Jordan Darko-Opoku (born 8 October 1983) is a Ghanaian professional

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, who currently plays as an

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or forward for Berekum Chelsea and the

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Early life

Opoku was born on 8 October 1987 at Mampona Twifu in Ghana. He attended Winneba Secondary School for his secondary education whilst playing in the school's football team.

Club career

Opoku is a product of Feyenoord Fetteh. Prior to that he played for the colts team, Tema Hurricans in Tema, Accra, bef0000ore being scouted in 2000 to join the Feyenoord Fetteh side. In 2003, he was adjudged as the SWAG Discovery of the Year for 2002. Opoku gained promotion to play for the youth team of Fetteh's mother club

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, becoming the first player from the academy in Ghana to join the main club in Holland. Opoku spent some time at Dutch club

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and Belgian club Royal Antwerp FC before returning to the

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. Opoku signed with Feyenoord Ghana for one year and joined in 2006

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. In the 2007–2008 season Opoku won the Ghana Premier League title and the Ghana President's Cup with Asante Kotoko. The

and forward on 31 January 2010 left his club

. He served as the club captain from 2010 till 2011 when he moved to Dinamo Tirana on a four-month

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deal with Dinamo Tirana. After a short loan spell with Dinamo Tirana, Opoku became a

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. In late January 2012, Opoku signed with Ghana Premier League club Berekum Chelsea. On 1 August 2013, Opoku re-signed for

. After playing for Thailand club Sakaeo F.C. for a year, he rejoined Asante Kotoko in December 2018 on a one-year deal. In January 2020, Opoku returned to Berekum Chelsea.

International career

Opoku's first call up for the

was for a friendly match against

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, and Opoku earned his debut in the match on 1 October 2009. In November 2013, coach Maxwell Konadu invited Opoku to be a part of the

for the 2013 WAFU Nations Cup. Opoku helped the Ghana national football team to a first-place finish after Ghana national football team beat

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by three goals to one. Opoku

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ed and was a key member in the

for the

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finished runner-up.

Honours

Asante Kotoko * Ghana Premier League: 2007–08, 2013–14 * GFA Normalization Competition:

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: 2014 * Ghana Super Cup: 2013 Ghana *

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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

* African Nations Championship Runner-up:

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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Individual * SWAG Discovery of the Year: 2002

References

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