Nikolas Nartey

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Nikolas Nartey
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Nartey with Stuttgart in 2021
Personal information
Full name Nikolas Terkelsen Nartey [1]
Date of birth (2000-02-22) 22 February 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Bagsværd, Denmark
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
VfB Stuttgart
Number 28
Youth career
2008–2013 AB
2013–2017 Copenhagen
2017–2018 1. FC Köln
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2019 1. FC Köln II 25 (3)
2017–2019 1. FC Köln 2 (0)
2019– VfB Stuttgart 17 (0)
2021 VfB Stuttgart II 1 (0)
2019–2020Hansa Rostock (loan) 19 (1)
2020–2021SV Sandhausen (loan) 24 (0)
International career
2015–2016 Denmark U16 5 (0)
2016–2017 Denmark U17 11 (6)
2017–2018 Denmark U18 4 (1)
2018–2019 Denmark U19 5 (0)
2019– Denmark U21 16 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9:56, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

Nikolas Terkelsen Nartey (born 22 February 2000) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart. [2]

Contents

Club career

Youth career

Nartey began his career at the age of 8 at AB. [3] He then joined F.C. Copenhagen at the age of 12. At 16 years old, he had already played for the U19 squad of F.C. Copenhagen. [4] He played five UEFA Youth League games.

1. FC Köln

At the age of 16, Nartey joined 1. FC Köln in Germany on 31 January 2017 for about 4 million danish krone. [5] Meanwhile, he was not able to play until 19 April because of some problems with his papers. [6] He only managed to play four games in that first half season for the reserve team.

He got his professional debut for 1. FC Köln on 26 November 2017 when he came in from the bench with 7 minutes left against Hertha BSC. [7] However, it was not a successful year for Nartey, due to several knee-injuries in the 2017–18 season.

VfB Stuttgart

On 29 August 2019, Nartey joined VfB Stuttgart on a four-year deal. [8] A day later after joining Stuttgart, Nartey was loaned out to Hansa Rostock for the 2019–20 season. [9]

On 31 July 2020, Nartey was loaned out to SV Sandhausen until the end of the season. [10]

Personal life

Nartey is of Ghanaian descent through his father and his mother is Danish. [11] [12] His younger brother, Noah Nartey, is also a professional footballer. [13]

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References

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  3. Når unge fodboldspillere skifter til udlandet, jonasdalgard.atavist.com
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  5. FCK sælger stort talent til Bundesliga-klub, tipsbladet.dk, 1 February 2017
  6. CAS giver dansk Köln-talent grønt lys, bold.dk, 19 April 2017
  7. Bundklub i krise: Debut til 17-årig dansker i Bundesligaen, bt.dk, 26 November 2017
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  9. "Verstärkung für zentrale Mittefeld: F.C. Hansa Rostock leiht Nikolas Nartey vom VfB Stuttgart aus" (in German). F.C. Hansa Rostock. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  10. "Nikolas Nartey loaned to SV Sandhausen". VfB Stuttgart. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  11. "Four top talents that can spark Black Stars revival - Business & Financial Times Online". thebftonline.com. 31 October 2017.
  12. "Ghanaian Nikolas Nartey warms himself into first team football at Koln after featuring in pre-season win — Ghana Sports Online". 2 July 2018.
  13. NOAH NARTEY: BRØNDBYS PLAN FOR MIG ER RIGTIG GOD [NOAH NARTEY: BRØNDBY HAS A REALLY GOOD PLAN FOR ME] (YouTube). Denmark: 3point.dk. 21 September 2021.