Ashley Opperman

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Personal information
Date of birth (1983-01-13) 13 January 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Cape Town, South Africa
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Hanover Park
Youth career
19??–1999 Seven Stars
1999–2000 Ajax Cape Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2005 Ajax Cape Town
2002–2003 → Avendale Athletico (loan)
2005–2007 Moroka Swallows
2007–2008 Ikapa Sporting
2008–2010 Vasco da Gama
2010–2011 Hanover Park
2011-2012 Chippa United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1:00, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Ashley Opperman (born 13 January 1983 in Cape Town, Western Cape) is a South African football (soccer) defender who plays for Hanover Park of the National First Division.

He made his Premier Soccer League (PSL) debut with Ajax Cape Town as a teenager during the 2000–01 season before spending time on loan at First Division club Avendale Athletico. [1] In 2005, he returned to the PSL with Moroka Swallows, [2] then spent a season with Ikapa Sporting [3] before joining Vasco da Gama, [4] who released him following their promotion to the PSL. [5] In September 2010 he signed for Hanover Park. [6] After playing for Hanover Park for just one season, he left the team and joined Chippa United, where he remained for the rest of his Soccer career until his retirement in July 2012.

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References

  1. ↑ Pillay, Joseph (17 November 2002). "Ajax's Opperman brings elite league knowhow to first division". City Press. South Africa. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "Swallows sign Opperman". SABC News. South African Press Association. 10 February 2005. Archived from the original on 22 February 2005.
  3. ↑ "Opperman tells of Ikapa nightmare". Kick Off. 5 June 2008. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  4. ↑ "Opperman signs for Vasco". Kick Off. 10 September 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  5. ↑ "Vasco show four more the door". Kick Off. 13 August 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  6. ↑ "Kondowe surfaces at Hanover Park". Kick Off. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2011.


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