Aaron Opoku
{{short description|German footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Aaron Opoku
| image =
| caption =
| 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 =
}}
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}}
References
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External links
- {{DFB|aaron-opoku}}
- [https://www.kicker.de/aaron-opoku/spieler/3-liga/2019-20/hansa-rostock Profile] at kicker.de
- {{Soccerway|aaron-opoku/453553}}
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Category:Footballers from Hamburg
Category:German men's footballers
Category:Germany men's youth international footballers
Category:German sportspeople of Ghanaian descent
Category:Men's association football wingers
Category:Hamburger SV II players
Category:FC Hansa Rostock players
Category:SSV Jahn Regensburg players
Category:VfL Osnabrück players
Category:1. FC Kaiserslautern players
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:21st-century German sportsmen
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