Edward Opoku

**Edward Opoku Yeboah Alexander** (an haifeshi ranar 1 ga watan Agusta 1996) shi ne ƙwararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasar Ghana wanda ke taka rawa a matsayin ɗan wasan gefe. Ya taba bayyana a matakin manya tare da AC Connecticut, Columbus Crew SC, Saint Louis FC, da Birmingham Legion.

Opoku ya zo Amurka ne ta hanyar makarantar ' Right to Dream Academy' yana dan shekara 15, ya halarci Makarantar Millbrook kuma ya lashe gasar jihohi uku. Ya taka leda a cikin wasanni uku a Virginia, yana samun girmamawa a duk lokacin taro, kuma ya kasance tare da AC Connecticut a lokacin karatun kwaleji. Opoku ya sanya hannu kan kwantiragin Generation Adidas tare da Major League Soccer a gaban MLS SuperDraft na 2018 kuma Columbus Crew SC ne ya zaba a zagaye na biyu. Ya fara zama dan wasa na farko yayin bada rance zuwa Saint Louis FC san'nan daga baya ya dauki lokaci a kan aro a Birmingham Legion a cikin shekaru biyu tare da Crew. Opoku ya cancanci bugawa kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Ghana da Amurka wasa kuma dan kasar biyu ne. 

## Rayuwar farko
Opoku wanda aka haifa a Konongo, Ghana, ya fara wasan ƙwallon ƙafa yana ɗan shekara biyar, ba takalmi da amfani da duwatsu a matsayin matattarar raga. Lokacin da yake dan shekara bakwai, ya bar gida don wasa a kulob a wani gari kusa da shi wanda ya taimaka wa iyalinsa.  A lokacin da yake da shekaru 10, ya shiga cikin aikin gwaji don ' Yancin Academywarewar Mafarki, daga ƙarshe ya zama ɗa ɗaya tilo daga Konongo don samun matsayi a cikin shirin.  Opoku ya zo Amurka ne ta hanyar makarantar tun yana dan shekara 15, inda ya samu gurbin karatu a Makarantar Millbrook .  Ya taimakawa Mustangs lashe taken NEPSAC Class C guda uku, ya kasance Western New England Prep School All-Select mai girmamawa a duk shekaru huɗu na makarantar sakandare, kuma an lasafta shi a matsayin babban ɗan wasan da ya fi kowa muhimmanci a wasan 2014 High School All-America Game .  Opoku ya kafa bayanan makaranta tare da kwallaye 85 da maki 115 a cikin shekaru huɗu a Millbrook. 

Opoku ya kasance ɗan wasa na tara mafi kyau a makarantar sakandare ta 2015 ta Kwalejin Kwallon Kafa ta Kwaleji.  Ya yi alkawarin buga kwalejin koleji a Virginia, wani bangare na ajin daukar ma'aikata da ke matsayi na biyu a kasar kuma ya hada da Derrick Etienne da Jean-Christophe Koffi . 

## Kwaleji dakuma  mai son
Opoku ya fara zama na farko a Virginia a ranar 29 ga watan Agusta 2015, yana zuwa daga benci a nasara a kan Charlotte .  Ya ci gaba da bayyana a duk wasannin 18, ɗayan Cavaliers uku kawai don yin hakan, kuma ya fara sau 15, da farko yana wasa a matsayin mai gaba . Burinsa na farko na tara kwalliya ya zo ne a ranar 5 ga watan Oktoba, yana taimaka wa Virginia zuwa nasarar da ta doke Portland da ci 1-2.  Opoku ya kasance mai suna Team Team All- Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) da kuma ACC All-Freshman Team bayan kam'mala kakar wasa da kwallaye biyu da taimakawa uku.  Ya kasance ɗayan sabbin yan wasa biyu da aka sakawa suna a cikin ƙungiyar ACC duka, ɗayan kuma shine Jack Harrison . A matsayina na dan aji biyu, Opoku ya zira kwallaye shida a wasanni 18 da ya bugawa Cavaliers. Biyar daga cikin waɗan'nan kwallaye shida sun kasance masu cin nasara a wasan, alamar da ke matsayi na 13 a cikin ƙasar kuma na biyu a cikin taron.  Manufar sa kawai wacce ba ta ci nasara a wasa ba ta zo ne a ranar 5 ga watan  Satumbar 2016 a kan James Madison am'ma ya kasance tare da taimako don wasan farko da maki-na farko game da aikinsa na kwaleji.  An sanya Opoku a cikin Kungiyar All-ACC ta Biyu a karshen kaka. 

