Kwame Opoku: Kotoko striker raves about club’s return to continental football

Asante Kotoko striker Kwame Opoku has spoken highly of the club returning to continental football next season.

The Porcupine Warriors sealed a spot in the 2025/26 CAF Confederation Cup after beating Division One side, Golden Kicks in the final of the 2024/25 MTN FA Cup.

Opoku, who returned to the club after struggles in North Africa, scored a brace in the 2-1 victory at the University of Ghana Stadium in June, qualifying the side for the continent’s inter-club second tier competition.

The 26-year-old played in the competition during his first spell with Kotoko but the Kumasi-based giants only managed to reach the group stage.

“Playing in the CAF Confederation Cup boosts your morale and it also helps you as a player to develop well,” he told Asante Kotoko media.

“I believe we playing in Africa next season, we as a team will do well and me being a player will help my team achieve whatever goal we set,” he added.

Having rejoined the club after a spell abroad with USM Alger and Olympique Club de Khourigba, the experienced forward enumerated the benefits the team will enjoy being in Africa.

“That is the level I want to reach being a player because when you play in Africa, it helps you a lot and even your market value will increase. When you are in town and you talk to people, they tell you I have stopped coming to the stadium but since you have qualified for Africa I will start coming,” he continued.

“It is a level that when you play it will help you so one way or the other, it is really going to help we the players and me myself.”

Kwame Opoku has previously played for Algeria outfit, USM Alger and Morocco club Olympique Khouribga before making a return to Asante Kotoko.