Daniel Opare
{{Short description|Ghanaian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Daniel Opare
| image = Daniel Opare 2014.jpg
| image_size = 280px
| caption = Opare with Standard Liège in 2014
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|10|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana[http://www.playerhistory.com/player/162707/ Daniel Tawiah Opare – Playerhistory Profile]
| height = 1.73 m
| position = Right back
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2001
| youthclubs1 = Volta Academy
| youthyears2 = 2001–2004
| youthclubs2 = Ajax Football Academy
| youthyears3 = 2004–2007
| youthclubs3 = Ashanti Gold
| years1 = 2006–2007
| clubs1 = Ashanti Gold
| caps1 = 14
| goals1 = 4
| years2 = 2007–2008
| clubs2 = CS Sfaxien
| caps2 = 21
| goals2 = 6
| years3 = 2008–2010
| clubs3 = Real Madrid Castilla
| caps3 = 6
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2010–2014
| clubs4 = Standard Liège
| caps4 = 88
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2014–2015
| clubs5 = Porto
| caps5 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2014
| clubs6 = Porto B
| caps6 = 2
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2015
| clubs7 = → Beşiktaş (loan)
| caps7 = 6
| goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2015–2018
| clubs8 = FC Augsburg
| caps8 = 21
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2017
| clubs9 = → Lens (loan)
| caps9 = 7
| goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2018–2020
| clubs10 = Antwerp
| caps10 = 23
| goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2020–2021
| clubs11 = Zulte Waregem
| caps11 = 29
| goals11 = 0
| years12 = 2022–2023
| clubs12 = Seraing
| caps12 = 35
| goals12 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2007
| nationalyears2 = 2009
| nationalyears3 = 2007–2018
| nationalteam1 = Ghana U17
| nationalteam2 = Ghana U20{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalfootballteams.com/v2/player.php?id=45666 |title=Opare, Daniel |publisher=nationalfootballteams.com |access-date=24 January 2012}}
| nationalteam3 = Ghana
| nationalcaps1 = 7
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalcaps3 = 20
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| club-update = 6 June 2023
| nationalteam-update = 6 June 2019 (UTC)
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Football }}
{{medalTeam|CS Sfaxien}}
{{medalW|CAF Confederation Cup | 2008}}
{{medalRU|CAF Super Cup | 2008}}
{{medalTeam|Standard Liège}}
{{medalW|Belgian Cup | 2011}}
{{medalRU|Belgian Super Cup | 2011}}
{{medalRU|Belgian Pro League | 2014}}
{{medalTeam|{{fb|Ghana}}}}
{{medalW|FIFA U-20 World Cup | 2009}}
}}
Daniel Tawiah Opare ({{IPAc-en|ɒ|'|p|æ|'|r|eɪ}}; born 18 October 1990) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a right-back.
Club career
=Early career=
In November 2007, Opare was recognized by World Soccer 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 under-17 team, the Black Starlets,{{cite web |url=http://kr.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=412851 |title=African Under-17 Hottest Starlets |access-date=17 September 2007 |date=17 September 2007 |author=Goal.com |publisher=Goal.com |archive-date=2 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071202112950/http://kr.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=412851 |url-status=dead }} at the 2007 U-17 World Cup.{{cite news |date=17 September 2007 |url=http://perlasdelfutbol.blogspot.com/2007/09/informe-mundial-sub17-2007.html |title=Informe: Mundial sub17 2007 |publisher=Perlas del futbol |access-date=17 September 2007 |language=es}}
On 3 July 2010, Opare left Real Madrid Castilla to sign for Belgian club Standard Liège.{{cite news |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2010/20100703_203905_opare-va-signer-au-standard.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704213704/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2010/20100703_203905_opare-va-signer-au-standard.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 July 2010 |title=Opare va signer au Standard |date=3 July 2010 |work=L'Equipe |access-date=3 July 2010}}
On 20 May 2014, just before the 2014 FIFA World Cup, it was announced Opare had signed for Portuguese club Porto after a successful four-year stint with Standard Liège.
