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Nicholas Opoku

Project playerLas Palmas · 29 yrsStarterNew signing

Profile

Full nameNicholas Opoku
PositionCentre-back
NationalityGhana
Age29
Date of birth11 Aug 1997
BirthplaceKumasi
Height190 cm
Shirt number#20
ClubLas Palmas
Centre-back
30
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
2442
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Kasımpaşa.

Scout report

Project playerCentral defender

N. Opoku is a 29-year-old central defender at Las Palmas, rated 33.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 142nd of 194 on scout potential in the Segunda División. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (90.4% 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 31 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 15% of the 47 centre-backs in the Segunda División, 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 34, 30th of 47 of the 47 centre-backs in the Segunda División. At 29 Opoku is in his prime years, and a market index of 12.1 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
33.6
Ratingi
30th of 47 centre-backs
31
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
90.4%
Minutes
near ever-present
2.69
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Las Palmas finished 16th of 22 · a lower-table side

30
Apps
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 (16th of 22) 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 90.4% 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 33.6, Opoku carries the 30th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Segunda División of 47, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Las Palmas finished 16th of 22) — 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 (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Segunda División with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0
Shots on target1
Shots5

Passing

Assists0
Chances created4
Passes1,182
Pass accuracy89%

Possession

Successful dribbles1
Dribble success50%
Duels won98
Duels won %58%
Fouls won16

Defending

Tackles31
Interceptions23
Blocks19
Fouls committed18
Penalties conceded1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards5
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.