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| 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 | |||
| AZ | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Jong AZ | 32 | (0) |
| 2023– | AZ | 21 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2023 | Netherlands U20 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:35, 9 February 2025 (UTC) | |||
Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro (born 2 July 2004) [1] is a Ghana 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 his first professional contract on 2 October 2020 keeping him at AZ until the end of the 2022–23 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] [5]
He has been wildly tipped as a "wonderkid" in the football management video game Football Manager 2022 by the likes of Goal , SPORTbible and Planet Football. [6] [7] [8]
Owusu-Oduro made his Eerste Divisie debut on 26 August 2022 against FC Eindhoven. [9] [10] 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. [11] He also started in the final against Hajduk Split as AZ ran out 5–0 winners. [12]
On 14 December 2023, Owusu-Oduro made his first team debut in a UEFA Europa Conference League away fixture against Legia Warsaw. [13]
On 25 March 2023, Owusu-Oduro played for the Netherlands national under-20 football team in a 2–1 friendly win over France. [14]
Owusu-Oduro has Ghanaian roots, making him eligible to represent Ghana at senior level [15]
| 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 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 0 | – | – | – | 32 | 0 | |||||
| AZ | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 [b] | 0 | – | 29 | 0 | ||
| Total | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | – | 36 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 53 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | ||
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