=Augsburg=
On 13 August 2015, Opare signed a three-year contract with German club FC Augsburg for an undisclosed transfer fee.{{cite web |title=Augsburg sign defender Daniel Opare from Porto |url=http://www.espnfc.com/story/2562256/augsburg-sign-defender-daniel-opare-from-porto |publisher=ESPN FC |access-date=14 August 2015 |date=14 August 2015}}
= Royal Antwerp =
In July 2018 Opare signed a contract with Belgian club Royal Antwerp as a free agent after his contract with his previous team had run out.
=Seraing=
International career
=Youth=
;2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup
A converted midfielder and skillful lateral defender, Opare initiated 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.{{FIFA player|269071}} At the back, he looks equally comfortable and composed. He assisted{{cite news |date=27 August 2007 |url=http://www.modernghana.com/GhanaHome/SportsArchive/sports_details.asp?id=VFZSUmVFNXFSVEk9&menu_id=2&sub_menu_id=0 |title=Stars Dazzle – Roar Against T&T |publisher=ModernGhana |access-date=27 August 2007}} on many of Ghana's goals at the 2007 African Under-17 Championship in Togo in March 2007, as well as in the U-17 World Cup, where he was a standout in all seven matches he played in.{{cite news |date=17 September 2007 |url=http://elmundodehoeman.blogspot.com/2007/09/ghana-sub17-todo-para-ganar.html |title=Ghana sub17, todo para ganar |publisher=ElMundo |access-date=17 September 2007 |language=es}} Opare was widely regarded as the best defender at the 2007 FIFA U17 World Cup.{{cite news|date=7 January 2008|title=REDS LINKED WITH OPARE MOVE|work=Sky Sports|url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11988_3026262,00.html}}
;2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup
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 in the finals at the Cairo International Stadium on 16 October 2009.{{cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=269071/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206034124/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=269071/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 December 2008 |title=FIFA Player Statistics: Daniel OPARE |publisher=FIFA |work=fifa.com}}
=Senior=
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,{{cite web |url=http://www.ghanafa.org/news/read.asp?contentid=2306 |title=Starlets duo get senior's call |access-date=13 November 2007 |date=13 November 2007 |author=Ghana FA |publisher=Ghanafa.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119105631/http://www.ghanafa.org/news/read.asp?contentid=2306 |archive-date=19 January 2009 |url-status=dead }} after another excellent display, assisting twice on a superb hat-trick by Ransford Osei against Togo's U-17 team{{cite news |date=12 November 2007 |url=http://www.ghanafa.org/news/read.asp?contentid=2288 |title=Starlets re-open stadium with 4–1 win |publisher=GhanaFA |access-date=12 November 2007 |archive-date=14 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114074224/http://www.ghanafa.org/news/read.asp?contentid=2288 |url-status=dead }} in a junior international friendly at the same venue on Sunday, 11 November 2007.
