Divine Naah
Divine Yelsarmba Naah (born 20 April 1996), commonly known as Mallam,[6] is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Hapoel Ra'anana.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Divine Yelsarmba Naah[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 20 April 1996[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Obuasi,[3] Ghana | ||
| Playing position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Hapoel Ra'anana | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2014 | Right to Dream Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2018 | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Strømsgodset (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → NAC Breda (loan) | 34 | (2) |
| 2016–2017[4][5] | → FC Nordsjælland (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Örebro SK (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2018 | → A.F.C. Tubize (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | A.F.C. Tubize | 24 | (1) |
| 2019– | Hapoel Ra'anana | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:33, 9 October 2019 (UTC) | |||
Career
Naah signed for Manchester City in July 2014, and was immediately loaned out for 6 months to Strømsgodset.[3] He made his debut for Strømsgodset on 20 September 2014 in the 4-0 win against Bodø/Glimt, when he came on as a substitute in the 87th minute.
He signed for NAC Breda on an 18-month loan on 1 February 2015.[7] He scored his first goal for the club on 25 May 2015, dribbling past 2 defenders before placing the ball in the net. This was a crucial goal in the Jupiler Play Offs in order to avoid relegation from the Dutch first league Eredivisie.
Naah subsequently spent loan periods at FC Nordsjælland, Örebro SK and Tubize, joining the latter club permanently after his Manchester City contract ended.[8]
On 27 June 2019, Naah signed to the Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Ra'anana.[9]
Career statistics
- As of 27 May 2015[2]
| Season | Club | Division | League | Cup | Other | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2014 | Strømsgodset | Tippeligaen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | NAC Breda | Eredivisie | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Career Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 | ||
References
- "Divine Naah profile". altomfotball.no. TV2 (Norway). Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- "Ghana - D. Naah". soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- "Undiscovered: Meet Ghana's Divine Naah of Manchester city". sportsworldghana.com. 5 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- Officielt: Naah til FCN‚ bold.dk, 29 July 2016
- FC Nordsjælland sender Naah videre‚ bold.dk, 31 January 2017
- "Holder døren åpen for Junior". dt.no (in Norwegian). Drammens Tidene. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- "Ghanese versterking voor NAC". nac.nl/ (in Dutch). NAC Breda. 1 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- "Ghanaian midfielder leaves Manchester City after five loan spells in five countries". CityWatch. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- Levin, Gil. "רעננה מתחזקת: דיויין נאה ומתיאוס חתמו" (in Hebrew). Sport5.