Nicholas Opoku

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Nicholas Opoku
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-08-11) 11 August 1997 (age 26) [1]
Place of birth Kumasi, Ghana [1]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Amiens
Number 4
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Kumasi Corner Babies
2016–2017 Berekum Chelsea 19 (1)
2017–2018 Club Africain 18 (0)
2018–2021 Udinese 19 (0)
2020–2021 → Amiens (loan) 34 (0)
2021– Amiens 56 (0)
International career‡
Ghana U17
Ghana U20
2017– Ghana 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 July 2018

Nicholas Opoku (born 11 August 1997) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defender for French club Amiens. [2] He has also been capped at the international level.

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Club career

Opoku started his career with Kumasi Corner Babies, before moving to top-tier club Berekum Chelsea. [3] On 11 August 2017, he signed a three-year deal with Tunisian club Club Africain. [4]

On 13 July 2018, Opoku signed with Serie A side Udinese until 30 June 2022. [5]

On 28 January 2020, Opoku joined Ligue 1 club Amiens on loan with an option to buy until 30 June 2020. [6]

International career

Opoku was a part of the Ghana under 17 squad that competed in 2013 African U-17 Championship. [3] He has also represented the Ghana under-20 team. [7]

In July 2017, Opoku made his senior international debut in a 2–1 defeat against United States. He came as a 38th minute substitute for Rashid Sumaila following his knee injury. [8]

In April 2021, The Court of Arbitration for Sport asked Tunisian side Club Africain to pay him US$279,500 after repeated failure to be pay his salary, which lead termination of his contract wihh the club in June 2018. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Nicholas Opoku". National-Football-Teams. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Nicholas Opoku at Soccerway
  3. 1 2 "What you need to know about new Ghana defender Nicholas Opoku of Berekum Chelsea". Modern Ghana. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Nicholas Opoku seals 3-year deal with Club Africain". Ghana Web. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Benvenuto Nicholas!" [Welcome, Nicholas!] (in Italian). 13 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Udinese, Opoku saluta vola in Francia. È dell'Amiens" . Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: Berekum Chelsea star Nicholas Opoku pens three-year deal with Tunisian giants Club Africain". Ghana Soccernet. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Berekum Chelsea's Nicholas Opoku 'sparkles' on Ghana debut". Ghana News Online. 2 July 2017. Archived from the original on 24 August 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Club Africain handed transfer ban for not paying Nicholas Opoku – MyJoyOnline.com". myjoyonline.com. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
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