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N. Opoku

Project playerKasımpaşa · 28 yrsTransferred to Opoku Nicholas

Profile

Full nameNicholas Opoku
PositionCentre-back
NationalityGhana
Age28
Date of birth11 Aug 1997
BirthplaceKumasi
Height190 cm
Shirt number#20
ClubKasımpaşa
Centre-back
30
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
2442
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Kasımpaşa.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Süper Lig300024426.77

Scout report

Project playerCentral defender

N. Opoku is a 28-year-old central defender at Kasımpaşa, rated 36.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 156th of 326 on scout potential in the Süper Lig. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (82.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.69 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Opoku.

Judged on this season alone, Opoku graded 28 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 24th of 50 of the 50 centre-backs in the Süper Lig, on 7 clean sheets and 2.69 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 22 → 28). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 36, 23rd of 50 of the 50 centre-backs in the Süper Lig. At 28 Opoku is in his prime years, and a market index of 6.5 reflects that trajectory.

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Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2020/21Holding levelBreakout: 2022/23Stepped up 2024/25
Current potential23rd of 50 centre-backs · Süper LigCurrent season24th of 50 centre-backs · Süper Lig24th-best centre-back in the Süper Lig156th in the Süper Lig · potential23rd-highest potential centre-back in the Süper Lig
36.1
Ratingi
23rd of 50 centre-backs
28.3
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
82.2%
Minutes
near ever-present
2.69
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Kasımpaşa finished 13th of 18 · a lower-table side

2.69
Def. / 90
31
Tackles
23
Interceptions
7
Clean sheets

2.69 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 7 clean sheets across 30 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (13th of 18) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 82.2% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 36.1, Opoku carries the 23rd-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Süper Lig of 50, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Kasımpaşa finished 13th of 18) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.69 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).

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Transfer news

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