Denis Odoi

Denis Odoi
Fulham info
Full name	Denis Frimpong Odoi
Date of birth	27 May 1988
Place of birth	Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
Height	5ft 10in (1.78m)
Playing position	Left/Right full back, Centre back
Current player?
Number(s) worn	4 (2016-2022)
Debut	Newcastle (h) (5 Aug 2016)
Last Appearance	Blackpool (h) (29 Jan 2022)
First goal	Wigan (h) (11 Feb 2017)
Last goal	Birmingham (a) (15 Sept 2021)
Joined from	Lokeren, £900,000 - 14 Jul 2016
Left for	Club Brugge, £585,000 - 1 Feb 2022
League apps (gls)	154 (4)
All apps (gls)	177 (7)
Other clubs	OH Leuven (2006-2009) Sint-Truiden (2009-2011) Anderlecht (2011-2013) Lokeren (2013-2016)
International	Belgium (2012) / Ghana (2022-present)
Apps (gls)	1 (0) / 7 (0)

Denis Odoi played for Fulham as a defender from 2016 until 2022. A versatile and agile player, he could fill in anywhere across the back line and was signed in July 2016 by Slaviša Jokanović. He represented Belgium on one occasion, earning his cap in May 2012 in a friendly against Montenegro.

Career

Fulham (2016-2022)

Denis officially joined Fulham on 14 July 2016 from Lokeren for around £900,000. He made his debut in the league opener of 2016-17 in an impressive 1-0 win over favourites Newcastle United. He enjoyed success in his first season, reaching the Play-off Semi-finals in the Championship and spent much of his time playing at right back.

In the 2018-19 season, Denis converted to a centre back midway through the season and made the place his, keeping out loanee Tomáš Kalas, and helped the Whites on their way to Wembley for the Play-off Final, after a match winning header against Derby County in the Second leg of the Semi-final. A sending off in the Final against Aston Villa after a clumsy kick on Jack Grealish saw a nervy end to the match but ultimately got over the line.

Despite rumours of an exit from Craven Cottage, Denis stayed on and played a large number of matches in the Premier League, though Fulham's defence performed poorly and immediately returned to the Championship for 2019-20. Here, he helped them achieve promotion once more but again was found to be out of his depth in the Premier League in 2020-21 and only managed three League appearances all season.

Kenny Tete began the 2021-22 season as first choice right back as life in the Championship resumed once more, however, after an injury this gave Denis the starting spot and he kept his place in the side even once Kenny had recovered due to a good run of form.

After Fulham

Denis signed a permanent deal with Club Brugge very late on the January deadline day of 2022, ending his near-six year stay at Craven Cottage, for a fee in the region of £585,000.

Despite representing Belgium in an international friendly in 2012, he accepted a call up for Ghana and made his debut for them in March 2022.

Fulham Statistics

Appearances

Season	League	League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Play-offs		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2016-17	Championship	30	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	33	2
2017-18	Championship	38	1	1	0	1	1	3	1	43	3
2018-19	Premier League	31	0	1	1	2	0	-	-	34	1
2019-20	Championship	34	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	39	0
2020-21	Premier League	3	0	2	0	3	0	-	-	7	0
2021-22	Championship	18	1	1	0	1	0	-	-	20	1
Total		154	4	10	1	7	1	6	1	177	7

Disciplinary

Season
2016-17	6	0	0
2017-18	7	2	0
2018-19	5	0	0
2019-20	7	0	1
2020-21	2	0	0
2021-22	6	0	0
Total	33	2	1

