Dominic Oppong

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Dominic Oppong
Personal information
Full name	Dominic Ansah-Oppong
Date of birth	(1986-01-21) January 21, 1986
Place of birth	Kumasi, Ghana
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Edmonton
Number	21
Youth career
2005–2006	Cincinnati Bearcats
2007–2008	Buffalo Bulls
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2007–2008	Toronto Lynx	10	(0)
2009	Buffalo City	19	(1)
2009	North York Astros	2	(0)
2009	Edmonton Drillers (indoor)
2010	Harrisburg City Islanders	14	(1)
2011-2012	FC Edmonton	37	(0)
National team^‡
2005	Canada U20	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 28, 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of April 17, 2010

Dominic Oppong (born January 21, 1986 in Kumasi) is a Ghanaian-born Canadian soccer player, currently playing for FC Edmonton in the North American Soccer League.

Career

College and Amateur

Oppong grew up in Scarborough, Ontario, attended Cardinal Newman Catholic Secondary School, and played two years of college soccer at the University of Cincinnati, before transferring to the University at Buffalo prior to his junior year. He was an All-MAC Second Team selection in 2008.

During his college years Oppong also played for the Toronto Lynx in the USL Premier Development League.^[1] He made his Lynx debut on June 15, 2007 in a 4-0 defeat to the Michigan Bucks,^[2] and in 2008 helped the Lynx reach the playoffs for the first time since the 2000 season.

Professional

After leaving college, Oppong signed with Buffalo City of the National Premier Soccer League in 2009. He appeared in 19 matches and recorded one goal and added six assists for the team.

Oppong was among the new additional signings made by North York Astros head coach Vladimir Klinovsky midway through the 2009 CSL season to strengthen his squad as it attempted to qualify for the playoffs,^[3] but left the team after making only two appearances. He later played briefly for the Edmonton Drillers in the Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League.^[4]

On April 8, 2010, Oppong signed with the Harrisburg City Islanders of the USL Second Division.^[5] He made his debut for Harrisburg on May 7, against the Charlotte Eagles coming on as a substitute for Kai Kasiguran.^[6]

Oppong signed with the new FC Edmonton side of the North American Soccer League on March 3, 2011.^[7] The club re-signed Oppong for the 2012 season on October 12, 2011.^[8]

International

Oppong made his debut for the Canada U-20 men's national soccer team on December 6, 2005 in a game against Cameroon at the Francophone Games,^[9] and went on to appear in all three matches of their group stage.

Club Statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Canada			League		Voyageurs Cup		Total
2011	FC Edmonton	NASL	22	0	2	0	24	0
Total	Canada		22	0	2	0	24	0
Career total			22	0	2	0	24	0

Personal

Oppong's brother Victor was long-time member of several youth teams from Canadian Soccer Association^[10] and played for many teams in Germany including SV Waldhof Mannheim,^[11] SG Sonnenhof Großaspach,^[12] SV Sandhausen, 1. FC Saarbrücken and VfR Mannheim.^[13]

References

External links

v t e FC Edmonton – current squad

1 Parker 2 Banner 3 Edward 4 Hlavaty 5 Watson 6 Mortotsi 8 Blanco 9 Jalali 11 Mirabelli 12 Boakai 13 Jonke 14 Dosanjh 15 Roberts 16 Fordyce 17 Laing 21 Farago 22 Nonni 23 Smits — Alexsic — Jones — Moses Head Coach: Miller Assistant Coach: Paulus Goalkeeping Coach: Woloshen Technical Director: Petrone General Manager: Proudfoot

Persondata
Name	Oppong, Dominic
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian soccer player
Date of birth	January 21, 1986
Place of birth	Kumasi, Ghana
Date of death
Place of death

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