Stephen Odey
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Pius Odey | ||
| Date of birth | 15 January 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Genk | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | MFM | 42 | (23) |
| 2017–2019 | Zürich | 45 | (12) |
| 2019– | Genk | 11 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017– | Nigeria | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 March 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 August 2018 | |||
Stephen Pius Odey (born 15 January 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer, who plays as a forward for Genk in the Belgian First Division A.
Club career
Odey played in the second edition of GTBank-Lagos state principals cup where he was the captain of the winning Dairy Farm Senior secondary school Agege. He also topped the list of the GTBank 13-man all star team of that year. He trained at CampGTBank with 23 other students under lead coach Mark Elis, former coach at Arsenal.
He is the all-time top scorer for MFM in the Nigerian Professional Football League, the highest football league level in Nigeria. Odey was the highest goalscorer for MFM in the 2015–16 season.[1][2] He scored his first career hat-trick in January 2017 against Lobi Stars.[2]
On 4 October 2017, Odey completed a transfer to Swiss club FC Zürich.[3] On 28 June 2019 it was confirmed, that Odey had joined Genk on a 5-year contract.[4]
International career
On 13 August 2017, Odey made his debut for Nigeria, as a substitute, in a 1–0 loss against Benin.[5]
Honours
Individual
- Player of the Month, NPFL League Bloggers Award: January 2017[6]
- Player of the Month, NPFL League Bloggers Award: March 2017[7]
FC Zürich
References
- ^ "NPFL Top Scorers 2015-2016".
- ^ a b "Stephen Odey first hat-trick".
- ^ "Der FC Zürich verpflichtet Stürmer Stephen Odey". 4 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ Stephen Odey joins KRC Genk, fcz.ch, 28 June 2019
- ^ "Benin vs. Nigeria". National Football Teams. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "League Bloggers Award January 2017".
- ^ "League Bloggers Award March 2017".
External links
- Stephen Odey at Soccerway
- Stephen Odey at WorldFootball.net
- FC Zurich Stats
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- Living people
- Nigerian footballers
- 1998 births
- MFM F.C. players
- FC Zürich players
- K.R.C. Genk players
- Swiss Super League players
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- Nigeria international footballers
- Nigerian Professional Football League players
- Sportspeople from Lagos
- Association football forwards
- Nigerian football forward stubs