Personal Life
O'Dea attended St Aloysius' College, Glasgow, having attended Clonkeen College where he played alongside former Wolves youngster Aidan Lyons and played for Home Farm, based in his hometown Dublin, at schoolboy level alongside fellow Irish underage internationals Owen Garvan, Shane Supple and Chris McCann. In 2003, O'Dea chose to continue his career in Scotland with Celtic, ignoring the advances of Premier League sides Aston Villa, Manchester City and Liverpool.
In 2006 O'Dea met and formed a relationship with Melissa Chung. The couple had a daughter, Lucia Isabella O'Dea in December 2010.
In 2010, a gangster threatened to shoot him in the kneecaps during a row in a nightclub because his girlfriend was flirting with O'Dea.
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