Sonia Opoku (born 25 December 2001) is a Ghanaian international

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who plays as a

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for the

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club Misaka United and the Ghana women's national team. She previously played for Ghanaian club Ampem Darkoa Ladies.

Club career

Opoku started her career with Ampem Darkoa Ladies. In 2017, she suffered an injury that kept her out for close to three years until 2019 when she underwent surgery and recovery processes. She returned to playing in 2020 during the 2020–21 Ghana Women's Premier League season. Opoku played a key role in her return by helping Ampem Darkoa to a first place finish in the Northern Zone league and qualifying for the play-off final. Ampem Darko however lost the final to Hasaacas Ladies losing by 2–0. Opoku was adjudged the NASCO player of the match for her great performance even though her team lost. In the Ghana Women's FA Cup, Opoku also played a key role in getting Ampem-Darkoa to do final by scoring the winning goal in their semi-final fixture against Thunder Queens. She scored the goal in the 92nd minute of extra time after the match remained goalless at full time. In the

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final, Ampem Darkoa lost the final again to Hasaacas Ladies by 2–0. Opoku was however adjudged the player of the season. By March 2022, she moved to Turkey and signed with

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to play in the second half of the 2021–22 Turkish Women's Super League season. In the 2022–23 Turkish Women's Football Super League, she transferred to 1207 Antalya Spor. On 5 April 2023, Opoku joined

club Misaka United as one of the foreign players.

International career

Opoku was a member of the Ghana U-17 women's team from 2016 to 2018. En route to the

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, she suffered an ACL injury during their final training camp session which ended her chances of featuring at the tournament. Due to the recurring nature of the injury she was kept out of featuring in the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup after being part of the squad during the initial qualifiers. Opoku earned her first senior national team call up in July 2021 ahead of the Aisha Buhari Cup and 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualifiers against

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. She made her international debut during an

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friendly match against South African women's national team on 17 September 2021.

Personal life

Opoku has a very similar personality and lifestyle like Neymar Jr of PSG. People often call her, Neymar Jr, because of a style of play.she’s a lovely person in and off the pitch

Honours

Ampem Darkoa *

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: 2015–16, 2017, 2021–22 *

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: 2017 Individual *

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Player of the Season:

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Opoku, Sonia Living people Ghanaian women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Ampem Darkoa Ladies F.C. players Ghana women's international footballers Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey Turkish Women's Football Super League players Trabzonspor women's players 1207 Antalya Spor players 2001 births Indian Women's League players Ghanaian expatriate women's footballers Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in India Expatriate women's footballers in India Place of birth missing (living people)