Jonathan Sogbie

Jonathan Boye Charles Sogbie is a Liberian politician and former professional footballer who played as a forward. At club level Sogbie played for ASEC Mimosas, Lausanne-Sport, Servette, Connecticut Wolves, Rhode [Island Stingrays], and Chongqing Lifan. Sogbie also played for the Liberia national team between 1990 and 1998. After his retirement from football, he entered politics, and is noted for being an opponent of his former teammate George Weah, who was then the President of Liberia. He previously served as the public relations manager at the National [Oil Company of Liberia].
Sogbie ran unsuccessfully for the Senate of Liberia in a 2009 by-election as an independent. In December 2020, he was 2020 [Liberian Senate election|elected] as a member of the Senate of Liberia, the upper house of the bicameral legislative branch of Liberia, representing River Gee County on the ticket of the Collaborating [Political Parties].