David Opoku

David Opoku

Opoku with MYPA in May 2012
Personal information
Full nameDavid Osei Opoku
Date of birth31 January 1992
Place of birthAccra, Ghana
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing positionForward
Youth career
Achimota School
2010-2011UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2012MYPA13(0)
2012→ IF Gnistan (loan)6(7)
2014Sanat Mes Kerman F.C.3(0)
National team‡
2011, 2014Ghana U233
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:32, 6 September 2014 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:32, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

David Osei Opoku (born 31 January 1992) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who last played for Sanat Mes Kerman F.C. in 2014. He plays as a forward.

Playing career

Youth and college

Opoku played for Achimota School in Accra, Ghana and trained with Chelsea FC in England [1] before moving to the United States to play college football for the University of California, Santa Barbara. He spent 2 seasons with the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team and was named the Big West Conference Freshman of the Year in 2010 in addition to being named to the 2010 All-Big West Second Team.[2] He ended his career with the Gauchos with 15 goals and 7 assists.

Professional

After a few months of trials,[3] Opoku signed a contract with Finnish Veikkausliiga club Myllykosken Pallo −47 in April 2012.[4][5] He played in 13 Veikkausliiga matches with the club, scoring no goals.[6] He did score in his lone 2012–13 UEFA Europa League appearance on 12 July 2012 against Cefn Druids A.F.C..[7][8]

Opoku was sent on loan to IF Gnistan, who play in the Finnish Kakkonen, in August 2012 to see out the remainder of his contract.[9][10]

He joined Iranian club Sanat Mes Kerman F.C. on a short term deal in March 2014 and recorded one assist during his time with the club.[11]

International

David was called up to train with the Ghana national under-23 football team in June 2011 when he was still enrolled at UC Santa Barbara.[12][13][14] He appeared in an exhibition against Deportivo FC and scored a goal.[15] He was again called up to camp with the national team in October 2014 and made the trip to Nigeria to play against the Nigerian senior national team in a friendly played in honor of the opening of the Akwa Ibom international stadium. He made second half appearance in the game and nearly equalized. [16][17]

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Gyimah, Edmund Okai (14 November 2012). "I’m working towards Black Stars call-up - Former Chelsea youth team striker David Opoku". Goal.com. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "UC Santa Barbara Nearly Pulls Off Men’s Soccer Award Sweep". Big West Conference. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Eskilson, J.R. (18 April 2012). "Former UC Santa Barbara striker David Opoku signs with Finnish club Myllkosken Pallo". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  4. ↑ OPOKU MYPAAN at the Wayback Machine (archived May 11, 2012) (Finnish)
  5. ↑ "Opoku MYPA:an". Veikkausliiga (in Finnish). 12 April 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "MYPAn Opoku osui jälleen Kakkosessa". Veikkausliiga (in Finnish). 9 September 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Footballdatabase player profile". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "ESPN FC player profile". ESPNFC.com. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "Ennakko: LPS – Gnistan". IF Gnistan (in Finnish). 29 August 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "Opoku loppukaudeksi MYPAsta Gnistaniin". Veikkausliiga (in Finnish). 1 September 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  11. ↑ جدول عملکرد بازیکنان مس در فصل گذشته. fcmes.com (in Persian). 21 April 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "Opoku Called Up to Ghana U-23 National Team Camp". UC Santa Barbara Gauchos. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  13. ↑ Punzal, Barry (21 June 2011). "http://presidiosports.com/2011/06/ghana-calls-in-opoku-to-u-23-national-team/". Presidio Sports. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  14. ↑ "US-based college footballer David Opoku in Ghana U23 team". Ghanasoccernet. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  15. ↑ "Meteors rain goals on Deportivo in friendly win". ghanasoccernet.com. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  16. ↑ "Ghana team for Nigeria friendly". newtelegraphonline.com. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  17. ↑ "Opoku confident of a Ghana win against Nigeria". allsports.com.gh. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.

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