Owen Olamidayo Goodman (born 27 November 2003) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Colchester United on loan from Crystal Palace.^[1]

Goodman was born in Harold Wood. He moved to Canada with his parents in 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Owen started playing rep soccer for South Simcoe United before playing for County FC Academy both clubs based in Alliston, Ontario.^[2] He started playing with the Crystal Palace academy from under-13 level.^[3]

Goodman signed a professional contract with Crystal Palace in July 2021 as a seventeen year-old.^[4]

Eligible to play for England, Canada and Nigeria,^[9] Goodman was called up to the England U-18 side in 2021.^[10] In April 2022, Goodman accepted a call-up to the Canada under-20 team for two friendlies against Costa Rica.^[11] Goodman was subsequently called-up to a Nigeria U-20 training camp in January 2023 but ultimately declined.^[12] He played for the England U-20 against USA U-20 on 25 March 2023.^[13] In October 2023, he was called up to the England U-20 side for matches against Portugal U-20 and Romania U-20.^[14]

As of 9th April 2024

Goodman has an English father and a Nigerian mother.^[15][16]