Daniel Opare

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Daniel Opare
Personal information
Full name Daniel Tawiah Opare
Date of birth 18 October 1990 (1990-10-18) (age 21)[1]
Place of birth Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana[1]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Right Wingback and Left Wingback
Club information
Current club Standard Liège
Number 4
Youth career
2001 Volta Academy
2001–2004 Ajax Football Academy
2004–2007 Ashanti Gold
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2006–2007 Ashanti Gold 13 (4)
2007–2008 Sfax 21 (6[2])
2008–2010 Real Madrid Castilla 6 (0)
2010– Standard Liège 42 (1)
National team‡
2007 Ghana U17 7 (–)
2009 Ghana U20[3] 2 (0)
2007– Ghana 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 May 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 March 2012

Daniel Tawiah Opare (born 18 October 1990 in Accra) is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who plays as a right wingback or left wingback for Belgian club Standard Liège in the Belgian Pro League and the Ghana national team.

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[edit] Career

Recognized by World Soccer Magazine as one of the 50 Most Exciting Teenagers on the Planet in their November 2007 Issue, young marauding Right Wingback, Opare received rave reviews for using his incredible footspeed and precision crossing to great effect for the Ghana national U-17 team (The Black Starlets)[4] at the 2007 U-17 World Cup.[5]

On 3 July 2010, Opare left Real Madrid Castilla to sign for Belgian club Standard Liège,[6] and it was negotiated by his agents NVA Entertainment Group.[7]

[edit] International career

[edit] 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

A converted midfielder and skillful lateral defender, Opare initiated The Black Starlets attacking moves with surging runs and was responsible for supplying the forwards Ransford Osei and Sadick Adams with precise crosses from wide areas.[8] At the back he looks equally comfortable and composed. He assisted[9] on many of Ghana’s goals at the 2007 African Under-17 Championship in Togo in March 2007 as well as the U-17 World Cup where he was a standout in all seven games he played.[10]

[edit] 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

In September 2009, Opare was included in the Ghana national under-20 team (The Black Satellites) for the 2009 U-20 World Cup in Egypt, in which Opare had helped the Ghana team win for the first time by defeating Brazil national under-20 team in the finals at the Cairo International Stadium on 16 October 2009.[11]

[edit] Ghana senior international team

On 13 November 2007, three weeks after his 17th birthday, the young wingback sensation received his first senior International call-up from Ghana's coach, Claude Le Roy for a FIFA International friendly match against Togo at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra, Ghana on 18 November 2007,[12] after another excellent display, assisting twice on a superb hat-trick by Ransford Osei against Togo's U-17 team[13] in a Junior International friendly at the same venue on Sunday, 11 November 2007.

2008 African Cup of Nations

The U-17 World Cup star was part of Ghana’s squad for the 2008 African Cup of Nations.[14] However on 10 January 2008, Ghana's Team Doctor, Martin Engmann told the media that the youngster has not recovered from an ankle injury[15] he sustained in the Pre-Tournament Training Camp at the Jebel Ali Hotel Resort and Spa in Dubai [16] and was excluded from the squad together with injured teammates Matthew Amoah and captain Stephen Appiah.[17]

2012 African Cup of Nations

In December 2011, Opare was named to the Ghana national team's provisional 25-man squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations,[18] and in January 2012 he was selected for the tournament's 23-man squad.[19]

Opare was never given an opportunity by the then coach of Ghana, Goran Stevanović, to feature in any of the 6 games that the Ghana national team played at the 2012 African Cup of Nations.[19]

[edit] Titles and Honours

Opare was widely regarded as the best defender at the 2007 FIFA U17 World Cup.[20]