A matsayinsa na ƙarami, Opoku ya sami ɗawainiyar ƙwarewa a raga: kwallaye takwas da taimakawa sau huɗu a bay'yanuwa 20.  Ya zira kwallaye biyar a wasan'ni shida na farkon shekara, yana mai jan hankali tare da cin kwallaye biyu a nasarar da suka samu akan Virginia Tech a ranar 15 ga watan Satumba 2017.  Opoku ya kara kwallon zinare a nasarar da suka doke Portland a ranar 2 ga watan Oktoba, shine kwallo ta takwas da ya ci wasa a tarihinsa.  Ya sanya ƙarshen kakar tare da girmamawa ta karo na uku a jere, yana samun matsayi akan -ungiyar AC-ACC ta Biyu.  Opoku ya bar Virginia a shekara mai zuwa, ya ƙare aikinsa na haɗin gwiwa tare da ƙwallaye 16 a wasanni 56 na Cavaliers. 

### AC Connecticut
Bayan kammala karatunsa na farko a Virginia, Opoku ya koma AC Connecticut na Premier Development League (PDL).  Ya fara buga wa kungiyar wasa uku da fara kamfen, inda ya shiga a madadinsa a wasan da suka tashi 2-2 da Westchester Flames a ranar 28 ga watan Mayu 2016.  Opoku ya bayyana a wasanni huɗu a cikin shekarar, ya zira ƙwallo kawai da katin zinare a lokacinsa a filin wasa. 

Opoku ya koma AC Connecticut bayan shekararsa ta biyu ta kwaleji, ya shiga kulob don kakar PDL ta 2017 . Ya ci kwallonsa ta farko a kulob din a ranar 21 ga Mayu 2017, duk da cewa Connecticut ta ci 2-1 a hannun Seacoast United Phantoms .  Opoku ya ci kwallaye daya a wasa'nni hudu da ya buga a shekara, kuma ya kammala kaka biyu tare da kulob din bayan ya yi wasa sau takwas kuma ya ci kwallo daya. 

## Klub din

### Columbus Crew SC

#### 2018: Lamuni ga Saint Louis
Gaba da Hadin gwiwa na MLS 2018, Opoku ya sanya han'nu kan yarjejeniyar Generation Adidas tare da Major League Soccer (MLS), wanda ya sanya shi memba na bakwai na aji Generation Adidas.  Columbus Crew SC ne ya zaɓe shi tare da  ɗayan 32 a cikin 2018 MLS SuperDraft, ɗan wasan Adidas na farko wanda Columbus ya tsara tun bayan Dilly Duka a 2010 .  A kokarin neman lokacin wasa, an tura Opoku a matsayin aro zuwa kungiyar United Soccer League (USL) ta Saint Louis FC a ranar 27 ga watan Afrilu.  Ya sanya kungiyar sa da kwararren dan wasa kwana daya daga baya, ya maye gurbin Joey Calistri a minti na 78 na wasan da suka tashi 1-1 da Swope Park Rangers .  Opoku ya sake bayyana sau daya kawai ga Saint Louis kafin Columbus ya tuno shi a ranar 18 ga watan Mayu.  Ya ci gaba da fara wasansa na farko a ranar 6 ga watan Yuni, ya maye gurbin Niko Hansen a rabi na biyu na wasan US Open Cup na 2018 da Chicago Fire . Ya sauya bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida yayin da aka fitar da Crew a bugun fanareti.  Opoku ya buga wasan farko na MLS a ranar 21 ga watan Yulin, ya fara shimfida inda ya bayyana a wasan'ni hudu a jere, kuma ya kam'mala kakar wasa tare da wasan'ni takwas a duk gasa: shida tare da Columbus da biyu tare da Saint Louis.  