Fulham Matches

#	Season	Date	Comp	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Match Info
1	2016-17	5 Aug 2016	CHMP	Newcastle	Home	Won	1-0	10'
2	2016-17	13 Aug 2016	CHMP	Preston	Away	Won	2-1
3	2016-17	16 Aug 2016	CHMP	Leeds	Away	Drew	1-1	54'
4	2016-17	20 Aug 2016	CHMP	Cardiff	Home	Drew	2-2
5	2016-17	27 Aug 2016	CHMP	Blackburn	Away	Won	1-0
6	2016-17	10 Sept 2016	CHMP	Birmingham	Home	Lost	0-1	54'
7	2016-17	13 Sept 2016	CHMP	Burton	Home	Drew	1-1
8	2016-17	17 Sept 2016	CHMP	Wigan	Away	Drew	0-0	51'
9	2016-17	24 Sept 2016	CHMP	Bristol City	Home	Lost	0-4
10	2016-17	27 Sept 2016	CHMP	Nottm Forest	Away	Drew	1-1
11	2016-17	1 Oct 2016	CHMP	QPR	Home	Lost	1-2
12	2016-17	15 Oct 2016	CHMP	Barnsley	Away	Won	4-2
13	2016-17	18 Oct 2016	CHMP	Norwich	Home	Drew	2-2	50'
14	2016-17	22 Oct 2016	CHMP	Aston Villa	Away	Lost	0-1
15	2016-17	19 Nov 2016	CHMP	Sheff Wed	Home	Drew	1-1	76'
16	2016-17	26 Nov 2016	CHMP	Brighton	Away	Lost	1-2	79', 85'
17	2016-17	26 Dec 2016	CHMP	Ipswich	Away	Won	2-0
18	2016-17	2 Jan 2017	CHMP	Brighton	Home	Lost	1-2	79'
19	2016-17	8 Jan 2017	FAC	Cardiff	Away	Won	2-1
20	2016-17	14 Jan 2017	CHMP	Barnsley	Home	Won	2-0	90+2'
21	2016-17	21 Jan 2017	CHMP	QPR	Away	Drew	1-1	46'
22	2016-17	29 Jan 2017	FAC	Hull	Home	Won	4-1
23	2016-17	1 Feb 2017	CHMP	Burton	Away	Won	2-0	90+1'
24	2016-17	11 Feb 2017	CHMP	Wigan	Home	Won	3-2	71'
25	2016-17	14 Feb 2017	CHMP	Nottm Forest	Home	Won	3-2
26	2016-17	19 Feb 2017	FAC	Tottenham	Home	Lost	0-3
27	2016-17	22 Feb 2017	CHMP	Bristol City	Away	Won	2-0
28	2016-17	4 Mar 2017	CHMP	Preston	Home	Won	3-1	88'
29	2016-17	11 Mar 2017	CHMP	Newcastle	Away	Won	3-1
30	2016-17	14 Mar 2017	CHMP	Blackburn	Home	Drew	2-2	87'
31	2016-17	18 Mar 2017	CHMP	Wolves	Home	Lost	1-3	53',  54'
32	2016-17	22 Apr 2017	CHMP	Huddersfield	Away	Won	4-1	46', 50'
33	2016-17	7 May 2017	CHMP	Sheff Wed	Away	Won	2-1
34	2017-18	5 Aug 2017	CHMP	Norwich	Home	Drew	1-1	69'
35	2017-18	8 Aug 2017	LC	Wycombe	Away	Won	2-0	81'
36	2017-18	12 Aug 2017	CHMP	Reading	Away	Drew	1-1	5'
37	2017-18	15 Aug 2017	CHMP	Leeds	Away	Drew	0-0
38	2017-18	19 Aug 2017	CHMP	Sheff Wed	Home	Lost	0-1
39	2017-18	26 Aug 2017	CHMP	Ipswich	Away	Won	2-0	89'
40	2017-18	9 Sept 2017	CHMP	Cardiff	Home	Drew	1-1
41	2017-18	13 Sept 2017	CHMP	Hull	Home	Won	2-1	90+1'
42	2017-18	26 Sept 2017	CHMP	Nottm Forest	Away	Won	3-1	46'
43	2017-18	29 Sept 2017	CHMP	QPR	Away	Won	2-1	62'