[edit] International

Ghana Ghana U-20

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Daniel Tawiah Opare – Playerhistory Profile
  2. ^ Daniel Opare – Footgoal
  3. ^ "Opare, Daniel". nationalfootballteams.com. http://www.nationalfootballteams.com/v2/player.php?id=45666. Retrieved 24 January 2012. 
  4. ^ Goal.com (2007-09-17). "African Under-17 Hottest Starlets". Goal.com. http://kr.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=412851. Retrieved 2007-09-17. 
  5. ^ (Spanish)"Informe: Mundial sub17 2007". Perlas del futbol. 2007-09-17. http://perlasdelfutbol.blogspot.com/2007/09/informe-mundial-sub17-2007.html. Retrieved 2007-09-17. 
  6. ^ "Opare va signer au Standard". L'Equipe. 3 July 2010. http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2010/20100703_203905_opare-va-signer-au-standard.html. Retrieved 3 July 2010. 
  7. ^ "Young Ghanaians rule the world through NVA". modernghana.com. 10 September 2010. http://www.modernghana.com/music/13106/3/young-ghanaians-rule-the-world-through-nva.html. 
  8. ^ Daniel Opare – FIFA competition record
  9. ^ "Stars Dazzle – Roar Against T&T". ModernGhana. 2007-08-27. http://www.modernghana.com/GhanaHome/SportsArchive/sports_details.asp?id=VFZSUmVFNXFSVEk9&menu_id=2&sub_menu_id=0. Retrieved 2007-08-27. 
  10. ^ (Spanish)"Ghana sub17, todo para ganar". ElMundo. 2007-09-17. http://elmundodehoeman.blogspot.com/2007/09/ghana-sub17-todo-para-ganar.html. Retrieved 2007-09-17. 
  11. ^ "FIFA Player Statistics: Daniel OPARE". fifa.com (FIFA). http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=269071/index.html. 
  12. ^ Ghana FA (2007-11-13). "Starlets duo get senior's call". Ghanafa.org. http://www.ghanafa.org/news/read.asp?contentid=2306. Retrieved 2007-11-13. 
  13. ^ "Starlets re-open stadium with 4–1 win". GhanaFA. 2007-11-12. http://www.ghanafa.org/news/read.asp?contentid=2288. Retrieved 2007-11-12. 
  14. ^ "Le Roy names Black Stars roster". Ghana FA. 10 January 2008. http://www.ghanafa.org/blackstars/200801/2434.asp. Retrieved 10 January 2008. 
  15. ^ "Injuries rock Ghana camp in Abu Dhabi". modernghana.com, archived from original at GhanaSoccernet.com. 10 January 2008. http://www.modernghana.com/news/153135/2/injuries-rock-ghana-camp-in-abu-dhabi.html. Retrieved 10 January 2008. 
  16. ^ "Ghana doctor allays injury fears". GhanaSoccernet. 2008-01-10. Archived from the original on 2008-02-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20080210013927/http://ghanasoccernet.com/index.php/Nations-Cup/Ghana-doctor-allays-injury-fears.html. Retrieved 2008-01-10. 
  17. ^ Ibrahim, Sannie (2008-01-11). "Owusu-Abeyie in Ghana squad". BBC Sports. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7181773.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-11. 
  18. ^ Mensah, Kent (15 December 2011). "Ghana announce 25-man squad for 2012 Africa Cup of Nations". Goal.com. http://www.goal.com/en/news/1658/ghana/2011/12/15/2804053/ghana-announce-25-man-squad-for-2012-africa-cup-of-nations. Retrieved 1 February 2012. 
  19. ^ a b "Daniel Opare - 2012 Africa Cup of Nations profile". mtnfootball.com. MTN Group. http://www.mtnfootball.com/africa/african-tournaments/african-cup-of-nations/2012-player-profiles/ghana/daniel-opare-tawiah.html. Retrieved 1 February 2012. 
  20. ^ "REDS LINKED WITH OPARE MOVE". Sky Sports. 2008-01-07. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11988_3026262,00.html. 

[edit] External links

Ghana squad – 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Fourth Place
Ghana
Standard Liège – current squad
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