Bismark Adjei-Boateng

Bismark Adjei-Boateng (born 10 May 1994), commonly known as Nana, is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Veikkausliiga side KuPS.

Bismark Adjei-Boateng
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-05-10) 10 May 1994[1]
Place of birth Abaadze, Ghana
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 KuPS
Number 19
Youth career
2010–2011 Right to Dream Academy
2011–2012 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Manchester City 0 (0)
2012–2016 → Strømsgodset (loan) 85 (16)
2017–2019 Colorado Rapids 38 (1)
2019– KuPS 19 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 October 2020

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,[2][3] and played an important part in the team that won the 2013 Tippeligaen league title, with 17 matches and 7 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.[4] He came back and helped his team secure 4th place in the 2014 Tippeligaen, with 11 matches and 2 goals. In February 2015, Manchester City agreed to a third loan spell for Adjei-Boateng, this time for the whole 2015 season.[5] He signed another full-season loan with the Norwegian club on 5 January 2016.[6]

Adjei-Boateng signed for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids in January 2017.[7] He scored his first MLS goal on August 11, 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".[8]

In December 2019, Adjei-Boateng signed for Veikkausliiga side Kuopion Palloseura on a one-year contract with an option for another year.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 13 June 2019[2][10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester City 2012–13 Premier League 000000000000
2013–14 00000000–00
2014–15 000000000000
2015–16 00000000–00
2016–17 00000000–00
Total 000000000000
Strømsgodset (loan) 2012 Tippeligaen 8000———80
2013 17700—41—218
2014 11210—00—112
2015 21431—10—255
2016 28340—20—343
Total 851681––71––10017
Colorado Rapids 2017 Major League Soccer 18010———190
2018 20110—10—221
2019 000000——00
Total 381200010––411
Career total 1231710100810014118

Honours

Club

Strømsgodset

References
  1. https://int.soccerway.com/players/bismark-adjei-boateng/256548/
  2. "Player details on altomfotball.no".
  3. "- Min største opplevelse" [- My greatest experience]. www.dt.no/ (in Norwegian). Edda Media. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  4. "Nana mister hele vårsesongen" [Nana loses out on the entire spring season]. www.dt.no/. Edda Media. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  5. "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.
  6. "Gjenforenes i Godset". Strømsgodset Toppfotball. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  7. "Rapids sign Bismark Adjei-Boateng from Premier League giants Manchester City". Colorado Rapids Official Site. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  8. "Colorado Rapids, Nana Boateng reach mutual agreement to terminate contract | Colorado Rapids".
  9. "Bismark Adjei-Boateng signs for Finnish champions KuPS". GhanaWeb. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  10. "B.Adjei-Boateng". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 13 November 2017.


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