Eddie Odhiambo

Eddie Odhiambo
Odhiambo in December 2019
Personal information
Full name Eddie Odhiambo-Anaclet
Date of birth (1985-08-31) 31 August 1985
Place of birth Arusha, Tanzania
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
2002–2003 Oxford United
2003–2004 Southampton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Southampton 0 (0)
2004–2005Chester City (loan) 0 (0)
2005Yeovil Town (loan) 0 (0)
2005–2006Tamworth (loan) 8 (0)
2006–2008 Oxford United 76 (4)
2008–2010 Stevenage Borough 34 (3)
2010–2011 Newport County 32 (0)
2011–2012 Gateshead 25 (0)
2012–2016 Brackley Town 129 (4)
2016 Oxford City 7 (0)
2016 Kidlington
2016–2017 Banbury United 29 (1)
2017–2018 Kidlington
2018–2020 Banbury United 41 (0)
2020–2021 North Leigh 0 (0)
Managerial career
2021–2022 North Leigh
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 July 2017 (UTC)

Eddie Odhiambo-Anaclet (born 31 August 1985) is a Tanzanian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He was most recently manager of Combined Counties League Premier Division North side North Leigh.

Odhiambo began his career as a schoolboy with Oxford United, before moving to Southampton in 2003. A year later, he signed on professional terms with the club, and was loaned out on separate occasions to Chester City and Tamworth during the 2004–05 season. He did not break into the first-team at Southampton, and signed for Oxford United on a free transfer in July 2006. After two seasons of regular first-team football at Oxford, he joined Stevenage Borough on a free transfer ahead of the 2008–09 campaign. In his first season with the Hertfordshire side, he helped the club win the FA Trophy in May 2009. The following season, Odhiambo was part of the side that secured promotion to the Football League for the first time in the club's history.

He was released at the end of the season, and subsequently joined Newport County, spending the 2009–10 season with the club, before moving to another Conference Premier team in the form of Gateshead. He spent one year at Gateshead, but was released in April 2012. A month later, Odhiambo signed for Brackley Town of the Conference North. He spent four years at Brackley before signing for Oxford City for the 2016–17 season. Odhiambo spent time at Kidlington in 2016 before joining Banbury United for the remainder of the season. He re-joined Kidlington as a player-coach for the 2017–18 campaign before then signing with Banbury for a second time, once again in a player-coach role.