Odin Bailey

Odin Ohray Bailey (born 8 December 1999) is an English footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Livingston, on loan from EFL Championship club Birmingham City. He spent time on loan at Gloucester City of the National League South in 2018 and at Forest Green Rovers in the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons. He has represented England at under-16 level.

Club Career

Early life and Birmingham City career

Bailey was born in Birmingham and lived in the Bartley Green district. His father, Luke, was on the books of West Bromwich Albion as a youngster. Bailey attended Priory School in Edgbaston. He joined Birmingham City F.C.'s Academy as an under-seven, signed a pre-contract agreement in March 2016 to commit to a first professional contract which would run from his 17th birthday in December to the end of the 2018–19 season, and took up a two-year scholarship in July. Academy coach Steve Spooner described him as "a forward player that plays down the middle or off the side, a number 10 type player [with] good close control and a good variation of finishes." He played for Birmingham's under-23 team in 2016–17, despite his youth, and was a regular for that team the following season.

Bailey was named among the substitutes for the Championship fixture at home to Ipswich Town on 31 March 2018. He remained unused as his team won 1–0. He helped Birmingham's youth team reach the semifinal of the 2017–18 FA Youth Cup, but was injured after four minutes of the first leg against Chelsea, depriving him not only of the chance to progress further – Chelsea outclassed Birmingham 7–0 on aggregate – but also of the possibility of making his senior debut in what remained of the season.

First-team football

Bailey was a member of the first-team squad for their pre-season training camp in Austria, and was given a squad number for the 2018–19 season. In November 2018, he joined Gloucester City of the sixth-tier National League South on a mon