Full name Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe Weight 79 kg Number 32 Height 1.85 m | Playing position Role Footballer Name Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe Career start 2007 | |
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Date of birth (1989-02-21) 21 February 1989 (age 26) Profiles | ||
Vadis odjidja ofoe was delighted to beat deadline to sign for rotherham united
Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (born 21 February 1989) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Olympiacos in the Greek Superleague.
Contents
- Vadis odjidja ofoe was delighted to beat deadline to sign for rotherham united
- Vadis odjidja ofoe a club brugge colossus
- Career
- International career
- Career statistics
- References
Vadis odjidja ofoe a club brugge colossus
Career
He joined his local team K.A.A. Gent at the age of five. He played for R.S.C. 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 RAEC Mons.
In January 2008, he was signed by Hamburger SV. On 9 January 2009, he left Hamburg and moved for €900,000 to Club Brugge K.V. after one year in the Bundesliga.
Odjidja-Ofoe completed his move to English Championship side Norwich City FC, 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. 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.
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 had 5 goals and 14 assists in 42 official performances with Legia Warsaw during 2016–17 season signed a three-years' contract with the team managed by Besnik Hasi. On 16 August 2017, he scored his first goal with the club, as Olympiakos come from behind, in first half, to win 2–1 HNK Rijeka in added time for the 1st leg of UEFA Champions League play-offs.
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. 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.