Joshua Otoo

Joshua Otoo
Personal information
Full name Joshua Otoo Opoku
Date of birth (1990-04-06) 6 April 1990
Place of birth Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
2001–2003 Vision Soccer Academy
2004–2008 Auroras F.C.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 Hearts of Oak
2009–2010 Red Bull Ghana
2010–2015 Wa All Stars
2016 Gandzasar Kapan 3 (0)
National team
2009– Ghana 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 August 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 August 2016

Joshua Otoo Opoku (born 6 April 1990), simply known as Joshua Otoo, is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a right-back, most recently for Gandzasar Kapan.

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 year with Auroras FC Otoo left the club to sign on 11 June 2008 for Accra Hearts of Oak SC.[1] On 1 December 2009, Otoo joined Ghana Football Leagues club Red Bull Ghana prior to joining on 1 July 2010 Ghana Premier League club Wa All Stars in the 2010–2011 Ghanaian Premier League season.[2]

In January 2016, Otoo joined Armenian side Gandzasar Kapan, having previously agreed a deal with Hearts of Oak.[3]

International

Otoo's first call up for the Ghana national football team was for a friendly match against Argentina national football team,[4] and Otoo earned his debut in the match on 1 October 2009.[5] Otoo was included in the preliminary Ghana national football team squad for the 2014 African Nations Championship in which the Ghana national football team squad finished runner-up at the 2014 African Nations Championship.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 May 2016[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gandzasar Kapan 2015–16 Armenian Premier League 300030
Career total 3000--30

International

Ghana
YearAppsGoals
200910
Total10

Statistics accurate as of match played 30 September 2009[7]

References

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