Isaac Atanga

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Isaac Atanga
Personal information
Full name Isaac Atanga
Date of birth (2000-06-14) 14 June 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Nkoranza, Ghana
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
Kalmar FF
Youth career
Right to Dream
2018–2019 Nordsjælland
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Nordsjælland 55 (11)
2021–2023 FC Cincinnati 23 (1)
2022 FC Cincinnati 2 7 (1)
2022–2023Göztepe (loan) 15 (1)
2023–2024 Aalesund 39 (8)
2023–2024 Aalesund 2 5 (0)
2024Ilves (loan) 5 (2)
2025– Kalmar FF 0 (0)
International career
Ghana U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024

Isaac Atanga (born 14 June 2000) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Swedish club Kalmar FF.

Contents

Club career

FC Nordsjælland

Atanga 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

On 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]

Later clubs

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] However, Ilves did not exercise their option to buy and Atanga returned to Aalesund after just five games and two goals. [12]

On January 25, 2025 it was confirmed that Atanga swapped Norway for Sweden when he signed a 2-year deal with Kalmar FF. [13]

Career statistics

As of 25 January 2025 [14]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nordsjælland 2018–19 Danish Superliga 2020
2019–20 Danish Superliga34710357
2020–21 Danish Superliga19421215
Total55113100005812
FC Cincinnati 2021 MLS 22100221
2022 MLS102030
Total231200000251
FC Cincinnati 2 2022 MLS Next Pro 7171
Göztepe (loan) 2022–23 TFF First League 15121172
Aalesund 2023 Eliteserien 25522277
2024 1. divisjon 14320163
Total3984200004310
Aalesund 2 2023 2. divisjon 4040
2024 3. divisjon 1010
Total5000000050
Ilves (loan) 2024 Veikkausliiga 5252
Kalmar 2025 Superettan 000000
Career total14924114000016028

Honours

Ilves

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  3. Profile at WorldFootball, worldfootball.net
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  5. FC Nordsjælland binder angrebskomet til 2023, bold.dk, 25 July 2019
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  7. "Orlando City 3–0 FC Cincinnati". Soccerway.
  8. "Columbus Crew 3–2 FC Cincinnati". Soccerway.
  9. Isaac Atanga Göztepe'mizde Archived 2022-08-08 at the Wayback Machine , goztepe.org.tr, 7 August 2022
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  11. Ilves lainaa Isaac Atangan loppukaudeksi, ilvesfootball.com, 17 August 2024
  12. Ilves kiittää seurasta lähteviä pelaajia, ilvesfootball.com, 3 December 2024
  13. Välkommen till Kalmar FF, Isaac Atanga!, kalmarff.se, 25 January 2025
  14. Isaac Atanga at Soccerway
  15. Ilveksen päävalmentaja hopeasta: ”Voitettu mitali”, Yle, 19 October 2024