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Ghanaian footballer

Isaac Atanga
Personal information
Full name Isaac Atanga
Date of birth (2000-06-14) 14 June 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Nkoranza, Ghana
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team Aalesund
Youth career
Right to Dream
2018–2019 Nordsjælland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Nordsjælland 55 (11)
2021–2023 FC Cincinnati 23 (1)
2022 FC Cincinnati 2 7 (1)
2022–2023 → Göztepe (loan) 15 (1)
2023– Aalesund 39 (8)
2023– Aalesund 2 5 (0)
2024 → Ilves (loan) 5 (2)
International career
Ghana U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024

Isaac Atanga (born 14 June 2000) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Norwegian club Aalesund.

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.

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. 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.

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. 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.

FC Cincinnati

On 31 March 2021, Atanga joined Major League Soccer side FC Cincinnati, signing a three-year contract. He made his debut for the club on 1 May 2021 against Orlando City, starting in the 3–0 defeat. Atanga scored his first goal for FC Cincinnati on 27 August 2021 against Columbus Crew but couldn't prevent the 3–2 defeat.

On 7 August 2022 it was confirmed, that Atanga had joined newly relegated Turkish TFF First League club Göztepe on a one-year loan deal with a purchase option.

On 1 April 2023, Atanga signed with Eliteserien side Aalesund for an undisclosed fee. On 17 August 2024, Atanga joined Veikkausliiga club Ilves on loan for the rest of the season with an option to buy. However, Ilves did not exercise their option to buy and Atanga returned to Aalesund after just five games and two goals.

Career statistics

As of match played 19 October 2024
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nordsjælland 2018–19 Danish Superliga 2 0 — — — 2 0
2019–20 Danish Superliga 34 7 1 0 — — 35 7
2020–21 Danish Superliga 19 4 2 1 — — 21 5
Total 55 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 58 12
FC Cincinnati 2021 MLS 22 1 0 0 — — 22 1
2022 MLS 1 0 2 0 — — 3 0
Total 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 25 1
FC Cincinnati 2 2022 MLS Next Pro 7 1 — — — 7 1
Göztepe (loan) 2022–23 TFF First League 15 1 2 1 — — 17 2
Aalesund 2023 Eliteserien 25 5 2 2 — — 27 7
2024 1. divisjon 14 3 2 0 — — 16 3
Total 39 8 4 2 0 0 0 0 43 10
Aalesund 2 2023 2. divisjon 4 0 — — — 4 0
2024 3. divisjon 1 0 — — — 1 0
Total 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Ilves (loan) 2024 Veikkausliiga 5 2 — — — 5 2
Career total 149 24 11 4 0 0 0 0 160 28

Honours

Ilves

References

  1. TRUPPEN TIL TRÆNINGSKAMPEN MOD ROSKILDE Archived 2019-04-30 at the Wayback Machine, fcn.dk, 6 February 2019
  2. "NORDSJÆLLAND VS. ESBJERG 1 – 2". soccerway.com. 14 April 2019.
  3. Profile at WorldFootball, worldfootball.net
  4. HORSENS VS. NORDSJÆLLAND 0 – 3, soccerway.com, 14 July 2019
  5. FC Nordsjælland binder angrebskomet til 2023, bold.dk, 25 July 2019
  6. Bogert, Tom (31 March 2021). "FC Cincinnati acquire winger Isaac Atanga from FC Nordsjælland". Major League Soccer. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  7. "Orlando City 3–0 FC Cincinnati". Soccerway.
  8. "Columbus Crew 3–2 FC Cincinnati". Soccerway.
  9. Isaac Atanga Göztepe'mizde Archived 2022-08-08 at the Wayback Machine, goztepe.org.tr, 7 August 2022
  10. "FC Cincinnati transfer winger Isaac Atanga to Norway's Aalesunds FK | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer.
  11. Ilves lainaa Isaac Atangan loppukaudeksi, ilvesfootball.com, 17 August 2024
  12. Ilves kiittää seurasta lähteviä pelaajia, ilvesfootball.com, 3 December 2024
  13. Isaac Atanga at Soccerway
  14. Ilveksen päävalmentaja hopeasta: ”Voitettu mitali”, Yle, 19 October 2024

External links

Aalesunds FK – current squad
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