William Opoku

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William Opoku
Personal information
Full name William
Date of birth (1997-04-01) 1 April 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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 (4)
2023 Bodoland FC
2024 Al-Qous
2024 Paro FC
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. Besides Ghana, he has played in England, Estonia, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Bhutan and India. [2]

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Club career

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]

International career

Opoku has represented Ghana at U20 level, featuring during the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualifying campaign. [3] [18]

Career statistics

As of 5 September 2020 [1]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Minerva Punjab 2017–18 I-League 1850000—00185
2018–19 1120000—00112
Career total2970000—00297

    Honours

    Minerva Punjab

    Paro Fc

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