Joshua Otoo

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Joshua Otoo
Personal information
Full name Joshua Otoo Opoku
Date of birth (1990-04-06) 6 April 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Hearts of Oak
Number 20
Youth career
2001–2003 Vision Soccer Academy
2004–2008 Auroras F.C.
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008 Hearts of Oak
2009–2010 Red Bull Ghana
2010–2015 Wa All Stars
2016 Gandzasar Kapan 3 (0)
2016– Hearts of Oak
International career‡
2009– Ghana 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 August 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 August 2016

Joshua Otoo Opoku (born 6 April 1990), simply known as Joshua Otoo, is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a right-back, for Hearts of Oak.

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Career

Club

Otoo's began his career club career in the Vision Soccer Academy and signed in January 2004 with Auroras FC. After four-and-a-half years with Auroras FC Otoo left the club to sign on 11 June 2008 for Accra Hearts of Oak SC. [1] On 1 December 2009, Otoo joined Ghana Football Leagues club Red Bull Ghana prior to joining on 1 July 2010 Ghana Premier League club Wa All Stars in the 2010–2011 Ghanaian Premier League season. [2]

In January 2016, Otoo joined Armenian side Gandzasar Kapan, having previously agreed a deal with Hearts of Oak. [3]

International

Otoo's first call-up in the Ghana national football team for a friendly match against Argentina national football team, [4] and Otoo earned his debut in the match on 1 October 2009. [5] Otoo was included in the Ghana preliminary team for the 2014 African Nations Championship, and finished as runner-up.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 May 2016 [6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gandzasar Kapan 2015–16 Armenian Premier League 3000–30
Career total3000--30

International

Ghana
YearAppsGoals
200910
Total10

Statistics accurate as of match played 30 September 2009 [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Registered Players for Hearts of Oak - Ghana Premier League 2008/2009 Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Special Report – Scores And Player Information – Glo Premier League In Ghana (Part One)
  3. ↑ "Joshua Otoo BETRAYS Hearts of Oak!!!". footballgh.com. footballgh. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Black Stars away in Argentina
  5. ↑ "Ghana suffer Argentina defeat". Archived from the original on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
  6. ↑ Joshua Otoo at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Joshua Otoo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
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