Isaac Atanga (born 14 June 2000) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Veikkausliiga club Ilves, on loan from Aalesund.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Isaac Atanga | ||
| Date of birth | 14 June 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Nkoranza, Ghana | ||
| Position(s) | Right winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ilves (on loan from 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 | |||
Club career
editFC Nordsjælland
editAtanga 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
editOn 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] On 17 August 2024, Atanga joined Veikkausliiga club Ilves on loan for the rest of the season with an option to buy.[11]
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 19 October 2024[12]
| 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
editIlves
- Veikkausliiga runner-up: 2024[13]
References
edit- ^ TRUPPEN TIL TRÆNINGSKAMPEN MOD ROSKILDE Archived 2019-04-30 at the Wayback Machine, 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 Göztepe'mizde Archived 2022-08-08 at the Wayback Machine, goztepe.org.tr, 7 August 2022
- ^ "FC Cincinnati transfer winger Isaac Atanga to Norway's Aalesunds FK | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer.
- ^ Ilves lainaa Isaac Atangan loppukaudeksi, ilvesfootball.com, 17 August 2024
- ^ Isaac Atanga at Soccerway
- ^ Ilveksen päävalmentaja hopeasta: ”Voitettu mitali”, Yle, 19 October 2024
External links
edit- Isaac Atanga at Soccerway