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Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro
Personal information
Full name Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro
Date of birth (2004-07-02) 2 July 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 AZ
Number 1
Youth career
DVC Buiksloot
AZ Alkmaar
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– Jong AZ 31 (0)
2023– AZ Alkmaar 4 (0)
International career
2023 Netherlands U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 July 2024

Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro (born 2 July 2004) is a Dutch footballer who plays for AZ Alkmaar as a goalkeeper.

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Club career

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. [1] He distinguished himself with critical saves as the AZ under-18 side won a league and cup double in the 2021–22 season. [2] [3] [4]

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. [5] [6] [7]

Jong AZ

Owusu-Oduro made his Eerste Divisie debut on 26 August 2022 against FC Eindhoven. [8] [9] 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. [10] He also started in the final against Hajduk Split as AZ ran out 5-0 winners. [11]

AZ

On 14 December 2023, Owusu-Oduro made his first team debut in a UEFA Europa Conference League away fixture against Legia Warsaw. [12]

International career

On 25 March 2023, Owusu-Oduro played for the Netherlands national under-20 football team in a 2-1 friendly win over France. [13]

Personal life

Owusu-Oduro has Ghanaian roots. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "AZ contracteert jeugdkeeper Owusu-Oduro". az.nl.
  2. ↑ "Nick Twisk with AZ Under 18 overall champion. After winning the cup, now also national champion". Flessenpostuitegmond.nl.
  3. ↑ "Party at AZ after scoop: national title is in for youth thanks to victory over PSV". noordhollandsdagblad.nl.
  4. ↑ "AZ Under 18 wins KNVB Cup: team of trainer Jan Sierksma 4-1 too strong for Twente / Heracles Academy". voetbalinzaanstad.nl.
  5. ↑ "A brilliant XI of Football Manager 2022's best hidden gem wonderkids". Planet Football.
  6. ↑ "Football Manager 2022 wonderkids: Best young strikers, midfielders, defenders and goalkeepers". Goal.com.
  7. ↑ "Football Manager 2022 Wonderkids: 28 Best Young Players To Sign". sportbible.com.
  8. ↑ "Eindhoven VS. AZ II". Soccerway.
  9. ↑ "Jong AZ lijdt in Eindhoven eerste nederlaag". az.nl.
  10. ↑ "UEFA Youth League semi-finals: AZ pip Sporting on penalties, Hajduk defeat Milan". UEFA.com. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  11. ↑ "UEFA Youth League final report: AZ Alkmaar 5-0 Hajduk Split". UEFA.com. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  12. ↑ "LEGIA WARSAW VS. AZ 2 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "Emegha fires Netherlands U20 to win over France". Football-oranje.com. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  14. ↑ "Ghanaian goalkeeper Rome Owusu-Oduro, TWO others suffer defeat to Juventus in UEFA Youth League". ghanasportsonline.com.
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