;2008 African Cup of Nations
The U-17 World Cup star was part of Ghana's squad for the 2008 African Cup of Nations.{{cite news |date=10 January 2008 |url=http://www.ghanafa.org/blackstars/200801/2434.asp |title=Le Roy names Black Stars roster |publisher=Ghana FA |access-date=10 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105090703/http://www.ghanafa.org/blackstars/200801/2434.asp |archive-date=5 January 2008 |url-status=dead }} However, on 10 January 2008, Ghana's team doctor, Martin Engmann, told the media Opare had not recovered from an ankle injury{{cite news |url=http://www.modernghana.com/news/153135/2/injuries-rock-ghana-camp-in-abu-dhabi.html |title=Injuries rock Ghana camp in Abu Dhabi |publisher=modernghana.com |date=10 January 2008 |access-date=10 January 2008}} he sustained in the Pre-Tournament Training Camp at the Jebel Ali Hotel Resort and Spa in Dubai,{{cite news |date=10 January 2008 |url=http://ghanasoccernet.com/index.php/Nations-Cup/Ghana-doctor-allays-injury-fears.html |title=Ghana doctor allays injury fears |publisher=GhanaSoccernet |access-date=10 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210013927/http://ghanasoccernet.com/index.php/Nations-Cup/Ghana-doctor-allays-injury-fears.html |archive-date=10 February 2008}} and was excluded from the squad together alongside injured teammates Matthew Amoah and captain Stephen Appiah.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7181773.stm |title=Owusu-Abeyie in Ghana squad |publisher=BBC Sport |work=BBC News |date=11 January 2008 |access-date=11 January 2008 |last=Ibrahim |first=Sannie}}
;2012 African Cup of Nations
In December 2011, Opare was named to the Ghana's provisional 25-man squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.{{cite web |url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/1658/ghana/2011/12/15/2804053/ghana-announce-25-man-squad-for-2012-africa-cup-of-nations |title=Ghana announce 25-man squad for 2012 Africa Cup of Nations |last=Mensah |first=Kent |access-date=1 February 2012 |date=15 December 2011 |publisher=Goal.com}} In January 2012, he was selected for the tournament's 23-man squad.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtnfootball.com/africa/african-tournaments/african-cup-of-nations/2012-player-profiles/ghana/daniel-opare-tawiah.html |title=Daniel Opare – 2012 Africa Cup of Nations profile |access-date=1 February 2012 |work=mtnfootball.com |publisher=MTN Group |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007123339/http://www.mtnfootball.com/africa/african-tournaments/african-cup-of-nations/2012-player-profiles/ghana/daniel-opare-tawiah.html |archive-date=7 October 2013 }}
Opare was never given an opportunity by the then head coach of Ghana, Goran Stevanović, to feature in any of the six matches the Ghana national team played at the 2012 African Cup of Nations.
;2014 FIFA World Cup
On 2 June 2014, Opare was named in Ghana's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/ghana/10810459/Ghana-World-Cup-2014-squad.html |title=Ghana World Cup 2014 squad |date=2 June 2014 |access-date=20 June 2014 |work=The Telegraph}} In the team's opening match, he started at right-back against the United States in a 2–1 defeat,{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25285120 |title=Ghana 1–2 USA |date=17 June 2014 |access-date=20 June 2014 |work=BBC}} however he did not appear in their other two matches as Ghana failed to advance past the group stage.
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played on 18 May 2014.}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals | |||||||||
| Ashanti Gold
|2006–07{{NFT|42837|accessdate=6 June 2012}} |13 | 4 | 13 | 4 | ||||||
| CS Sfaxien
|2007–08 |Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 |21 | 6 | 21 | 6 | ||||||
| rowspan="3"|Real Madrid Castilla
|2008–09{{BDFutbol|200118}} |5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2009–10
|Segunda División B |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| colspan="2"|Total
!6||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||6||0 | |||||||||
| rowspan="5"|Standard Liège
|2010–11{{cite web |title=Dan Opare » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/dan-opare/2/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=29 April 2020}}{{Soccerway|97343}} |24 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9{{efn|name=bfda-p|Appearances in Belgian First Division A playoffs}} | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| 2011–12
|Belgian First Division A |10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7{{efn|One appearances in Belgian Super Cup}} | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 2012–13
|Belgian First Division A |4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9{{efn|name=bfda-p}} | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 2013–14
|Belgian First Division A |22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8{{efn|name=bfda-p}} | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| colspan="2"|Total
!60||0||10||1||16||0||33||0||119||1 | |||||||||
| Porto B
|2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Beşiktaş (loan)
|6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!108||10||12||1||19||0||33||0||172||11 |
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=International=
{{updated|match played on 29 April 2020.}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" | ||
| National team||Year||Apps||Goals | ||
|---|---|---|
| rowspan="8"|Ghana
|2011 | 7 | 0 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| colspan="2"|Total||18||0 |
Honours
CS Sfaxien
Standard Liège
Ghana U-20
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{FIFA}}
- {{Soccerway|daniel-opare/97343}}
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{{Ghana Squad 2012 Africa Cup of Nations}}
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