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Odiye began playing club football in
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to play collegiate soccer. Odiye moved to the United States to attend college and after graduating in 1983, he played for a local semi-professional club
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Odiye was born in Lagos in April 1956 to the family of Jonah and
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finals. He is well known for scoring an own goal in a
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