Frank Odoi
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Career & Clubs
In 1962, Odoi finished his degree in mechanical engineering at Kaneshie Technical College. That year, he began his football career with second division Standfast FC. In 1963, he moved to Great Olympics in the Ghana Premier League. In 1968, he left Ghana to move to the United States where he signed with the Washington Whips of the North American Soccer League. In 1969, he moved to the second division Syracuse Scorpions of the American Soccer League before returning to the NASL in 1970, this time with the Rochester Lancers. He spent nine seasons with the Lancers. In 1977, he was named to the Rochester Lancers Team of the Decade. In 1979, he joined the Buffalo Stallions of the Major Indoor Soccer League for one season.
Odoi was called up to the Ghana national team in 1963. In 1964, he played one game for Ghana at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He also represented Ghana at the 1965 African Cup of Nations and scored twice, including the extra-time goal to defeat Tunisia in the final.
In 1996, the newly established Rochester Rhinos hired Odoi as an assistant coach.
- Club
- Accra Great Olympics F.C. (1963–1967)
- Club
- Washington Whips (1968–1968)
- Club
- Syracuse Suns (1969–1969)
- Club
- Rochester Lancers (1970–1978)
- Club
- Buffalo Stallions (1979–1980)
- Club
- Ghana men's national football team (1963–1968)
- League
- North American Soccer League
- National team
- Ghana
Clubs
- Accra Great Olympics F.C.1963–1967
- Ghana men's national football team1963–1968
- Washington Whips1968–1968
- Syracuse Suns1969–1969
- Rochester Lancers1970–1978
- Buffalo Stallions1979–1980
Played together with
- Ali IbrahimAccra Great Olympics F.C. · 1989–1990
- Aziz AnsahAccra Great Olympics F.C. · 1998–2000
- Aziz AnsahAccra Great Olympics F.C. · 2007–2007
- Cecil Jones AttuquayefioAccra Great Olympics F.C. · 1966–1974
- Daniel QuayeAccra Great Olympics F.C. · 1997–1998
- Edward BoyeAccra Great Olympics F.C.
Emmanuel ClotteyAccra Great Olympics F.C. · 2004–2009- George AlhassanAccra Great Olympics F.C. · 1977–1982
- George AlhassanAccra Great Olympics F.C. · 1985–1990
- Godwin AttramAccra Great Olympics F.C. · 2015
- Habib MohamedAccra Great Olympics F.C. · 2008–2008
- Issah Gabriel AhmedAccra Great Olympics F.C. · 2003–2003
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Frank Odoi is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in Ghana and the United States. He was a member of Ghana's 1964 Olympic football team.
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