Joshua Otoo Opoku (born 6 April 1990), simply known as Joshua Otoo, is a Ghanaian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
right-back
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Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...
, for
Hearts of Oak.
Career
Club
Otoo's began his career club career in the Vision Soccer Academy and signed in January 2004 with Auroras FC. After four-and-a-half years with Auroras FC Otoo left the club to sign on 11 June 2008 for
Accra Hearts of Oak SC
Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club, commonly referred to as Hearts of Oak or just Hearts, is a professional sports club based in Accra ( Greater Accra), Ghana. Founded in 1911, the club is the oldest surviving football club in Ghana and its tra ...
. On 1 December 2009, Otoo joined
Ghana Football Leagues
List of Professional Leagues from Ghana under the Ghana Premier League, Premier League.
Division One League
The league is divided into three zones with a zone each in the southern, middle and northern sectors of the country.
2020–21
...
club
Red Bull Ghana prior to joining on 1 July 2010
Ghana Premier League
The Ghana Premier League is the top professional association football league in Ghana organized by the Ghana Football Association and formed in 1958 to replace a previous league incarnation, the Gold Coast Club Competition which ran from 1933 ...
club
Wa All Stars in the
2010–2011 Ghanaian Premier League season.
In January 2016, Otoo joined Armenian side
Gandzasar Kapan, having previously agreed a deal with
Hearts of Oak.
International
Otoo's first call-up in the
Ghana national football team
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for a
friendly match
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against
Argentina national football team
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, and Otoo earned his debut in the match on 1 October 2009. Otoo was included in the
Ghana preliminary team for the
2014 African Nations Championship
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, and finished as runner-up.
Career statistics
Club
International
''Statistics accurate as of match played 30 September 2009''
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Otoo, Joshua
1990 births
Living people
Ghanaian men's footballers
Men's association football fullbacks
Footballers from Accra
Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. players
Legon Cities FC players
Ghana Premier League players
Ghana men's international footballers
21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen