Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe

Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe

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	Legia Warsaw
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	165	(22)
2014–2016	Norwich City	10	(0)
2015	→ Rotherham United (loan)	4	(1)
2016–	Legia Warsaw	0	(0)
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 3 January 2016.

Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (born 21 February 1989) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Legia Warsaw in the Polish Ekstraklasa

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.^[1] On 9 January 2009, he left Hamburg and moved for €900,000 to Club Brugge K.V. after one year in the Bundesliga.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5] 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 match played 9 January 2016^[6]

References

External links

• Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe career statistics at Soccerbase
  
• Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe profile at Fussballdaten
• Belgium stats at Belgian FA
• Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe – FIFA competition record
• Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe – UEFA competition record
• Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe profile at Soccerway

Belgium men's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – Fourth Place
1 Bailly 2 De Roover 3 Kompany 4 Vermaelen 5 Pocognoli 6 Fellaini 7 De Mul 8 Haroun 9 Mirallas 10 Vertonghen 11 Martens 12 Ma-Kalambay 13 Ciman 14 Mulemo 15 Simaeys 16 Vanden Borre 17 De Smet 18 Dembélé 19 Odjidja-Ofoe 22 De Winter Coach: De Sart