Nana Boateng
Boateng with CFR Cluj in 2022
Personal information
Full name Bismark Adjei-Boateng
Date of birth (1994-05-10) 10 May 1994
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Number 57
Youth career
0000–2011 Right to Dream Academy
2011–2012 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Manchester City 0 (0)
2012–2016Strømsgodset (loan) 86 (16)
2017–2019 Colorado Rapids 38 (1)
2020–2021 KuPS 34 (3)
2021–2023 CFR Cluj 64 (5)
2023– Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 13 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 November 2023

Bismark "Nana" Adjei-Boateng (born 10 May 1994) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for K League 1 club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.

Career

Boateng was signed by Manchester City F.C. in 2012, and immediately loaned alongside Enock Kwakwa to the Norwegian Tippeligaen club Strømsgodset Toppfotball, as the pair were not eligible for a UK work permit. The midfielder made his debut for Strømsgodset on 12 August 2012 in a 4–0 loss against Tromsø IL. He scored his first and second goal for the club in the match against Sogndal IL on 16 May 2013,[1][2] and played an important part in the team that won the 2013 Tippeligaen league title, with 17 matches and seven goals. After the good spell at Strømsgodset, he renewed his contract with Manchester City, and was loaned out to the Norwegian club again.

However, after receiving an ankle injury during training in September 2013, he was kept out of action until June 2014.[3] He came back and helped his team secure fourth place in the 2014 Tippeligaen, with 11 matches and two goals. In February 2015, Manchester City agreed to a third loan spell for Boateng, this time for the whole 2015 season.[4] He signed another full-season loan with the Norwegian club on 5 January 2016.[5]

Boateng signed for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids in January 2017.[6] He scored his first MLS goal on 11 August 2018—a dramatic stoppage-time goal that gave the Rapids a 2–1 win over the San Jose Earthquakes. On 12 July 2019, the club and Adjei-Boateng mutually agreed to terminate his contract with the club so that the player could "return to Europe to deal with a family issue".[7]

In December 2019, Boateng signed for Veikkausliiga side Kuopion Palloseura on a one-year contract with an option for another year.[8]

In 2023, Boateng joined Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors for an undisclosed fee.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 November 2023[1][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Strømsgodset (loan) 2012 Tippeligaen 800080
2013 1770041218
2014 1121000122
2015 2143110255
2016 2934020353
Total 8616817110118
Colorado Rapids 2017 Major League Soccer 18010190
2018 2011010221
2019 00000000
Total 381200010411
KuPS 2020 Veikkausliiga 19262254
2021 15150120321
Total 343112120575
CFR Cluj 2021–22 Liga I 3221060392
2022–23 323201421[lower-alpha 1]0495
Total 6453020210887
Jeonbuk 2023 K League 1 1312000151
Career total 23526263004031030232

Honours

Boateng training for Colorado Rapids in 2017

Strømsgodset[9]

KuPS[9]

CFR Cluj[9]

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Player details on altomfotball.no".
  2. "- Min største opplevelse" [- My greatest experience]. www.dt.no/ (in Norwegian). Edda Media. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  3. "Nana mister hele vårsesongen" [Nana loses out on the entire spring season]. www.dt.no/. Edda Media. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  4. "Godset forsterker med gammel kjenning" [Godset strengthens squad with old friend]. www.dt.no (in Norwegian). Edda Media. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  5. "Gjenforenes i Godset". Strømsgodset Toppfotball. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  6. "Rapids sign Bismark Adjei-Boateng from Premier League giants Manchester City". Colorado Rapids Official Site. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  7. "Colorado Rapids, Nana Boateng reach mutual agreement to terminate contract | Colorado Rapids".
  8. "Bismark Adjei-Boateng signs for Finnish champions KuPS". GhanaWeb. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Nana Boateng at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  10. "Teemu Pukki ja Natalia Kuikka kruunattiin Vuoden jalkapalloilijoiksi – HJK:n Roope Riski kahmi palkintoja". www.iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  11. "Pallo-Koplan Veikkausliigan tähdistöjoukkue on valittu". www.veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  12. "LLPF a anunțat echipa ideală a sezonului de Liga 1 » FCSB și CFR Cluj, reprezentate de câte 3 jucători" [LPF has chosen the "ideal team" of the Liga 1 season! Which team offers the most players] (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
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