#### 2019: Lamuni ga Birmingham
A ranar 22 ga watan Maris 2019, Opoku da shi aro ga USL Championship fadada kulob din Birmingham Tuli ga tsawon lokaci da 2019 USL Championship kakar .  Ya fara zama dan wasa na farko a kungiyar kwallon kafa a karawar da suka yi da Louisville City a ranar 31 ga watan Maris, yana taimaka wa kulob din samun nasarar farko.  Opoku ya maye gurbin Prosper Kasim a cikin minti na 69 na wasan da aka yi nasara kan Birmingham da ci 3-2.  Daga baya a lokacin, Opoku ya zira kwallaye na farko na sana'a, yana yin hakan a zagaye na biyu na Gasar Open US ta 2019 . A karawar da West Chester United, ya zira kwallaye a minti na 89, ya zira kwallaye biyu, kuma ya zana wani abin da ya kai ga bugun fanareti na Legion  Ya kara kwallo a wasan da suka buga da Tampa Bay Rowdies a ranar 10 ga watan Agusta, am'ma sai ya ji rauni a kafa mako daya daga baya a karawa da Memphis 901 .   Opoku bai buga sauran kakar wasan ninba ba saboda rauni, ya kammala shekararsa da kwallaye biyu daga wasan'ni 18 a dukkan wasan'nin. Bayan kammala kakar wasa a Columbus, Opoku ya ba da izinin kwantiraginsa ta hanyar Ma'aikata, ya ƙare lokacinsa tare da ƙungiyar bayan yanayi biyu. 

## Rayuwar mutum
Opoku shine ƙarami cikin yara takwas ga mahaifiyarsa, Regina Nkansah. Mahaifinsa bai taɓa shiga cikin rayuwarsa ba kuma ya ƙi yarda da Opoku a matsayin ɗansa.  'Yan uwansa biyu sun mutu; wani dan’uwansa ya mutu yana da shekara 26 sakamakon cutar numfashi . Opoku ya girma yana magana da Twi kafin koyon Ingilishi yayin Dama a Mafarki.  Lokacin da ya zama mai sana'a a cikin 2018, mahaifiyarsa ba ta taɓa ganin sa yana wasa da kansa ba. 

A cikin 2018, Opoku ya fara samfurin BeHappy, wanda aka yi wahayi zuwa gare shi kuma aka sanya masa suna bayan taken rayuwarsa. Manufar da ke bayan alamar ita ce "don haskaka lokacin farin ciki a cikin matsakaitan ranaku, yayin da mutane a duniya ke yin hakan a cikin yanayinsu daban-daban."  An ba da fa'ida daga kamfanin ga Fifi Soccer Foundation, shirin da wani dan kasar Ghana kuma tsohon dan wasan kungiyar Crew SC Fifi Baiden ya kafa .  Ta hanyar BeHappy, Opoku ya dauki bakuncin gasar kwallon kafa ta yara kowace shekara a Konongo kuma ya shirya hanyoyin ba da gudummawa don takalma, tufafi, da kayan kwallon kafa.  

Opoku abokai ne da Mamadi Diakite, ɗan ƙasar Guinea wanda ya buga ƙwallon kwando a Virginia . Su biyun sun sadu yayin da suke zaune a cikin ɗakin kwanan dalibai a lokacin da suka fara karatunsu. 

## Statisticsididdigar aiki

 

## Daraja

; Kowane mutum

* Taron Atlantic Coast All-Freshman Team: 2015 
* Teamungiyar Uku Duk-ACC: 2015 
* NSCAA Tawaga ta Biyu Duk-Amurka: 2016 
* Firstungiyar Farko ta NSCAA Duk Yankin Kudancin: 2016 
* Kyautar VaSID: 2016 
* Rukuni na biyu Duk-ACC: 2016,  2017 
* Sowallon Unitedwallon Unitedwallon Unitedwallon Kafa na Biyu Duk Yankin Kudancin: 2017 

## Manazarta