Daniel Opare

Daniel Opare

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Tawiah Opare
Date of birth	18 October 1990 (1990-10-18) (age 21)
Place of birth	Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Right back and Left back
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[1])
2008–2010	Real Madrid Castilla	6	(0)
2010–	Standard Liège	33	(1)
National team‡
2007	Ghana U17	7
2009	Ghana U20	2	(0)
2007–	Ghana	6	(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 15 November 2011

Daniel Tawiah Opare (born 18 October 1990 in Accra^[2]) is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who plays as a right back for Belgian club Standard Liège in the Belgian Pro League and the Ghana national team.

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 pace and precision crossing to great effect for Ghana’s U-17 Team, The Black Starlets^[3] at the 2007 U-17 World Cup.^[4]

On 3 July 2010 Opare left Real Madrid Castilla to sign for Belgian club Standard Liège.^[5] This was negotiated by his agents NVA Entertainment Group^[6]

International career

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

A converted midfielder and skillful lateral defender Opare initiated the 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.^[7] At the back he looks equally comfortable and composed. He assisted^[8] on many of Ghana’s goals at the 2007 African Under-17 Championship in Togo in March 2007 as well as the U17 World Cup where he was a standout in all seven games he played.^[9]

Senior Internationals

On November 13, 2007, three weeks after his 17th birthday, the young wingback sensation received his first senior International call-up from Ghana Coach Claude Le Roy for a FIFA International friendly match against Togo at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra, Ghana on November 18, 2007^[10] after another excellent display, assisting twice on a superb hat-trick by Ransford Osei against Togo's U17 team^[11] in a Junior International friendly at the same venue on Sunday November 11, 2007.

The U-17 World Cup star was part of Ghana’s squad for the 2008 African Cup of Nations.^[12] However on 10 January 2008, Ghana's Team Doctor Martin Engmann told the media that the youngster has not recovered from an ankle injury^[13] he sustained in the Pre-Tournament Training Camp at the Jebel Ali Hotel Resort and Spa in Dubai^[14] and was excluded from the Squad together with injured teammates Matthew Amoah and Captain Stephen Appiah^[15]

Honours

Opare was widely regarded as the best defender at the 2007 FIFA U17 World Cup.^[16]

References

1. ^ Daniel Opare – Footgoal
2. ^ Daniel Tawiah Opare – Playerhistory Profile
3. ^ 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. 
4. ^ (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. 
5. ^ "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. 
6. ^ http://www.modernghana.com/music/13106/3/young-ghanaians-rule-the-world-through-nva.html
7. ^ Daniel Opare – FIFA competition record
8. ^ "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. 
9. ^ (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. 
10. ^ 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. 
11. ^ "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. 
12. ^ "Le Roy names Black Stars roster". Ghana FA. 2008-01-02. http://www.ghanafa.org/blackstars/200801/2434.asp. Retrieved 2008-01-02. 
13. ^ "Injuries rock Ghana camp in Abu Dhabi". GhanaSoccernet. 2008-01-10. http://ghanasoccernet.com/index.php/Nations-Cup/Injuries-rock-Ghana-camp-in-Abu-Dhabi.html. Retrieved 2008-01-10. ^{[dead link]}
14. ^ "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. 
15. ^ 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. 
16. ^ "REDS LINKED WITH OPARE MOVE". Sky Sports. 2008-01-07. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11988_3026262,00.html. 

External links

• Daniel Opare - Transfer Market

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Name	Opare, Daniel
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Date of birth	1990-10-18
Place of birth	Accra, Ghana
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