{{Short description|Belgian footballer (born 1987)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Akwasi Oduro | image = | full_name = Akwasi Qwakeye Oduro | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|2|8}} | birth_place = Cologne, Germany | height = 1.80 m | position = Left back | currentclub = | youthyears1 = 1997–1999 | youthclubs1 = Gierle | youthyears2 = 1999–2001 | youthclubs2 = Turnhout | youthyears3 = 2001–2006 | youthclubs3 = Standard Liège | years1 = 2006–2008 | clubs1 = Beveren | caps1 = 26 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2008–2009 | clubs2 = Radnički Kragujevac | caps2 = 18 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2009–2010 | clubs3 = Bodø/Glimt | caps3 = 14 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2010–2011 | clubs4 = Capellen | caps4 = 20 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2011–2012 | clubs5 = Turnhout | caps5 = | goals5 = | years6 = 2013–2014 | clubs6 = KFC Katelijne-Waver | years7 = 2014–2015 | clubs7 = Turnhout | caps7 = 14 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2015–? | clubs8 = KVK Beringen | pcupdate = 3 January 2016 }}
'''Akwasi Qwakeye Oduro ''' (born 8 February 1987) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a left-back.
== Career == Born in Cologne, Oduro emigrated to Belgium when he was ten and started playing for Gierle and K.V. Turnhout. At the age of 14 he moved to Standard de Liège where stayed until 2006 when he moved to the first team of KSK Beveren, playing four matches in his first season. In August 2008 he went for a trial at English League Two club Swindon Town<ref>{{cite news |title=Ghanaian given trial by Swindon |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/swindon_town/7496207.stm |access-date=21 June 2025 |work=BBC Sport |date=8 July 2008}}</ref> and later at Chesterfield.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Berg |first1=Vidar |title=Glimt tester ghanesisk spiller |trans-title=Glimt tests Ghanaian player |url=https://www.an.no/nyheter/glimt-tester-ghanesisk-spiller/s/1-33-4102584 |access-date=21 June 2025 |work=Avisa Nordland |date=4 February 2009 |language=Norwegian}}</ref> Oduro left than in September 2008 his club K.S.K. Beveren and signed with Radnički Kragujevac of the Srpska Liga.<ref>[http://fotball.bt.no/eliteserien/article129590.eceOlsen-erstatter klar – bt.no]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In February 2009, after trialling at Norwegian club Bodø/Glimt, he was to sign a contract with the club.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trond Olsens erstatter klar |trans-title=Trond Olsen's replacement ready |url=https://www.nrk.no/nordland/trond-olsens-erstatter-klar-1.6472877 |access-date=21 June 2025 |work=NRK Nordland |date=9 February 2009 |language=Norwegian}}</ref>
He then returned to Belgium and played with Capellen and Turnhout in the Belgian Second Amateur Division.<ref>[https://int.soccerway.com/players/akwasi-qwakeye-oduro/75283/ Awasi Oduro profile] at Soccerway</ref>
== Personal life == Oduro who was born in Cologne, Germany and is of Ghanaian descent, but he holds a Belgian passport.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110717084724/http://www.altomfotball.no/element.do?matchId=&tournamentId=1&seasonId=331&timeFrom=&timeTo=&cmd=player&personId=220902&teamId=307 Altomfotball.no – Biography]</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Cite web |url=http://www.glimt.no/wips/1470279075 |title=Bodø/Glimt – Biography |access-date=17 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421005623/http://www.glimt.no/wips/1470279075 |archive-date=21 April 2009 |url-status=dead }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Oduro, Akwasi}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:Belgian people of Ghanaian descent Category:Black Belgian sportspeople Category:21st-century Belgian sportsmen Category:Belgian men's footballers Category:Men's association football full-backs Category:Eliteserien players Category:KSK Beveren players Category:FK Radnički 1923 players Category:FK Bodø/Glimt players Category:Royal Cappellen F.C. players Category:KFC Turnhout players Category:Belgian expatriate men's footballers Category:Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Category:Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Norway