Richard Odada

Richard Odada (Serbian Cyrillic: Ричард Одада; born Novembar 25, 2000) is a Kenyan professional footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Metalac, on loan from Red Star Belgrade. He is also a Serbian citizen.

Richard Odada
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-11-25) 25 November 2000
Place of birth Nairobi, Kenya
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Metalac
(on loan from Red Star Belgrade)
Number 13
Youth career
0000–2019 Leopards
2019–2020 Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Red Star Belgrade 2 (0)
2020 → Grafičar Beograd (loan) 24 (0)
2021– → Metalac (loan) 20 (0)
National team‡
2018 Kenya U-20
2021– Kenya 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:20, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 September 2021

Club career

Early years

Odada made his debut with the biggest team, Leopards and thanks to his excellent midfielder performances, he came to wear the jersey of the national Under 20 team.[1]

Odada, who was part of the Kenya U20 team that featured in the African Championship qualifiers in 2017, enjoyed stints in Serbia and Switzerland before trialing with Juventus.[2]

Grafičar Beograd

On January 30, 2019, Odada joined the Red Star U19 team. After a successful and good year, he was sent to the main team, and then on loan to Grafičar Beograd. He made his debut in the 3-0 victory against Radnički from Pirot, where he played all 90 minutes. In the 2019/20 season, he played 7 matches for Grafičar, and he also recorded one assist in the 5-0 victory against Sinđelić. In the 2020/21 season, he played 13 matches in the league, where he again recorded an assist against Radnički from Pirot and he also played one game in the cup against Voždovac.

International career

He made his debut for the Kenya national football team on 2 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Uganda. He started and played the full match in a 0–0 home draw.[3]

Career statistics

Club
As of 25 May 2021.[4]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Red Star Belgrade 2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga 0000000000
2020–21 2000000020
Total 2000000020
Grafičar Beograd (loan) 2019–20 Serbian First League 7000000070
2020–21 170100000180
Total 240100000250
Career total 260100000270

Honours
Red Star Belgrade

References
  1. Odada, a young kenian talent on training with Juventus at malindikenya.net, 12-2-2018
  2. Kenyan youngster impresses on trials with Juventus at nairobinews.nation.co.ke, 10-2-2018, retrieved 17-6-2020
  3. "Kenya v Uganda game report". FIFA. 2 September 2021.
  4. Richard Odada at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
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