Divine Naah

Divine Naah
Personal information
Full name Divine Yelsarmba Naah[1]
Date of birth (1996-04-20) 20 April 1996[2]
Place of birth Obuasi,[3] Ghana
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
NAC Breda
Number 14
Youth career
2007–2014 Right to Dream Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Manchester City 0 (0)
2014Strømsgodset (loan) 1 (0)
2015–NAC Breda (loan) 9 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Divine Yelsarmba Naah (born 20 April 1996), commonly known as Mallam,[4] is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Dutch Eerste Divisie side NAC Breda, on loan from Manchester City.[1]

Career

Naah signed for Manchester City in July 2014, and was immediately loaned out for 6 months to Strømsgodset.[3] 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.[5] He scored his first goal for the club on 25 May 2015, dribbling past 5 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.

Career statistics

As of 27 May 2015[2]
Season Club Division League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2014 Strømsgodset Tippeligaen 10000010
2014/15 NAC Breda Eredivisie 900021111
Career Total 1000021121

References

  1. 1 2 "Divine Naah profile". altomfotball.no. TV2 (Norway). Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Ghana - D. Naah". soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Undiscovered: Meet Ghana’s Divine Naah of Manchester city". sportsworldghana.com. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  4. "Holder døren åpen for Junior". dt.no (in Norwegian). Drammens Tidene. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  5. "Ghanese versterking voor NAC". http://www.nac.nl/ (in Dutch). NAC Breda. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015. External link in |website= (help)


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