Michael Agbekpornu

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Michael Agbekpornu
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-08-31) 31 August 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Slaven Belupo
Number 30
Youth career
–2018 Dreams FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2021 Dreams FC 25 (0)
2021–2023 Egnatia 49 (1)
2023– Slaven Belupo 36 (0)
International career‡
2019 Ghana U23 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 November 2019

Michael Agbekpornu (born 31 August 1998) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Slaven Belupo in Croatia. [1]

Contents

Club career

Dreams FC

2018–2019 season

Agbekpornu joined Dreams FC in December 2018. He made his debut during the 2019 GFA Normalization Committee Special Competition. On 31 March 2019, he made his league debut playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 loss to Hearts of Oak. [2]

Prior to the 2019–20 Ghana Premier League season, he received an injury whilst on international duty for the Ghana under-23 which kept him out of the whole season even though the league did not end as it was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] [4] [5]

2020–2021 season

In October 2020, he, along with three other players, including Kingsley Owusu and Victor Oduro, signed a new three-year deal to keep them at the club until 2023. [3] [4] [5]

After he recovered from injury, he was named on the club's squad list for the 2020–21 Ghana Premier League in the club's bid to push for a top 4 league position at the end of the season. [6] [7] In November 2020, he was named as the new club captain ahead of the season. [8] On 22 November 2020, he was adjudged the man of the match after an impressive display after a 2–1 victory over Medeama SC with the goals coming in from Ibrahim Issah and Joseph Esso, helping the club to secure their first victory of the season. [9]

International career

Agbekpornu received call-ups into Ghana national under-23 football team in 2018–2019. [10] [11] [1] On 10 September 2019, he made his debut in a 1–0 victory over Algeria during the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualifiers, which sealed qualification into the main competition which was hosted by Egypt. [12] He was a member of the squad that featured during the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, the team however reached the semi-final but could not qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics as they lost the semi-final match against Ivory Coast on penalties [13] and their 3rd place match to South Africa also on penalties. [14] [15] [16]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Match Report of Accra Hearts of Oak SC vs Dreams FC - 2019-03-31 - GFA Normalization Special Competition - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. 1 2 Amankwaa, Coudjoe (19 October 2020). "Four Dreams FC players sign new contract extension! – Panafricanfootball" . Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Four Dreams FC players sign contract extensions". MyNewsGh. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  5. 1 2 Osman, Abdul Wadudu (17 October 2020). "Micheal Agbekpornu and three others renew contract with Dreams FC". Football Made In Ghana. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "2020/21 Ghana Premier League full squads: Dreams FC". GhanaSoccernet. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "The ultimate 18-team Ghana Premier League season guide 2020/21 - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  8. ↑ Kapoor, Daraja Jr. (16 November 2020). "Dreams FC reveal 3 team captains for 2020/21 season". Football Made In Ghana. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  9. ↑ "2020/21 Ghana Premier League: Dreams FC captain Michael Agbekpornu named Man of the Match in victory over Medeama SC". GhanaSoccernet. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  10. ↑ Osman, Abdul Wadudu (11 October 2019). "Dreams FC midfielder Michael Agbekornu handed Ghana U23 call up". Football Made In Ghana. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  11. ↑ "Michael Agbepkonu - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  12. ↑ Gyimah, Edmund Okai (11 September 2019). "Michael Agbekpornu revels in Black Meteors debut". Graphic SPORTS. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  13. ↑ Quao, Nathan (19 November 2020). "U-23 AFCON: Ghana loses semi-finals to Cote d'Ivoire on penalties". Citi Sports Online. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  14. ↑ Yussif (November 2020). "Black Meteors' Michael Agnekpornu delighted with his performances in Egypt". The Ghana Guardian News. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  15. ↑ CAFonline (22 November 2019). "U-23 AFCON: Ghana fail to qualify to Olympic Games after losing to South Africa". Graphic SPORTS. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  16. ↑ Quao, Nathan (22 November 2019). "U-23 AFCON: Ghana loses on penalties AGAIN to miss out on Olympics". Citi Sports Online. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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