Agyemang Opoku

Nana Opoku Agyemang-Prempeh (born 7 June 1989) commonly known as Agyemang Opoku, is a Ghanaian professional footballer.

Agyemang Opoku
Personal information
Full name Nana Opoku Agyemang-Prempeh
Date of birth (1989-06-07) 7 June 1989
Place of birth Obuasi, Ashanti, Ghana
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Winger, striker
Youth career
2004 Ashanti Gold Soccer Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Ashanti Gold
2007–2008 Sfaxien 27 (7)
2008–2012 Al-Sadd 20 (13)
2011 → Al-Ahly Doha (loan) 10 (1)
2012 Levski Sofia 1 (0)
2012–2013 Hapoel Kfar Saba 9 (0)
National team‡
2005 Ghana U-17
2009 Ghana U-20 5 (0)
2009– Ghana[1] 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 September 2011
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 January 2012

Career

Born in Obuasi, Ashanti, Opoku began his career by the AshantiGold Soccer Academy[2] and was than promoted to Ashanti Gold SC[3] He left than Ashanti Gold and was transferred to Tunisian side Club Sportif Sfaxien as free agent, in January 2007.[4] On December 2008, he was transferred to Al Sadd of the Qatar Stars League. On 22 February 2011, he joined another Qatari club Al-Ahli on a three-month loan deal from Al Sadd.[5] He signed a contract with Levski Sofia during the summer of 2012 and made his official debut for the team from Bulgaria on 26 July 2012, in a 1–3 away loss against FK Sarajevo in a UEFA Europa League match while his first and only game in the league was on 25 August 2012, in the 2:0 away win over Montana. Levski Sofia ended his contract on 27 October 2012, reportedly due to disciplinary issues.[6] Opoku subsequently had a stint with Israeli club Hapoel Kfar Saba, appearing in 9 league matches between September and December 2012.[7]

International career

Opoku played at the 2005 Africa under 17 Championships and was member of the Ghana national under-17 football team at 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Peru. Opoku was also part of the Ghana national under-20 football team that won the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.

Honours

International
Ghana U-20
Ghana

References
  1. "Agyemang Opoku". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  2. Starlets begin camping
  3. CS Sfaxien loses Apoko; Qatari deal reportedly worth 2.6m euros on www.magharebia.com
  4. Opoku Joins Al Saad MTNfootball.com Archived July 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine on www.africanfootball.mtnfootball.com
  5. Ghana International Opoku Agyemang Joins Qatari Side Al-Ahli On Three-Month Loan on www.goal.com
  6. "Иво Тонев наказва Гаджев и Опоку" (in Bulgarian). dariknews.bg. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  7. "Nana Opoku Agyemang-Prempeh player profile and statistics". soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
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