Nana Boateng (footballer, born 1994)

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Nana Boateng
Nana Boateng - CFR Cluj vs FCSB, 17 April 2022 (cropped).jpg
Boateng with CFR Cluj in 2022
Personal information
Full name Bismark Adjei-Boateng
Date of birth (1994-05-10) 10 May 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
–2011 Right to Dream Academy
2011–2012 Manchester City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2017 Manchester City 0 (0)
2012–2016 → Strømsgodset (loan) 86 (16)
2017–2019 Colorado Rapids 38 (1)
2020–2021 KuPS 34 (3)
2021–2023 CFR Cluj 64 (5)
2023–2025 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 39 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:19, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

Bismark "Nana" Adjei-Boateng (born 10 May 1994) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder].

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Career

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 Boateng, this time for the whole 2015 season. [4] He signed another full-season loan with the Norwegian club on 5 January 2016. [5]

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, Boateng signed for Veikkausliiga side Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) on a one-year contract with an option for another year. [8]

On 2 September 2021, Boateng signed with Romanian Liga I club CFR Cluj for an undisclosed fee, [9] reported to be €125,000. [10]

On 13 July 2023, Boateng joined Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors for a €2 million transfer fee. [11]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 June 2025 [1] [12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Strømsgodset (loan) 2012 Tippeligaen 80————80
2013 Tippeligaen177——4 [b] 1—218
2014 Tippeligaen11210———122
2015 Tippeligaen21431—1 [b] 0—255
2016 Tippeligaen29340—2 [b] 0—353
Total861681—71—10118
Colorado Rapids 2017 MLS 18010———190
2018 MLS20110—1 [c] 0—221
Total38120—10—411
KuPS 2020 Veikkausliiga 19262—4 [d] 0—294
2021 Veikkausliiga15150—8 [e] 0—281
Total343112—120—575
CFR Cluj 2021–22 Liga I 32210—6 [e] 0—392
2022–23 Liga I32320—14 [f] 21 [g] 0495
Total64530—20210887
Jeonbuk 2023 K League 1 13120———151
2024 K League 121010—4 [h] 0—260
2025 K League 15000—4 [i] 0—90
Total39130—80—501
Jeonbuk II2024 K4 League 20————20
Career total26326273—4831033932
  1. ↑ Includes Norwegian Cup, U.S. Open Cup, Finnish Cup, Cupa României, Korean FA Cup
  2. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Appearance in CONCACAF Champions League
  4. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  6. ↑ Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, twelve appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa Conference League
  7. ↑ Appearance in Liga I European play-offs
  8. ↑ Appearances in AFC Champions League
  9. ↑ Appearances in AFC Champions League Two

Honours

Boateng training for Colorado Rapids in 2017 Bismark Boateng (cropped).jpg
Boateng training for Colorado Rapids in 2017

Strømsgodset [12]

KuPS [12]

CFR Cluj [12]

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Player details on altomfotball.no". Archived from the original on 29 July 2014.
  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. ↑ Nana Boateng siirtyy Romanian suurseuraan – KuPS saa merkittävän siirtosumman, kups.fi, 2 September 2021
  10. ↑ Tähtipelaajan lähtö yllätti KuPSin täydellisesti – mestaruushaaveille raskas isku, Ilta-Sanomat, 3 September 2021
  11. ↑ Transfer News: Nana Boateng heads to South Korea, sportnewsafrica.com, 13 July 2023
  12. 1 2 3 4 Nana Boateng at Soccerway . Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  13. ↑ "Teemu Pukki ja Natalia Kuikka kruunattiin Vuoden jalkapalloilijoiksi – HJK:n Roope Riski kahmi palkintoja". www.iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  14. ↑ "Pallo-Koplan Veikkausliigan tähdistöjoukkue on valittu". www.veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  15. ↑ "LLPF a anunțat echipa ideală a sezonului de Liga 1 » FCSB și CFR Cluj, reprezentate de câte 3 jucători" [LPF has chosen the "ideal team" of the Liga 1 season! Which team offers the most players] (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
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