Stephen Pius Odey (born 15 January 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a

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for Danish Superliga club Randers FC.

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

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. 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. He scored his first career hat-trick in January 2017 against Lobi Stars. On 4 October 2017, Odey completed a transfer to Swiss club

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. On 28 June 2019, it was confirmed that Odey had joined Genk on a five-year contract. On 11 September 2020, he joined

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club

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on loan. On 31 August 2021, he joined Danish club Randers FC on loan for the 2021-22 season with an option to buy. After scoring five goals in seven games Randers confirmed on 21 November 2021, that they had bought Odey free from Genk at the end of his loan deal, becoming the most expensive transfer in Randers' history. Odey signed a deal until June 2024, running from the 2022-23 season.

International career

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

Honours

Individual *Player of the Month, NPFL League Bloggers Award: January 2017 *Player of the Month, NPFL League Bloggers Award: March 2017 FC Zürich *

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: 2017–18

References

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FC Zurich Stats
Living people 1998 births Footballers from Lagos Nigerian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Nigeria men's international footballers MFM F.C. players FC Zürich players K.R.C. Genk players Amiens SC players Randers FC players Nigeria Professional Football League players Swiss Super League players Ligue 2 players Danish Superliga players Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark {{Nigeria-footy-forward-stub