Nathaniel Adjei

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Nathaniel Adjei
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-08-21) 21 August 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Teshie, Ghana
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Lorient
Number 32
Youth career
2015–2017 Danbort FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2022 Danbort FC
2021–2022 → Hammarby TFF (loan) 22 (0)
2022– Hammarby IF 24 (1)
2024– → Lorient (loan) 8 (0)
International career‡
2019–2021 Ghana U-20 4 (0)
2023– Ghana U-23 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 June 2023

Nathaniel Adjei (born 21 August 2002) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for French Ligue 1 club Lorient on loan from the Swedish club Hammarby IF. [2]

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Early life

Born and raised in Teshie, Adjei started to play youth football with local club Danbort FC at age 13. [3] The team competed in Division One League, Ghana's second tier. [4]

Club career

Hammarby IF

On 13 August 2021, Ajdei joined Hammarby TFF in Sweden's third tier Ettan, the feeder team of Hammarby IF. He was signed on a one-year loan from Danbort, together with fellow Ghanaian player Emmanuel Agyeman Duah from Karela United. [5] [6]

On 11 July 2022, Adjei was promoted to Hammarby's first team, completing a permanent transfer from Danbort by signing a four and a half-year contract. [7] On 17 September the same year, Adjei made his Allsvenskan debut in a 1–1 away draw against BK Häcken, in which he scored an own goal. [8]

Loan to Lorient

On 27 January 2024, Adjei joined Lorient in France on loan until the end of the season. [9]

International career

Being part of the Ghanaian youth selections since 2018, Adjei was the vice captain of the Ghana national U17's. [10]

Adjei was called up to the Ghana national U20's for the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, at age 16. [11]

He was also part of Ghana's squad in the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations. [12] He played three games throughout the tournament, before suffering an injury ahead of the knockout stage, that Ghana went on to win through a 2–0 win in the final against Uganda. [13] [14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 November 2023 [15]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [lower-alpha 1] ContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hammarby TFF 2021 Ettan 8000—80
2022 14000—140
Total2200000220
Hammarby IF 2022 Allsvenskan 3010—40
2023 211502 [lower-alpha 2] 0281
Total2416020321
Career total4616020530

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References

  1. ↑ Supportrarnas Matchprogram NR 424. Stockholm: Supportrarnas Matchprogram. 3 August 2023. p. 17.
  2. ↑ "Nathaniel Adjei" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association . Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Nathaniel Adjei tackar för stödet: "Mina DM bara exploderade"" (in Swedish). Fotboll STHLM. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Base Soccer Agency grabs Ghana U-20 defender Nathaniel Adjei". News Ghana. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Varmt välkomna till HTFF" (in Swedish). Hammarby Talang FF. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Talangkollen: Vårsäsongen 2022" (in Swedish). Ettan Fotboll. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Adjei till A-laget från HTFF" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "Sent tappad seger vid Wieselgrensplatsen" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "Nathaniel Adjei prêté chez les Merlus" [Nathaniel Adjei loaned to Merlus] (in French). FC Lorient. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "We're not taking any chances, says Ghana starlet ahead of Cote d'Ivoire clash at Wafu Zone B championship". Goal. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "Satellites search for lost glory". Ghana Football Association. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  12. ↑ "Black Satellites off to Mauritania for U20 Afcon". Ghana Football Association. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  13. ↑ "Ghana beat debutants Uganda to clinch Total AFCON U20 title". Confederation of African Football. 6 March 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  14. ↑ "Black Satellites receive massive boost as three injured players return to training". Ghana Football Association. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  15. ↑ Nathaniel Adjei at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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