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

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who plays as an

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Club career

Born in

Obuasi Obuasi is a Mining Community and town in the southern part of Obuasi Municipal of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Obuasi is the capital of the Obuasi Municipal which lies south of Ashanti capital city Kumasi 39 miles (59.4 kilometres) away south ...

, Ashanti, Opoku began his career at the AshantiGold Soccer Academy and was promoted to

Ashanti Gold S.C. Ashanti Gold Sporting Club popularly known as AshGold is a Ghanaian football team based in the gold mining town of Obuasi, south of Kumasi the capital of Ashanti Region. The club are currently competing in the Ghana Premier League. History Asha ...

He left Ashanti Gold and moved to Tunisian side

Club Sportif Sfaxien Club Sportif Sfaxien ( ar, النادي الرياضي الصفاقسي) is a Tunisian professional association football club founded in 1928. History The club was founded in 1928 as ''Club Tunisien'', playing in green and red stripes. The team ...

as a free agent in January 2007. In December 2008, Opoku signed with

Al Sadd Al Sadd Sports Club ( ar, نادي السد الرياضي, lit=Dam Sports Club) is a Qatari sports club based in the Al Sadd district of the city of Doha. It is best known for its association football team, which competes in th ...

of the

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. On 22 February 2011, he joined another Qatari club Al-Ahli on a three-month loan deal from Al Sadd. Opoku signed a contract with Bulgarian side

Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 b ...

during the summer of 2012 and made his official debut for the team on 26 July 2012, in a 1–3 away loss against

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in a

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match. His first and only game in the league was on 25 August 2012, in the 2–0 away win over

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. The contract with Levski Sofia ended on 27 October 2012 due to injuries.

International career

Opoku played at the 2005 Africa under 17 Championships and was member of the

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at 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship in

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. Opoku was also part of the Ghana national under-20 football team that won the

2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was hosted by Egypt from 24 September to 16 October 2009. The tournament was initially going to take place between 10 and 31 July. However, the 2009 FIFA Confedera ...

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Honours

Sfaxien *

CAF Confederations Cup The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football club competition established in 2004 from a merger of the CAF Cup and the African Cup Winners' Cup and organi ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

Al Sadd *

Qatari Stars Cup The Qatari Stars Cup is a Qatari football competition played during the Qatar Stars League season known as Ooredoo Cup due to sponsorship reasons. The knockout competition, which involves a round-robin league structure, was first started in 2009 ...

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

Ghana U-17 *

African U-17 Championship The U-17 Africa Cup of Nations also called TotalEnergies U-17 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsoring reason (previously known as the African U-17 Championship) is a bi-annual football competition organised by the sport's African governing body, CA ...

runner up:

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Ghana U-20 *

FIFA U-20 World Cup The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 whe ...

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

Ghana *

Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...

Silver Medal:

Individual *

Top scorer:

References

External links

*
Profile at LevskiSofia.info
{{DEFAULTSORT:Opoku, Agyeman Prempeh 1989 births Living people People from Obuasi Association football wingers Association football forwards Ghanaian footballers Ghana under-20 international footballers Ghana international footballers 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players Ghanaian expatriates in Tunisia Expatriate footballers in Tunisia Expatriate footballers in Qatar Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Ashanti Gold SC players CS Sfaxien players Al Sadd SC players PFC Levski Sofia players Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. players Qatar Stars League players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Al Ahli SC (Doha) players Ghana youth international footballers