44	2017-18	14 Oct 2017	CHMP	Preston	Home	Drew	2-2	90+6'
45	2017-18	31 Oct 2017	CHMP	Bristol City	Home	Lost	0-2
46	2017-18	3 Nov 2017	CHMP	Wolves	Away	Lost	0-2
47	2017-18	18 Nov 2017	CHMP	Derby	Home	Drew	1-1	53'
48	2017-18	21 Nov 2017	CHMP	Sheff Utd	Away	Won	5-4	73'
49	2017-18	25 Nov 2017	CHMP	Millwall	Home	Won	1-0
50	2017-18	2 Dec 2017	CHMP	Brentford	Away	Lost	1-3	45',  53'
51	2017-18	26 Dec 2017	CHMP	Cardiff	Away	Won	4-2	82'
52	2017-18	30 Dec 2017	CHMP	Hull	Away	Drew	2-2	74'
53	2017-18	2 Jan 2018	CHMP	Ipswich	Home	Won	4-1
54	2017-18	6 Jan 2018	FAC	Southampton	Home	Lost	0-1
55	2017-18	13 Jan 2018	CHMP	Middlesbrough	Away	Won	1-0	60'
56	2017-18	20 Jan 2018	CHMP	Burton	Home	Won	6-0
57	2017-18	27 Jan 2018	CHMP	Barnsley	Away	Won	3-1	46'
58	2017-18	3 Feb 2018	CHMP	Nottm Forest	Home	Won	2-0	90+2'
59	2017-18	17 Feb 2018	CHMP	Aston Villa	Home	Won	2-0	90+1'
60	2017-18	21 Feb 2018	CHMP	Bristol City	Away	Drew	1-1
61	2017-18	24 Feb 2018	CHMP	Wolves	Home	Won	2-0	90+2'
62	2017-18	3 Mar 2018	CHMP	Derby	Away	Won	2-1
63	2017-18	6 Mar 2018	CHMP	Sheff Utd	Home	Won	3-0
64	2017-18	10 Mar 2018	CHMP	Preston	Away	Won	2-1
65	2017-18	17 Mar 2018	CHMP	QPR	Home	Drew	2-2
66	2017-18	30 Mar 2018	CHMP	Norwich	Away	Won	2-0
67	2017-18	3 Apr 2018	CHMP	Leeds	Home	Won	2-0
68	2017-18	7 Apr 2018	CHMP	Sheff Wed	Away	Won	1-0
69	2017-18	10 Apr 2018	CHMP	Reading	Home	Won	1-0
70	2017-18	14 Apr 2018	CHMP	Brentford	Home	Drew	1-1
71	2017-18	20 Apr 2018	CHMP	Millwall	Away	Won	3-0
72	2017-18	27 Apr 2018	CHMP	Sunderland	Home	Won	2-1
73	2017-18	6 May 2018	CHMP	Birmingham	Away	Lost	1-3	49'
74	2017-18	11 May 2018	PO	Derby	Away	Lost	0-1
75	2017-18	14 May 2018	PO	Derby	Home	Won	2-0	66'
76	2017-18	26 May 2018	PO	Aston Villa	Neutral	Won	1-0	38',  70'
77	2018-19	26 Aug 2018	PREM	Burnley	Home	Won	4-2
78	2018-19	1 Sept 2018	PREM	Brighton	Away	Drew	2-2
79	2018-19	15 Sept 2018	PREM	Man City	Away	Lost	0-3
80	2018-19	22 Sept 2018	PREM	Watford	Home	Drew	1-1	46'
81	2018-19	25 Sept 2018	LC	Millwall	Away	Won	3-1	62'
82	2018-19	29 Sept 2018	PREM	Everton	Away	Lost	0-3	51'
83	2018-19	7 Oct 2018	PREM	Arsenal	Home	Lost	1-5
84	2018-19	20 Oct 2018	PREM	Cardiff	Away	Lost	2-4
85	2018-19	27 Oct 2018	PREM	Bournemouth	Home	Lost	0-3
86	2018-19	1 Nov 2018	LC	Man City	Away	Lost	0-2
87	2018-19	5 Nov 2018	PREM	Huddersfield	Away	Lost	0-1
88	2018-19	11 Nov 2018	PREM	Liverpool	Away	Lost	0-2
89	2018-19	24 Nov 2018	PREM	Southampton	Home	Won	3-2
90	2018-19	2 Dec 2018	PREM	Chelsea	Away	Lost	0-2	55'
91	2018-19	5 Dec 2018	PREM	Leicester	Home	Drew	1-1
92	2018-19	8 Dec 2018	PREM	Man Utd	Away	Lost	1-4
93	2018-19	15 Dec 2018	PREM	West Ham	Home	Lost	0-2
94	2018-19	22 Dec 2018	PREM	Newcastle	Away	Drew	0-0
95	2018-19	26 Dec 2018	PREM	Wolves	Home	Drew	1-1
96	2018-19	29 Dec 2018	PREM	Huddersfield	Home	Won	1-0	44'
97	2018-19	1 Jan 2019	PREM	Arsenal	Away	Lost	1-4
98	2018-19	6 Jan 2019	FAC	Oldham	Home	Lost	1-2	55', 62'
99	2018-19	12 Jan 2019	PREM	Burnley	Away	Lost	1-2	23' (og)
100	2018-19	20 Jan 2019	PREM	Tottenham	Home	Lost	1-2
101	2018-19	29 Jan 2019	PREM	Brighton	Home	Won	4-2
102	2018-19	2 Feb 2019	PREM	Crystal Palace	Away	Lost	0-2	45'
103	2018-19	9 Feb 2019	PREM	Man Utd	Home	Lost	0-3
104	2018-19	22 Feb 2019	PREM	West Ham	Away	Lost	1-3
105	2018-19	27 Feb 2019	PREM	Southampton	Away	Lost	0-2
106	2018-19	3 Mar 2019	PREM	Chelsea	Home	Lost	1-2
107	2018-19	9 Mar 2019	PREM	Leicester	Away	Lost	1-3
108	2018-19	13 Apr 2019	PREM	Everton	Home	Won	2-0	89'
109	2018-19	20 Apr 2019	PREM	Bournemouth	Away	Won	1-0
110	2018-19	27 Apr 2019	PREM	Cardiff	Home	Won	1-0	28'
111	2019-20	3 Aug 2019	CHMP	Barnsley	Away	Lost	0-1
112	2019-20	10 Aug 2019	CHMP	Blackburn	Home	Won	2-0
113	2019-20	14 Sept 2019	CHMP	West Brom	Home	Drew	1-1	90', 90+4'
114	2019-20	21 Sept 2019	CHMP	Sheff Wed	Away	Drew	1-1	67'
115	2019-20	1 Oct 2019	CHMP	Reading	Away	Won	4-1
116	2019-20	23 Oct 2019	CHMP	Luton	Home	Won	3-2
117	2019-20	26 Oct 2019	CHMP	Middlesbrough	Away	Drew	0-0	7'
118	2019-20	2 Nov 2019	CHMP	Hull	Home	Lost	0-3	61'
119	2019-20	9 Nov 2019	CHMP	Birmingham	Away	Won	1-0
120	2019-20	22 Nov 2019	CHMP	QPR	Home	Won	2-1
121	2019-20	26 Nov 2019	CHMP	Derby	Home	Won	3-0
122	2019-20	29 Nov 2019	CHMP	Swansea	Away	Won	2-1
123	2019-20	7 Dec 2019	CHMP	Bristol City	Home	Lost	1-2	40', 87'
124	2019-20	10 Dec 2019	CHMP	Preston	Away	Lost	1-2	28'
125	2019-20	29 Dec 2019	CHMP	Stoke	Home	Won	1-0	67'
126	2019-20	1 Jan 2020	CHMP	Reading	Home	Lost	1-2
127	2019-20	4 Jan 2020	FAC	Aston Villa	Home	Won	2-1
128	2019-20	11 Jan 2020	CHMP	Hull	Away	Won	1-0
129	2019-20	17 Jan 2020	CHMP	Middlesbrough	Home	Won	1-0
130	2019-20	22 Jan 2020	CHMP	Charlton	Away	Drew	0-0
131	2019-20	26 Jan 2020	FAC	Man City	Away	Lost	0-4	78'
132	2019-20	1 Feb 2020	CHMP	Huddersfield	Home	Won	3-2
133	2019-20	8 Feb 2020	CHMP	Blackburn	Away	Won	1-0
134	2019-20	12 Feb 2020	CHMP	Millwall	Away	Drew	1-1
135	2019-20	21 Feb 2020	CHMP	Derby	Away	Drew	1-1
136	2019-20	26 Feb 2020	CHMP	Swansea	Home	Won	1-0
137	2019-20	29 Feb 2020	CHMP	Preston	Home	Won	2-0
138	2019-20	7 Mar 2020	CHMP	Bristol City	Away	Drew	1-1	48'
139	2019-20	20 Jun 2020	CHMP	Brentford	Home	Lost	0-2
140	2019-20	27 Jun 2020	CHMP	Leeds	Away	Lost	0-3
141	2019-20	30 Jun 2020	CHMP	QPR	Away	Won	2-1
142	2019-20	4 Jul 2020	CHMP	Birmingham	Home	Won	1-0	34', 46'
143	2019-20	7 Jul 2020	CHMP	Nottm Forest	Away	Won	1-0	90+5'
144	2019-20	14 Jul 2020	CHMP	West Brom	Away	Drew	0-0
145	2019-20	18 Jul 2020	CHMP	Sheff Wed	Home	Won	5-3	90'
146	2019-20	22 Jul 2020	CHMP	Wigan	Away	Drew	1-1	22', 82'
147	2019-20	27 Jul 2020	PO	Cardiff	Away	Won	2-0	90+4'
148	2019-20	30 Jul 2020	PO	Cardiff	Home	Lost	1-2	76'
149	2019-20	4 Aug 2020	PO	Brentford	Neutral	Won	2-1	110'
150	2020-21	12 Sept 2020	PREM	Arsenal	Home	Lost	0-3
151	2020-21	16 Sept 2020	LC	Ipswich	Away	Won	1-0
152	2020-21	19 Sept 2020	PREM	Leeds	Away	Lost	3-4
153	2020-21	23 Sept 2020	LC	Sheff Wed	Home	Won	2-0	53'
154	2020-21	28 Sept 2020	PREM	Aston Villa	Home	Lost	0-3	47'
155	2020-21	1 Oct 2020	LC	Brentford	Away	Lost	0-3	69'
156	2020-21	9 Jan 2021	FAC	QPR	Away	Won	2-0	91'
157	2020-21	24 Jan 2021	FAC	Burnley	Home	Lost	0-3	81'
158	2021-22	24 Aug 2021	LC	Birmingham	Away	Won	2-0
159	2021-22	28 Aug 2021	CHMP	Stoke	Home	Won	3-0
160	2021-22	11 Sept 2021	CHMP	Blackpool	Away	Lost	0-1	78', 79'
161	2021-22	15 Sept 2021	CHMP	Birmingham	Away	Won	4-1	10'
162	2021-22	18 Sept 2021	CHMP	Reading	Home	Lost	1-2	64', 71'
163	2021-22	25 Sept 2021	CHMP	Bristol City	Away	Drew	1-1
164	2021-22	29 Sept 2021	CHMP	Swansea	Home	Won	3-1
165	2021-22	2 Oct 2021	CHMP	Coventry	Away	Lost	1-4	69'
166	2021-22	16 Oct 2021	CHMP	QPR	Home	Won	4-1
167	2021-22	20 Oct 2021	CHMP	Cardiff	Home	Won	2-0
168	2021-22	24 Oct 2021	CHMP	Nottm Forest	Away	Won	4-0	45', 77'
169	2021-22	30 Oct 2021	CHMP	West Brom	Home	Won	3-0
170	2021-22	3 Nov 2021	CHMP	Blackburn	Away	Won	7-0
171	2021-22	6 Nov 2021	CHMP	Peterborough	Away	Won	1-0	32', 46'
172	2021-22	27 Nov 2021	CHMP	Preston	Away	Drew	1-1
173	2021-22	3 Dec 2021	CHMP	Bournemouth	Home	Drew	1-1
174	2021-22	8 Jan 2022	FAC	Bristol City	Away	Won	1-0
175	2021-22	18 Jan 2022	CHMP	Birmingham	Home	Won	6-2
176	2021-22	22 Jan 2022	CHMP	Stoke	Away	Won	3-2	51'
177	2021-22	29 Jan 2022	CHMP	Blackpool	Home	Drew	1-1	26', 83'

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