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Stephen Odey Joins Amiens

by Niyi Busari,
Sep 11, 2020
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By Sampson Adedeji

French Ligue 2 side Amiens FC have unveiled Nigeria's Super Eagles striker, Stephen Odey, after the player completed his medical on Thursday, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

Odey started his professional career with Nigeria Professional Football League Club MFM FC and remained the all time scorer of the club.

He departed Nigeria few years back for Swiss club FC Zurich after finishing second on the top scorer chat of the NPFL behind Anthony Okpotu.

He was signed by the Belgium Jupiler League side, RKC Genk, on a 5 year deal last summer but failed to tie down a regular shirt.

Three French clubs; Guingamp, Paris FC and Amiens FC approached Genk for his signature before he agreed to joined the later.

Odey was unveiled on Friday morning on a year loan deal with an option of outright purchase.

He will put on jersey no 9 and might in action on Saturday when Amiens face Paris FC in a derby match

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Niyi Busari

Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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