| Owen Goodman | |
| Fullname: | Owen Olamidayo Goodman |
| Birth Place: | Harold Wood, Essex, England |
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in |
| Birth Date: | 27 November 2003 |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Currentclub: | AFC Wimbledon (on loan from Crystal Palace) |
| Clubnumber: | 1 |
| Youthclubs1: | South Simcoe United |
| Youthclubs2: | County FC Academy |
| Youthclubs3: | Crystal Palace |
| Years1: | 2022– |
| Clubs1: | Crystal Palace |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs2: | → Colchester United (loan) |
| Caps2: | 38 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2024– |
| Clubs3: | → AFC Wimbledon (loan) |
| Caps3: | 17 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2022 |
| Nationalteam1: | Canada U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2023 |
| Nationalteam2: | England U20 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 10:00, 4 December 2024 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 28 October 2023 (UTC) |
Owen Olamidayo Goodman (born 27 November 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club AFC Wimbledon on loan from club Crystal Palace.
Goodman was born in Harold Wood. He moved to Ontario, Canada with his parents in 2009.
Owen started playing rep soccer for South Simcoe United before playing for County FC Academy both clubs based in Alliston, Ontario.[1] He returned to the United Kingdom from Ontario in 2015. He started playing with the Crystal Palace academy from under-13 level.[2]
Goodman signed a professional contract with Crystal Palace in July 2021 as a seventeen year-old.[3]
Goodman had a place on the first-team bench for Crystal Palace in the Premier League against Wolverhampton Wanderers in October 2022.[4] He signed a contract extension with Crystal Palace in November 2022.[5] He made the Palace first-team bench in Premier League away trips to Brighton & Hove Albion, Arsenal and Southampton.[6]
In July 2023, Goodman joined League Two club Colchester United on a season-long loan.[7]
On 16 July 2024, Goodman returned to League Two for another loan spell, joining AFC Wimbledon for the duration of the 2024–25 season.[8] In September 2024, he saved two penalties in a shoot-out to help Wimbledon knock Premier League side Ipswich Town out of the EFL Cup.[9]
Eligible to play for England, Canada and Nigeria,[9] [10] Goodman was called up to the England U-18 side in 2021.[11] In April 2022, Goodman accepted a call-up to the Canada under-20 team for two friendlies against Costa Rica.[12] Goodman was subsequently called-up to a Nigeria U-20 training camp in January 2023 but ultimately declined.[13] He played for the England U-20 against USA U-20 on 25 March 2023.[14] In October 2023, he was called up to the England U-20 side for matches against Portugal U-20 and Romania U-20.[15]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2022–23 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Colchester United (loan) | 2023–24 | League Two | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
| AFC Wimbledon (loan) | 2024-25 | League Two | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Career total | 55 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | |||
Goodman has an English father and a Nigerian mother.[16] [17] [9]