Personal information | |||
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Full name | William | ||
Date of birth | 1 April 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Qous | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016 | Okyeman Planners | ||
2016–2017 | Middlesbrough | 0 | (0) |
2017 | → Levadia Tallinn (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2017 | → Levadia Tallinn U21 (loan) | 15 | (7) |
2017–2019 | Minerva Punjab | 29 | (7) |
2019 | Ozone | 8 | (1) |
2019 | BSS Sporting Club | 4 | (5) |
2020 | Bhawanipore | 5 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Bengaluru United | 4 | (1) |
2021 | Butwal Lumbini | 9 | (4) |
2023 | Bodoland FC | 1 | (0) |
2024– | Al-Qous | ||
International career | |||
2016 | Ghana U20 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Opoku Asiedu (born 1 April 1997) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi Second Division side Al-Qous. Besides Ghana, he has played in England, Estonia, Nepal and India. [2]
Opoku's career began in Ghana with Division One club Okyeman Planners. [3] He scored eleven goals in his final season, 2016, with Okyeman. [3] In February 2017, Opoku joined Premier League team Middlesbrough on a long-term contract. [4] [5] He was immediately loaned out to Levadia Tallinn of the Meistriliiga for eighteen months. [4] [5] He made his Levadia debut on 3 March in the league versus Flora. [1] During his time in Estonia, Opoku mainly featured for their reserve team in the Esiliiga. [1] In total, he scored seven goals in fifteen games in the tier two. [1] His loan with Levadia was terminated in June 2017. [6]
On 26 September, Opoku joined I-League side Minerva Punjab. [7] [8] [9] He made a goalscoring debut for Minerva in a 2017 Punjab State Football League match against Dalbir FA. [10] In I-League action, Opoku scored three goals in his first four appearances. [1] On 8 March 2018, Opoku scored the winning goal in a 1–0 win over Churchill Brothers which secured the 2017–18 I-League title. [1] [11] [12] He extended his contract for one more year in September 2018. [13] However, in 2019, Opoku moved to Ozone of the I-League 2nd Division. [14] Months after, he headed to Calcutta Football League team BSS Sporting Club. [15]
2020 saw Opoku move across Kolkata to Bhawanipore. [16] In September of the same year, Opoku headed back to the I-League 2nd Division with Bengaluru United. [17]
Opoku has represented Ghana at U20 level, featuring during the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualifying campaign. [3] [18]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Minerva Punjab | 2017–18 | I-League | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | |
2018–19 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | |||
Career total | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7 |
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