Frank Opoku Acheampong Profile

Best player in Thailand league 2011

Frank Opoku Acheampong (born 16 October 1993) is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays as a winger for the Anderlecht in the Belgian Pro League, and the Ghana national team.
He started his career with Ghanaian side, under the direction of Romain Krider his first coach. He was invited for trials by Sheikh Mansour, who owns the English side Manchester City, to his base in Abu Dhabi to be observed by Al-Jazeera, the other club he owns. In 2010, he was on trail for Croatian club NK Osijek but he couldn't obtain work permit.


In February 2011, he joined Thai Premier League side Buriram United. He was invited for a trial with Scottish club Celtic in November 2012. In January 2013 Acheampong moved to Belgian club R.S.C. Anderlecht on a loan spell until the end of the season 2012–2013.


On 16 April 2013, Acheampong signed for the Belgian champions R.S.C. Anderlecht for a fee of €1 million (37 million Thai Baht) which is the record for the Thai Premier League. On 28 July, Acheampong made his first appearance for Anderlecht against KSC Lokeren which he came on in the 70th minute in a 2-3 loss.


In the 4–1 win over KAA Gent, he came on the 69th minute and scored his first goal in Belgium.
In August 2012, Acheampong was called up to the national team for the international friendly match against China PR in Xi'an. He made his debut in the starting lineup while Ghana drew 1–1 with China on 15 August.In 17 September Acheampong made his first UEFA Champions League appearance against Benfica which came on as a substitute in the 46th minute it ended as a victory for Benfica.


On 23 September 2012, he was made the captain of the Ghana U-20's. In a match against Morocco U-20 in 2013 African Youth Championship qualification, he scored twice as the Ghana U-20's won the match 4–1.


On September 10, 2013 Acheampong scored his first international goal for Ghana against Japan in a friendly match.