japan. He played all games operating in the left flank as Nigeria beat title holders, Ghana, to be crowned champions a second time.\nHe is currently retired and residing in his home city of Jos, in Plateau State, North-Central Nigeria where he has been developing future football talents."
tagline: "Nigerian footballer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1977-03-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.05
  momentum:             5.081304310418997
  historical:           6.608532
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambo_Choji"
    title: "Sambo Choji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88%DA%86%D9%89"
    title: "سامبو تشوچى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88_%DA%86%D9%88%D8%AC%DB%8C"
    title: "سامبو چوجی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambo_Choji"
    title: "Sambo Choji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambo_Choji"
    title: "Sambo Choji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88_%DA%86%D9%88%D8%AC%DB%8C"
    title: "سامبو چوجی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://igl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambo_Choji"
    title: "Sambo Choji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambo_Choji"
    title: "Sambo Choji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944663"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump