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Brian Oddei
Ghanaian-Italian football player
Brian Safo Oddei (born 18 September 2002) is a Ghanaian-Italian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Slovak club Dunajská Streda.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brian Safo Oddei | ||
| Date of birth | (2002-09-18) 18 September 2002 (age 21) | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rudeš | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sassuolo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2023 | Sassuolo | 7 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Crotone (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Rudeš (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2023 | Rudeš | 8 | (0) |
| 2024- | Dunajská Streda | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 November 2023 | |||
Oddei was raised in the youth teams of Sassuolo. He was first called up to the senior squad in December 2019 for Serie A and Coppa Italia games, but remained on the bench on that occasion. He was moved from the Under-19 squad to the senior squad on a permanent basis in November 2020.
He made his Serie A debut for Sassuolo on 10 January 2021 in a 3–1 away loss against Juventus. He substituted Mert Müldür in the 73rd minute.[2]
On 31 August 2021, Oddei joined Serie B club Crotone on loan.[3] On 31 January 2022, the loan was terminated early and he returned to Sassuolo.[4]
On 15 February 2023, Oddei was loaned to Rudeš in Croatia.[5]
Born in Accra, he went to Italy when he was 11 years old.[6]
- "Juventus v Sassuolo game report". Soccerway. 10 January 2021.
- "Oddei e le altre operazioni di mercato" (Press release) (in Italian). Crotone. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- "Operazioni di mercato" (Press release) (in Italian). Crotone. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- "BRIAN ODDEI CEDUTO ALL'NK RUDES" [Brian Oddei loaned to NK Rudeš] (in Italian). Sassuolo. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- "Chi è Oddei, il nuovo gioiello di casa Sassuolo. De Zerbi: "Gioca perché è forte"". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- Brian Oddei at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
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