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1989 birthsLiving peopleSportspeople from GhentAssociation football midfieldersBelgian footballersPremier League playersBelgian First Division A playersEnglish Football League playersBundesliga playersEkstraklasa playersR.S.C. Anderlecht playersHamburger SV playersHamburger SV II playersClub Brugge KV playersNorwich City F.C. playersRotherham United F.C. playersLegia Warsaw playersOlympiacos F.C. playersK.A.A. Gent playersBelgian people of Ghanaian descentExpatriate footballers in GermanyBelgian expatriate footballersBelgium under-21 international footballersBelgium youth international footballersFootballers at the 2008 Summer OlympicsOlympic footballers of BelgiumExpatriate footballers in EnglandExpatriate footballers in PolandBelgian expatriate sportspeople in GermanyBelgian expatriate sportspeople in EnglandBelgian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-02-21) 21 February 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Ghent, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Gent | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1999 | Gent | ||
| 1999–2007 | Anderlecht | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | Anderlecht | 3 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Hamburger SV | 2 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Hamburger SV II | 12 | (0) |
| 2009–2014 | Club Brugge | 181 | (22) |
| 2014–2016 | Norwich City | 15 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Rotherham United (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Legia Warsaw | 31 | (4) |
| 2017–2018 | Olympiacos | 18 | (2) |
| 2018– | Gent | 3 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 2004 | Belgium U15 | 3 | (0) |
| 2007 | Belgium U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2007 | Belgium U19 | 9 | (3) |
| 2007–2009 | Belgium U21 | 10 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Belgium | 6 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 August 2018 | |||
Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (born 21 February 1989) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Gent in the Belgian First Division A.[1]
Contents
1 Career
2 International career
3 Career statistics
4 References
5 External links
Career
He joined his local team Gent at the age of five. He played for Anderlecht. Odjidja-Ofoe 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, Vadis scored his first goal on his full debut for RSCA against Mons.
In January 2008, he was signed by Hamburger.[2] On 9 January 2009, he left Hamburg and moved for €900,000 to Club Brugge K.V. after one year in the Bundesliga.[3]
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.[4] 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.
In August 2016, Odjidja-Ofoe was transferred to Legia Warsaw for an undisclosed fee.[5] Scoring 5 goals and giving 14 assists in 42 official appearances with Legia Warsaw 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 central midfielder Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe from Legia Warsaw, for an estimated amount of €2.5 million. The 28-year-old Belgian international signed a three-years' contract with the team managed by Besnik Hasi.[6][7] On 16 August 2017, he scored his first goal with the club, as Olympiakos come from behind, in first half, to win 2–1 Rijeka in added time for the 1st leg of UEFA Champions League play-offs.[8] 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.[9]
On 21 July 2018, Gent officially announced the acquisition of Ofoe from Olympiacos on a two-year contract.[10] 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 Lisbon, 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 has returned to his home country on behalf of Gent, with the transfer fee close to €2.2 million.[11]
International career
Odjidja 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 4–1 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.[12] On 17 November, he made his debut for Belgium in an international friendly versus 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. He replaced Defour again in a Belgium game versus Kazakhstan in his third international outing replacing him in the 63rd minute. As a result of playing in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying games, Odjidja is no longer eligible to play for Ghana.
Career statistics
As of 15 May 2018[13][14][15][16]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Anderlecht | 2006–07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2007–08 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
Hamburger SV | 2007–08 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Hamburger SV II | 2007–08 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
2008–09 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
Club Brugge | 2008–09 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
2009–10 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 5 | |
2010–11 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 6 | |
2011–12 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 5 | |
2012–13 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 7 | |
2013–14 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3 | |
2014–15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 181 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 231 | 26 | |
Norwich City | 2014–15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
2015–16 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
Rotherham United (loan) | 2015–16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
Legia Warsaw | 2016–17 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 5 |
| Total | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 5 | |
Olympiacos | 2017–18 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 |
| Total | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | |
| Career total | 265 | 31 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 345 | 37 | |
References
^ "Ofoe joins Olympiacos". www.olympiacos.org. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "Hamburg bring in Anderlecht prodigy". uefa.com. 4 January 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
^ "Bundesliga-Ticker: Die neuesten Infos der 18 Klubs" (in German). 9 January 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
^ "Brentford 0–3 Norwich City". BBC Sport. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
^ "Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe signs for Legia Warsaw". Norwich Canaries. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
^ "Σαρωτικός ο Ολυμπιακός, έκλεισε και τον Οφόε!". www.sport24.gr. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
^ "Ολυμπιακός: Οφόε ο... έβδομος". www.naftemporiki.gr. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
^ "Olympiakos vs Rijeka 2–1". www.uefa.com. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "Sporting CP vs Olympiakos 3–1". www.uefa.com. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
^ "Ανακοίνωσε τον Οτζίτζα Οφόε η Γκενκ" (in Greek). Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^ "Η Γάνδη ανακοίνωσε τον Οφόε (pics)!" (in Greek). Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^ Coerts, Stefan (9 November 2010). "Club Brugge Star Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe Considering Switching Allegiances to Play for Ghana". goal.com. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
^ "V. ODJIDJA-OFOE". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
^ "2006 Belgian Super Cup". Anderlecht Online. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
^ "2007–08 UEFA Cup Round Of 16". UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
^ "Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe". superleaguegreece.net. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
External links
Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe at Soccerbase
Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe at fussballdaten.de (in German)
Belgium stats at Belgian FA
Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe – FIFA competition record
Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe – UEFA competition record
Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe at Soccerway
Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
Belgium men's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – Fourth Place | ||
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