Joshua Otoo Opoku (born 6 April 1990), simply known as Joshua Otoo, is a Ghanaian professional

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who plays as a

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, for

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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. On 1 December 2009, Otoo joined Ghana Football Leagues club

Red Bull Ghana Red Bull Ghana was a Ghanaian professional football club and academy based in Sogakope, South Tongu District, Ghana, which was founded in 2008 and abolished in 2014. The club was owned by Red Bull and last played in Division One League Zone 3B ...

prior to joining on 1 July 2010

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club Wa All Stars in the 2010–2011 Ghanaian Premier League season. In January 2016, Otoo joined Armenian side

Gandzasar Kapan Football Club Gandzasar Kapan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Գանձասար Կապան), commonly known as Gandzasar, is an Armenian football club based in the town of Kapan, Syunik Province. Translated from the Armenian, "Gandz-a- ...

, having previously agreed a deal with

International

Otoo's first call-up in the

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for a

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against

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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 The 2014 African Nations Championship was the third African Nations Championship association football, football tournament. The 16 national teams featured players from the respective national championships. The tournament took place between 11 Ja ...

, and finished as runner-up.

Career statistics

Club

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 30 September 2009''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Otoo, Joshua 1990 births Living people Ghanaian footballers Association football fullbacks Footballers from Accra Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. players Legon Cities FC players Ghana Premier League players Ghana international footballers