Aaron Opoku

{{short description|German footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Aaron Opoku

| fullname = Aaron Opoku-Tiawiah{{cite web |url=https://ftc-hamburg.com/index.php?id=10&tx_ftc_players%5Bplayer%5D=99&tx_ftc_players%5Baction%5D=show&tx_ftc_players%5Bcontroller%5D=Player&cHash=1e2ace772986b6a565ab5917c0d4811f |title=Aaron Opoku |website=Football Transfer Company |date=28 July 2018 |access-date=20 July 2019 |archive-date=21 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121131607/https://ftc-hamburg.com/index.php?id=10&tx_ftc_players%5Bplayer%5D=99&tx_ftc_players%5Baction%5D=show&tx_ftc_players%5Bcontroller%5D=Player&cHash=1e2ace772986b6a565ab5917c0d4811f |url-status=dead }}

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| height = 1.85 m

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1999|3|28}}

| birth_place = Hamburg, Germany

| position = Left winger

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2011

| youthclubs1 = HNT Hamburg

| youthyears2 = 2011–2018

| youthclubs2 = Hamburger SV

| years1 = 2018–2021

| clubs1 = Hamburger SV II

| caps1 = 23

| goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2019–2022

| clubs2 = Hamburger SV

| caps2 = 4

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2019–2020

| clubs3 = → Hansa Rostock (loan)

| caps3 = 33

| goals3 = 5

| years4 = 2020–2021

| clubs4 = → Jahn Regensburg (loan)

| caps4 = 21

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2021–2022

| clubs5 = → VfL Osnabrück (loan)

| caps5 = 32

| goals5 = 3

| years6 = 2022–2025

| clubs6 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern

| caps6 = 55

| goals6 = 7

| nationalyears1 = 2018

| nationalteam1 = Germany U19

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2019

| nationalteam2 = Germany U20

| nationalcaps2 = 6

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| club-update = 23 May 2025

| nationalteam-update =

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Aaron Opoku-Tiawiah (born 28 March 1999) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left winger.

Career

Opoku made his professional debut for Hansa Rostock in the 3. Liga on 20 July 2019, starting in the home match against Viktoria Köln. He scored with a backheel in the 19th minute to put Rostock 3–0 ahead, before being substituted out in the 67th minute for Marco Königs, with the match finishing as a 3–3 draw.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/3-liga-2019-2020-hansa-rostock-viktoria-koeln/ |title=Hansa Rostock – Viktoria Köln 3:3 (3. Liga 2019/2020, 1. Round) |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL |date=20 July 2019 |access-date=20 July 2019}}

He was loaned to Jahn Regensburg for the 2020–21 season.{{cite web | url = https://www.ssv-jahn.de/alle-neuigkeiten/news-im-detail/jahn-verpflichtet-aaron-opoku-21/?no_cache=1&cHash=7941653c6449a87b8257c0fa53a7282a | title = Jahn verpflichtet Aaron Opoku (21) | language = de | website = SSV Jahn Regensburg | date = 3 October 2020 | access-date = 4 October 2020 | first = Johannes | last = Liedl | archive-date = 29 March 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210329160032/https://www.ssv-jahn.de/alle-neuigkeiten/news-im-detail/jahn-verpflichtet-aaron-opoku-21/?no_cache=1&cHash=7941653c6449a87b8257c0fa53a7282a | url-status = dead }}

On 31 August 2022, Opoku signed with 1. FC Kaiserslautern.{{cite web|publisher=Kaiserslautern|url=https://fck.de/de/aaron-opoku-verstaerkt-den-fck/|title=AARON OPOKU VERSTÄRKT DEN FCK|date=31 August 2022|access-date=31 August 2022|language=de}}

Personal life

Opoku was born in Hamburg, Germany and is of Ghanaian descent.{{WorldFootball.net|aaron-opoku}}

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