Isaac Atanga
Isaac Atanga (born 29 July 2000 in Ghana) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a forward for FC Nordsjælland.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Isaac Atanga | ||
| Date of birth | 29 July 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Ghana | ||
| Playing position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | FC Nordsjælland | ||
| Number | 35 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Right to Dream | |||
| 2018–2019 | FC Nordsjælland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | FC Nordsjælland | 36 | (7) |
| National team | |||
| Ghana U-20 | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:52, 18 August 2020 (UTC) | |||
Club career
FC Nordsjælland
Atanga was born in 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 got his FC Nordsjælland debut on 14 April 2019. Atanga started on the bench, before 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]
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