Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro

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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 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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2024 Jong AZ 32 (0)
2023– AZ 15 (0)
International career
2023 Netherlands U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:38, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro (Purmerend, 2 July 2004) [1] is a Ghana professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eredivisie club AZ.

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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. [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]

Jong AZ

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]

AZ

On 14 December 2023, Owusu-Oduro made his first team debut in a UEFA Europa Conference League away fixture against Legia Warsaw. [13]

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. [14]

Personal life

Owusu-Oduro has Ghanaian roots, making him eligible to represent Ghana at senior level [15]

Career statistics

As of match played 12 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong AZ 2022–23 Eerste Divisie 140–––140
2023–24 Eerste Divisie170–––170
2024–25 Eerste Divisie10–––10
Total320–––320
AZ 2023–24 Eredivisie 40201 [a] 0–70
2024–25 Eredivisie110005 [b] 0–160
Total1502060–230
Career total470206000550
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

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References

  1. ↑ "Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro". www.az.nl. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "AZ contracteert jeugdkeeper Owusu-Oduro". az.nl.
  3. ↑ "Nick Twisk with AZ Under 18 overall champion. After winning the cup, now also national champion". Flessenpostuitegmond.nl.
  4. ↑ "Party at AZ after scoop: national title is in for youth thanks to victory over PSV". noordhollandsdagblad.nl.
  5. ↑ "AZ Under 18 wins KNVB Cup: team of trainer Jan Sierksma 4-1 too strong for Twente / Heracles Academy". voetbalinzaanstad.nl.
  6. ↑ "A brilliant XI of Football Manager 2022's best hidden gem wonderkids". Planet Football.
  7. ↑ "Football Manager 2022 wonderkids: Best young strikers, midfielders, defenders and goalkeepers". Goal.com.
  8. ↑ "Football Manager 2022 Wonderkids: 28 Best Young Players To Sign". sportbible.com.
  9. ↑ "Eindhoven VS. AZ II". Soccerway.
  10. ↑ "Jong AZ lijdt in Eindhoven eerste nederlaag". az.nl.
  11. ↑ "UEFA Youth League semi-finals: AZ pip Sporting on penalties, Hajduk defeat Milan". UEFA.com. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  12. ↑ "UEFA Youth League final report: AZ Alkmaar 5-0 Hajduk Split". UEFA.com. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  13. ↑ "LEGIA WARSAW VS. AZ 2 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "Emegha fires Netherlands U20 to win over France". Football-oranje.com. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  15. ↑ "Ghanaian goalkeeper Rome Owusu-Oduro, TWO others suffer defeat to Juventus in UEFA Youth League". ghanasportsonline.com.
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