Odjidja-Ofoe joined the team of his birth area Gent at the age of five. Later on, he was transferred to Anderlecht. He was part of the 2006–07 Anderlecht reserves team that won the reserves championship. In the 2007–08 season, he was promoted to the first team of Anderlecht. On 22 December 2007, he scored his first goal on his full debut for RSCA against RAEC Mons.
In January 2008, he was signed by Hamburger SV.[3] On 9 January 2009, he left Hamburg and moved for €900,000 to Club Brugge K.V. after one year in the Bundesliga.[4]
Odjidja-Ofoe completed his move to English Championship side Norwich City in August 2014. He made his league debut for Norwich City on 16 September 2014 after coming on as a substitute in an away league match against Brentford.[5] Injury hampered much of Odjidja-Ofoe's first season at Norwich City as they gained promotion to the Premier League. In September 2015, Odjidja-Ofoe moved to Rotherham United on a one-month loan, making four appearances and scoring one goal against Cardiff City.[6]
In August 2016, Odjidja-Ofoe was transferred to Legia Warsaw for an undisclosed fee.[7] Scoring five goals and providing 14 assists in 42 official appearances for Legia during the 2016–17 season, he was named Ekstraklasa Player of the Season and Midfielder of the Season.
On 9 July 2017, Olympiacos officially announced the purchase of Odjidja-Ofoe from Legia Warsaw for an estimated amount of €2.5 million. The 28-year-old Belgian international signed a three-year contract with the team managed by Besnik Hasi.[8][9] On 16 August 2017, he scored his first goal with the club in a 2–1 comeback win over Rijeka in the first leg of UEFA Champions League play-offs.[10] On 22 November 2017, in an away 3–1 loss UEFA Champions League Group stage game against Sporting, Odjidja-Ofoe bagged the only goal of the Reds.[11]
On 21 July 2018, Gent officially announced the acquisition of Odjidja-Ofoe from Olympiacos on a two-year contract.[12] Before the end of the previous season, Olympiacos had put the player out of Pedro Martins' plans for the coming season, forcing him to find a club to continue his career. Odjidja-Ofoe came close to Sporting CP, but the change in the executive staff of the club and the immediate removal of Siniša Mihajlović broke down the Belgian player's transfer to the Portuguese team. Eventually, the 29-year-old returned to his home country on behalf of Gent, with the transfer fee close to €2.2 million.[13]
International career
Odjidja-Ooe was called up to the Belgium national under 23 team for the 2008 Summer Olympics tournament. He participated in two games; a group stage win over hosts China and a 1–4 semi-final defeat against Nigeria.
In November 2010, he applied for a Ghanaian passport and suggested that he could be considered for representing Ghana at international football in the future.[14] On 17 November, he made his debut for Belgium in an international friendly against Russia. He came on as a substitute for Eden Hazard in the 90th minute.
He made his second appearance for Belgium in an UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying game against Azerbaijan in March 2011, again coming on as a substitute in the 90th minute, this to replace Steven Defour. In his next international outing, he again replaced Defour, in the 63rd minute of a match against Kazakhstan.[citation needed] As a result of playing in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying games, Odjidja was no longer eligible to play for Ghana.
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