Personal information | |||
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Full name | Isaac Atanga | ||
Date of birth | 14 June 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Nkoranza, Ghana | ||
Position(s) | Right winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Aalesund | ||
Number | 19 | ||
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 | 36 | (8) |
2023– | Aalesund II | 4 | (0) |
International career | |||
Ghana U20 | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 June 2024 |
Isaac Atanga (born 14 June 2000) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Aalesund.
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]
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]
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. [9]
On 1 April 2023, Atanga signed with Eliteserien side Aalesund for an undisclosed fee. [10]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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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 |