Bismark Adjei-Boateng

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Adjei-Boateng with Colorado Rapids in 2017
Personal information
Full name Bismark Adjei-Boateng
Date of birth (1994-05-10) 10 May 1994 (age 27)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 CFR Cluj
Number 21
Youth career
0000–2011 Right to Dream Academy
2011–2012 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Manchester City 0 (0)
2012–2016 → Strømsgodset (loan) 86 (16)
2017–2019 Colorado Rapids 38 (1)
2020–2021 KuPS 34 (3)
2021– CFR Cluj 14 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 December 2021

Bismark "Nana" Adjei-Boateng (born 10 May 1994) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club CFR Cluj.

Career[]

Adjei-Boateng was signed by Manchester City F.C. in 2012, and immediately loaned alongside Enock Kwakwa to the Norwegian Tippeligaen club Strømsgodset Toppfotball, as the pair were not eligible for a UK work permit. The midfielder made his debut for Strømsgodset on 12 August 2012 in a 4–0 loss against Tromsø IL. He scored his first and second goal for the club in the match against Sogndal IL on 16 May 2013,[1][2] and played an important part in the team that won the 2013 Tippeligaen league title, with 17 matches and seven goals. After the good spell at Strømsgodset, he renewed his contract with Manchester City, and was loaned out to the Norwegian club again.

However, after receiving an ankle injury during training in September 2013, he was kept out of action until June 2014.[3] He came back and helped his team secure fourth place in the 2014 Tippeligaen, with 11 matches and two goals. In February 2015, Manchester City agreed to a third loan spell for Adjei-Boateng, this time for the whole 2015 season.[4] He signed another full-season loan with the Norwegian club on 5 January 2016.[5]

Adjei-Boateng signed for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids in January 2017.[6] He scored his first MLS goal on 11 August 2018—a dramatic stoppage-time goal that gave the Rapids a 2–1 win over the San Jose Earthquakes. On 12 July 2019, the club and Adjei-Boateng mutually agreed to terminate his contract with the club so that the player could "return to Europe to deal with a family issue".[7]

In December 2019, Adjei-Boateng signed for Veikkausliiga side Kuopion Palloseura on a one-year contract with an option for another year.[8]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 19 December 2021[1][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Strømsgodset (loan) 2012 Tippeligaen 8 0 0 0 — — — 8 0
2013 17 7 0 0 — 4 1 — 21 8
2014 11 2 1 0 — 0 0 — 12 2
2015 21 4 3 1 — 1 0 — 25 5
2016 29 3 4 0 — 2 0 — 35 3
Total 86 16 8 1 – – 7 1 – – 101 18
Colorado Rapids 2017 Major League Soccer 18 0 1 0 — — — 19 0
2018 20 1 1 0 — 1 0 — 22 1
2019 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 38 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 – – 41 1
KuPS 2020 Veikkausliiga 19 2 6 2 — — — 25 4
2021 15 1 5 0 — 12 0 — 32 1
Total 34 3 11 2 – – 12 0 – – 57 5
CFR Cluj 2021–22 Liga I 14 0 1 0 — 6 0 — 21 0
Career total 172 20 22 3 0 0 26 1 0 0 220 24

Honours[]

Strømsgodset[9]

KuPS[9]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Player details on altomfotball.no".
  2. ^ "- Min største opplevelse" [- My greatest experience]. www.dt.no/ (in Norwegian). Edda Media. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Nana mister hele vårsesongen" [Nana loses out on the entire spring season]. www.dt.no/. Edda Media. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Godset forsterker med gammel kjenning" [Godset strengthens squad with old friend]. www.dt.no (in Norwegian). Edda Media. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Gjenforenes i Godset". Strømsgodset Toppfotball. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Rapids sign Bismark Adjei-Boateng from Premier League giants Manchester City". Colorado Rapids Official Site. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Colorado Rapids, Nana Boateng reach mutual agreement to terminate contract | Colorado Rapids".
  8. ^ "Bismark Adjei-Boateng signs for Finnish champions KuPS". GhanaWeb. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  9. ^ a b c Bismark Adjei-Boateng at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
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