Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Daniel Tawiah Opare | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 18 October 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Right back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team
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Lens (on loan from FC Augsburg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001 | Volta Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2004 | Ajax Football Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2007 | Ashanti Gold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Ashanti Gold | 14 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Sfax | 21 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Real Madrid Castilla | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2014 | Standard Liège | 88 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Porto | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Porto B | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | → Beşiktaş (loan) | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015– | FC Augsburg | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017– | → Lens (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007 | Ghana U17 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | Ghana U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007– | Ghana | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 May 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 March 2014 |
Daniel Tawiah Opare (/ɒˈpæˈreɪ/ o-PA-RAY) (born 18 October 1990 in Accra) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Lens, on loan from Augsburg, and the Ghana national team.
In November 2007, Opare was recognized by World Soccer Magazine as one of the 50 Most Exciting Teenagers on the Planet. He received rave reviews for using his incredible footspeed and precision crossing to great effect for the Ghana national U-17 team (The Black Starlets) at the 2007 U-17 World Cup.
On 3 July 2010, Opare left Real Madrid Castilla to sign for Belgian club Standard Liège, and it was negotiated by his agents NVA Entertainment Group.
On 20 May 2014 just before the World Cup 2014, it was announced that Opare had signed for former Champions League winners F.C. Porto after a successful four years stint at Standard Liege.
On 13 August 2015, Opare signed a three-year contract with German club Augsburg for an undisclosed fee.