Divine Naah
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Divine Yelsarmba Naah | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 20 April 1996||
Place of birth | Obuasi,[2] Ghana | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Kauno Žalgiris | ||
Number | 24 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2014 | Right to Dream Academy | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2018 | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
2014 | → Strømsgodset (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → NAC Breda (loan) | 34 | (2) |
2016–2017[3][4] | → FC Nordsjælland (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2017 | → Örebro SK (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2018 | → A.F.C. Tubize (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2018–2019 | A.F.C. Tubize | 24 | (1) |
2019–2020 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 19 | (0) |
2021 | Mosta | 6 | (3) |
2021–2022 | Kauno Žalgiris | 49 | (7) |
2023 | Turan Tovuz | 6 | (0) |
2023– | Kauno Žalgiris | 40 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2024 |
Divine Yelsarmba Naah (born 20 April 1996) is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Kauno Žalgiris in A Lyga.[5]
Career
[edit]Naah signed for Manchester City in July 2014, and was immediately loaned out for 6 months to Strømsgodset.[2] He made his debut for Strømsgodset on 20 September 2014 in the 4–0 win against Bodø/Glimt, when he came on as a substitute in the 87th minute.
He signed for NAC Breda on an 18-month loan on 1 February 2015.[6] He scored his first goal for the club on 25 May 2015, dribbling past 2 defenders before placing the ball in the net. This was a crucial goal in the Jupiler Play Offs in order to avoid relegation from the Dutch first league Eredivisie.
Naah subsequently spent loan periods at FC Nordsjælland, Örebro SK and Tubize, joining the latter club permanently after his Manchester City contract ended.[7]
On 27 June 2019, Naah signed to the Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Ra'anana.[8] In 2021 he first played for Mosta, then Kauno Žalgiris. He scored his first goal for Kauno in July 2021 against Europa in the UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying.[1]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 27 May 2015[1]
Season | Club | Division | League | Cup | Other | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
2014 | Strømsgodset | Tippeligaen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2014/15 | NAC Breda | Eredivisie | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
Career Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Ghana – D. Naah". soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ a b "Undiscovered: Meet Ghana's Divine Naah of Manchester city". sportsworldghana.com. 5 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ^ Officielt: Naah til FCN‚ bold.dk, 29 July 2016
- ^ FC Nordsjælland sender Naah videre‚ bold.dk, 31 January 2017
- ^ Divine Naah at Soccerway
- ^ "Ghanese versterking voor NAC". nac.nl/ (in Dutch). NAC Breda. 1 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ "Ghanaian midfielder leaves Manchester City after five loan spells in five countries". CityWatch. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ Levin, Gil. "רעננה מתחזקת: דיויין נאה ומתיאוס חתמו" (in Hebrew). Sport5.
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Ghanaian men's footballers
- Right to Dream Academy players
- Manchester City F.C. players
- Strømsgodset Toppfotball players
- NAC Breda players
- FC Nordsjælland players
- Örebro SK players
- Royale Union Tubize-Braine players
- Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C. players
- Mosta F.C. players
- Eliteserien players
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Danish Superliga players
- Allsvenskan players
- Challenger Pro League players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Maltese Premier League players
- A Lyga players
- Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
- Expatriate men's footballers in Malta
- Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Malta
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania
- Men's association football midfielders
- People from Obuasi
- 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen
- Ghanaian football midfielder stubs