| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro | ||
| Date of birth | 2 July 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Purmerend, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AZ | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| DVC Buiksloot | |||
| 2015–2022 | AZ | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Jong AZ | 33 | (0) |
| 2023– | AZ | 35 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020 | Netherlands U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2023 | Netherlands U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2024– | Netherlands U21 | 4 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13:24, 22 April 2025 (UTC) | |||
Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro (born 2 July 2004) [1] is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eredivisie club AZ.
Owusu-Oduro moved from DVC Buiksloot to the AZ Alkmaar academy, beginning to play for AZ at under-12 level. After continuing through the age group levels he signed a new professional contract on 8 December 2023 keeping him at AZ until the end of the 2027–28 season. [2] He distinguished himself with critical saves as the AZ under-18 side won a league and cup double in the 2021–22 season. [3] [4]
He had been wildly tipped as a "wonderkid" in the football management video game Football Manager 2022 by football websites such as Planet Football. [5]
Owusu-Oduro made his Eerste Divisie debut on 26 August 2022 against FC Eindhoven. [6] On 21 April 2023, he saved two penalties in a penalty shoot-out as AZ won through against Sporting Lisbon to reach the final of the 2022-23 UEFA Youth League. [7] He also started in the final against Hajduk Split as AZ ran out 5–0 winners. [8]
On 14 December 2023, Owusu-Oduro made his first team debut in a UEFA Europa Conference League away fixture against Legia Warsaw. [9] He played in the final of the KNVB Cup as AZ lost to Go Ahead Eagles on penalties on 21 April 2025. The game had ended 1-1 in normal time after Go Ahead Eagles scored a 98th minute equaliser. [10]
On 25 March 2023, Owusu-Oduro played for the Netherlands national under-20 football team in a 2–1 friendly win over France. [11]
Owusu-Oduro has Ghanaian roots, and was born to a Ghanaian mother and Dutch father, making him eligible to represent Ghana at senior level. [12]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong AZ | 2022–23 | Eerste Divisie | 14 | 0 | – | – | – | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Eerste Divisie | 17 | 0 | – | – | – | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 2024–25 | Eerste Divisie | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 33 | 0 | – | – | – | 33 | 0 | |||||
| AZ | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 [b] | 0 | – | 45 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 35 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | – | 54 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 68 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 0 | ||