Isaac Atanga
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Isaac Atanga | ||
| Date of birth | 14 June 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Nkoranza, Ghana | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Cincinnati | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Right to Dream | |||
| 2018–2019 | Nordsjælland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Nordsjælland | 55 | (11) |
| 2021– | FC Cincinnati | 23 | (1) |
| 2022– | FC Cincinnati 2 | 1 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| Ghana U20 | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 April 2022 | |||
Isaac Atanga (born 14 June 2000) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club FC Cincinnati.
Club career
FC Nordsjælland
Atanga was born in Nkoranza, Ghana and was a part of the academy at Right to Dream and joined FC Nordsjælland in the summer 2018. Since Right to Dream is a cooperative academy to Nordsjælland, Atanga had already played a friendly game for FC Nordsjælland in February 2018 against FC Roskilde.[1]
He made his FC Nordsjælland debut on 14 April 2019, replacing Oliver Antman in the 73rd minute in a 2–1 victory against Esbjerg fB in the Danish Superliga.[2] He played with shirt number 35 on his back. Atanga had had a good season for the U-19 squad before his first team debut, scoring 9 goals in 15 games.[3]
On 14 July 2019, Atanga scored his first professional goal for Nordsjælland in the first game of the season against AC Horsens, a game Nordsjælland won 3–0.[4] He also scored one goal in the following game against FC Midtjylland. On 25 July 2019, the club announced that they had extended Atanga's contract until 2023.[5]
FC Cincinnati
On 31 March 2021, Atanga joined Major League Soccer side FC Cincinnati, signing a three-year contract.[6] He made his debut for the club on 1 May 2021 against Orlando City, starting in the 3–0 defeat.[7] Atanga scored his first goal for FC Cincinnati on 27 August 2021 against Columbus Crew but couldn't prevent the 3–2 defeat.[8]
Career statistics
- As of match played 21 March 2021[9]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nordsjælland | 2018–19 | Superliga | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 7 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 4 | ||||
| Career total | 55 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 11 | ||
References
- ^ TRUPPEN TIL TRÆNINGSKAMPEN MOD ROSKILDE, fcn.dk, 6 February 2019
- ^ "NORDSJÆLLAND VS. ESBJERG 1 - 2". soccerway.com. 14 April 2019.
- ^ Profile at WorldFootball, worldfootball.net
- ^ HORSENS VS. NORDSJÆLLAND 0 - 3, soccerway.com, 14 July 2019
- ^ FC Nordsjælland binder angrebskomet til 2023, bold.dk, 25 July 2019
- ^ Bogert, Tom (31 March 2021). "FC Cincinnati acquire winger Isaac Atanga from FC Nordsjælland". Major League Soccer. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ "Orlando City 3–0 FC Cincinnati". Soccerway.
- ^ "Columbus Crew 3–2 FC Cincinnati". Soccerway.
- ^ Isaac Atanga at Soccerway
External links
- Isaac Atanga at Soccerway
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