Brian Oddei

Brian Safo Oddei (born 18 September 2002) is a Ghanaian-Italian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Croatian club Rudeš on loan from Sassuolo.

Brian Oddei
Personal information
Full name Brian Safo Oddei
Date of birth (2002-09-18) 18 September 2002
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
 Rudeš
Youth career
Sassuolo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Sassuolo 7 (0)
2021–2022 → Crotone (loan) 11 (0)
2023– → Rudeš (loan) 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 June 2023

Club career

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.[1]

On 31 August 2021, Oddei joined Serie B club Crotone on loan.[2] On 31 January 2022, the loan was terminated early and he returned to Sassuolo.[3]

On 15 February 2023, Oddei was loaned to Rudeš in Croatia.[4]

Personal life

Born in Accra, he went to Italy when he was 11 years old.[5]

References
  1. "Juventus v Sassuolo game report". Soccerway. 10 January 2021.
  2. "Oddei e le altre operazioni di mercato" (Press release) (in Italian). Crotone. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. "Operazioni di mercato" (Press release) (in Italian). Crotone. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  4. "BRIAN ODDEI CEDUTO ALL'NK RUDES" [Brian Oddei loaned to NK Rudeš] (in Italian). Sassuolo. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  5. "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.


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