Daniel
Tawiah Opare (born 18
October 1990 in Accra)
is currently playing as a right back for Portuguese
club FC Porto
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) at the 2007 U-17 World Cup in South Korea.
He
joined Real Madrid Castilla just after the 2007 under 17 World Cup and On 3
July 2010, Opare left Real Madrid Castilla to sign for Belgian
club Standard Liège, 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.
International career
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.
On 13 November 2007, three
weeks after his 17th birthday, he 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
The U-17 World Cup star was
part of Ghana's squad for the 2008 African Cup of Nations but failed to
make the squad for the tournament after sustaining an injury with the team
during their preparation in camp.
In December 2011, Opare was
named to the Ghana national team's provisional 25-man squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, and in January
2012 he was selected for the tournament's 23-man squad. 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. Opare will be making his first World Cup
appearance. He like to be in the number 4 shirt, same shirt he is going to be
in at the Brazil tournament.
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