Opoku Jerome World Cup 2026 player profile
Opoku Jerome is listed for Ghana as a Defender. Kickoff Lens uses caps, goals, career context, role, and team strength to explain how this player can affect fixture reads.
Deep player read
Opoku Jerome is currently classified as a depth defender: low-cap squad option, defensive role profile, and strong aerial frame. This is a derived Kickoff Lens profile built from the public squad fields, not a private scouting report.
- low-cap squad option; 11 caps and 1 international goals are used as stable public career context.
- depth player in this data package, ranked 20 by impact inside the Ghana squad and 7 among defender entries.
- defensive role profile; strong aerial frame.
- The match model uses this profile through role, experience, impact score, and team context rather than treating the player as a standalone model context.
Player signal
| Team | Ghana |
|---|---|
| Role | Defender · DF |
| Caps | 11 |
| International goals | 1 |
| Impact score | 58 |
| Squad impact rank | 20 |
| Role impact rank | 7 |
| Role profile | depth · defensive role profile |
Model context
The player impact score is not a standalone rating. It is one input inside the contextual match model, alongside squad depth, team radar, venue adaptation, travel/rest load, and group pressure.
Match questions
- Can the player protect the box when the opponent's attack signal rises?
- Does the player improve the rotation floor without becoming the central dependency?
- Does aerial size matter against the next opponent's set-piece and crossing profile?
Archive context
| Team power score | 53 |
|---|---|
| Team FIFA live rank | 65 |
| Group path | L |
| Squad size in archive | 26 |
| Squad average caps | 22 |
Ghana fixtures
- Ghana vs PanamaFinished 1-0 · Jun 18, 07:00 · Toronto
- England vs GhanaFinished 0-0 · Jun 24, 04:00 · Boston (Foxborough)
- Croatia vs GhanaFinished 2-1 · Jun 28, 05:00 · Philadelphia
- Colombia vs GhanaFinished 1-0 · Jul 04, 09:30 · Kansas City
Related teammates
- Partey ThomasMidfielder · impact 96
- Ayew JordanForward · impact 96
- Semenyo AntoineMidfielder · impact 78
- Fatawu AbdulForward · impact 77
- Williams InakiForward · impact 76
- Mensah GideonDefender · impact 75
- Sulemana KamaldeenForward · impact 75
- Nuamah ErnestForward · impact 75
Related pages
- World Cup 2026 data libraryTeams, players, matches, venues, and model explainers in one crawlable archive.
- Ghana team radarFull squad, team strengths, and fixture list.
- All player profilesBrowse the World Cup 2026 player library.
- Discovery hubEvery team, match, venue, and tournament page.