Stephen Odey

Stephen Odey
Personal information
Full name Stephen Pius Odey
Date of birth (1998-01-15) 15 January 1998
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 FC Zürich
Number 15
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 MFM 42 (23)
2017– FC Zürich 17 (3)
National team‡
2017– Nigeria 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 August 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 August 2018

Stephen Pius Odey (born 15 January 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer, who plays as a forward for FC Zürich in the Swiss Super League.

Club career

Odey played in the second edition of GTBank-Lagos state principals cup where he was the captain of the winning Dairy Farm Senior secondary school Agege. He also topped the list of the GTBank 13-man all star team of that year. He trained at CampGTBank with 23 other students under lead coach Mark Elis, former coach at Arsenal.

He is the all-time top scorer for MFM in the Nigerian Professional Football League, the highest football league level in Nigeria. Odey was the highest goalscorer for MFM in the 2015–16 season.[1][2] He scored his first career hat-trick in January 2017 against Lobi Stars.[2]

On 4 October 2017, Odey completed a transfer to Swiss club FC Zürich.[3]

International career

On 13 August 2017, Odey made his debut for Nigeria, as a substitute, in a 1–0 loss against Benin.[4]

Honours

Individual

  • Player of the Month, NPFL League Bloggers Award: January 2017[5]
  • Player of the Month, NPFL League Bloggers Award: March 2017[6]

FC Zürich

References

  1. ↑ "NPFL Top Scorers 2015-2016".
  2. 1 2 "Stephen Odey first hat-trick".
  3. ↑ "Der FC Zürich verpflichtet Stürmer Stephen Odey". 4 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Benin vs. Nigeria". National Football Teams. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "League Bloggers Award January 2017".
  6. ↑ "League Bloggers Award March 2017".
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