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Kwame Opoku: Playing for Kotoko prepares you for the Black Stars
Asante Kotoko striker Kwame Opoku says playing for the Reds prepares a player for the senior national team, the Black Stars.
Opoku earned his maiden call-up to the Ghana senior national team under CK Akonnor.
Having returned to Kotoko midway through the second half of the 2024/25 season, the former Nkronsah Warriors striker returned to the Black Stars for the Unity Cup games in London under Otto Addo.
The 26-year-old played 45 minutes in Ghana’s 2-1 loss to Nigeria in London.
Speaking to the Kotoko media, Opoku believes playing for the Porcupine Warriors prepares a player to compete in the Black Stars.
“Me having an opportunity to play with the national team feels like I don’t see any difference between the two because Kotoko is a big club,” he said.
“Playing Kotoko rather prepares you to play for the national team; even at the national team, I tell them Kotoko is Ghana’s Barcelona…because it’s a team that everybody wishes to play so far as you are playing in Ghana,” he added.
Kwame Opoku was involved in 11 goal contributions in 17 games for Asante Kotoko.
Source:Fiilasports/ghanasoccernet
