| Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro | |
| Fullname: | Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro |
| Birth Date: | 2 July 2004 |
| Birth Place: | Purmerend, Netherlands |
| Height: | 1.89m |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Currentclub: | AZ |
| Clubnumber: | 1 |
| Youthclubs1: | DVC Buiksloot |
| Youthclubs2: | AZ |
| Years1: | 2022–2024 |
| Clubs1: | Jong AZ |
| Caps1: | 32 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2023– |
| Clubs2: | AZ |
| Caps2: | 15 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2023 |
| Nationalteam1: | Netherlands U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 18:38, 10 November 2024 (UTC) |
Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro (Purmerend, 2 July 2004)[1] is a Ghana professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club AZ.
Owusu-Oduro moved from DVC Buiksloot to the AZ Alkmaar academy, beginning to play for AZ at under-12 level. After continuing through the age group levels he signed his first professional contract on 2 October 2020 keeping him at AZ until the end of the 2022–23 season.[2] He distinguished himself with critical saves as the AZ under-18 side won a league and cup double in the 2021–22 season.[3] [4] [5]
He has been wildly tipped as a "wonderkid" in the football management video game Football Manager 2022 by the likes of Goal, SPORTbible and Planet Football.[6] [7] [8]
Owusu-Oduro made his Eerste Divisie debut on 26 August 2022 against FC Eindhoven.[9] [10] On 21 April 2023 he saved two penalties in a penalty shoot-out as AZ won through against Sporting Lisbon to reach the final of the 2022-23 UEFA Youth League.[11] He also started in the final against Hajduk Split as AZ ran out 5-0 winners.[12]
On 14 December 2023, Owusu-Oduro made his first team debut in a UEFA Europa Conference League away fixture against Legia Warsaw.[13]
On 25 March 2023, Owusu-Oduro played for the Netherlands national under-20 football team in a 2-1 friendly win over France.[14]
Owusu-Oduro has Ghanaian roots, making him eligible to represent Ghana at senior level[15]
| Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Jong AZ | 2022–23 | Eerste Divisie | 14 | 0 | – | – | – | 14 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Eerste Divisie | 17 | 0 | – | – | – | 17 | 0 | |||||
| 2024–25 | Eerste Divisie | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 32 | 0 | – | – | – | 32 | 0 | ||||||
| AZ | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 22 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 47 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | |||