Agyemang Opoku

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Agyemang Opoku
Personal information
Full name Nana Opoku Agyemang-Prempeh
Date of birth (1989-06-07) 7 June 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Obuasi, Ashanti, Ghana
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2004 Ashanti Gold Soccer Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2006 Ashanti Gold 60 (31)
2007–2008 Sfaxien 19 (4)
2008–2012 Al-Sadd 20 (13)
2011Al-Ahly Doha (loan) 10 (1)
2012 Levski Sofia 1 (0)
2013–2014 Hapoel Kfar Saba 9 (0)
2014–2015 PIFA Sports 0 (0)
International career
2005 Ghana U-17
2009 Ghana U-20 5 (0)
2009–2011 Ghana [1] 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nana Opoku Agyemang-Prempeh (born 7 June 1989) commonly known as Agyemang Opoku, is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. [1] [2]

Contents

Club career

Born in Obuasi, Ashanti, Opoku began his career at the AshantiGold Soccer Academy [3] and was promoted to Ashanti Gold S.C. [4] He left Ashanti Gold and moved to Tunisian side Club Sportif Sfaxien as a free agent in January 2007. [5] [6]

In December 2008, Opoku signed with Al Sadd of the Qatar Stars League. On 22 February 2011, he joined another Qatari club Al-Ahli on a three-month loan deal from Al Sadd. [7]

Opoku signed a contract with Bulgarian side Levski Sofia during the summer of 2012 and made his official debut for the team on 26 July 2012, in a 1–3 away loss against FK Sarajevo in a UEFA Europa League match. His first and only game in the league was on 25 August 2012, in the 2–0 away win over Montana. The contract with Levski Sofia ended on 27 October 2012 due to injuries. [8] [6]

International career

Opoku played at the 2005 Africa under 17 Championships and was member of the Ghana national under-17 football team at 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Peru. Opoku was also part of the Ghana national under-20 football team that won the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt. [9] [10] [2]

Honours

Sfaxien

Al Sadd

Ghana U-17

Ghana U-20

Ghana

Individual

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References

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  3. Starlets begin camping
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