AshGold’s Eric Opoku scoops GPL player of the year award

Ashanti Gold midfielder Eric Opoku won the Premier League player of the year award at the 41st MTN SWAG awards night.

The 26-year-old was named as the best player in the Ghana Premier League by the Sports Writers Association of Ghana after his stellar performance for the miners in the 2014/15 Ghana Premier League season.

Opoku, former Ghana youth international guided the Obuasi-based Club to win the domestic top-flight for the first time in 19 years.

His influential performance in the League has won him the Premier League player of the year award at the event which was held at the State Banquet Hall of the State House in Accra.