Jordan Opoku

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Jordan Opoku
Personal information
Full name Jordan Darko-Opoku
Date of birth (1987-10-08) 8 October 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Mampona Twifu, Ghana
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder / Forward
Team information
Current team
 Berekum Chelsea
Number 32
Youth career
Winneba Secondary School
Tema Hurricanes
Feyenoord Ghana
Feyenoord
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002 Feyenoord Ghana – (–)
2002–2005 Feyenoord 0 (0)
2003–2004 → Excelsior (loan) 34 (3)
2004–2005 → Royal Antwerp (loan) 24 (3)
2005–2006 Feyenoord Academy 29 (1)
2006–2011 Asante Kotoko 113 (22)
2011 → Dinamo Tirana (loan) 16 (2)
2012–2013 Berekum Chelsea 25 (2)
2013–2015 Asante Kotoko 34 (3)
2015–2016 Al-Talaba SC – (–)
2017 Sakaeo 13 (4)
2018–2019 Asante Kotoko 24 (1)
2020– Berekum Chelsea 13 (0)
International career
2009– Ghana 8 (0)
Medal record
Football
Asante Kotoko
Winner Ghana Premier League 2008
Winner Ghana Premier League 2013
Winner Ghana Super Cup 2013
Winner Ghana Premier League 2014
Winner Ghanaian FA Cup 2014
Representing Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Winner WAFU Nations Cup 2013
Runner-up African Nations Championship 2014
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jordan Darko-Opoku (born 8 October 1987) is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who currently plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Berekum Chelsea and the Ghana national football team.

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Early life

Opoku was born on 8 October 1987 at Mampona Twifu in Ghana. He attended Winneba Secondary School for his secondary education whilst playing in the school's football team. [1]

Club career

Opoku is a product of Feyenoord Fetteh. [2] Prior to that he played for the colts team, Tema Hurricans in Tema, Accra, bef0000ore being scouted in 2000 to join the Feyenoord Fetteh side. In 2003, he was adjudged as the SWAG Discovery of the Year for 2002. [3] [4]

Opoku gained promotion to play for the youth team of Fetteh's mother club Feyenoord, becoming the first player from the academy in Ghana to join the main club in Holland. [4] Opoku spent some time at Dutch club Excelsior and Belgian club Royal Antwerp FC before returning to the Ghana. [5] Opoku signed with Feyenoord Ghana for one year and joined in 2006 Asante Kotoko. In the 2007–2008 season Opoku won the Ghana Premier League title and the Ghana President's Cup with Asante Kotoko. [3] [6]

The attacking midfielder and forward on 31 January 2010 left his club Asante Kotoko. He served as the club captain from 2010 [7] till 2011 when he moved to Dinamo Tirana on a four-month loan deal with Dinamo Tirana. [8] After a short loan spell with Dinamo Tirana, Opoku became a free agent. In late January 2012, Opoku signed with Ghana Premier League club Berekum Chelsea. [9] On 1 August 2013, Opoku re-signed for Asante Kotoko. [10] After playing for Thailand club Sakaeo F.C. for a year, he rejoined Asante Kotoko in December 2018 on a one-year deal. [11] [12] In January 2020, Opoku returned to Berekum Chelsea. [13]

International career

Opoku's first call up for the Ghana national football team was for a friendly match against Argentina national football team, [14] and Opoku earned his debut in the match on 1 October 2009. [15] In November 2013, coach Maxwell Konadu invited Opoku to be a part of the Ghana national football team for the 2013 WAFU Nations Cup. [16] Opoku helped the Ghana national football team to a first-place finish after Ghana national football team beat Senegal national football team by three goals to one. [17]

Opoku captained and was a key member in the Ghana national football team for the 2014 African Nations Championship finished runner-up. [18] [19] [20]

Honours

Asante Kotoko

Ghana

Individual

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