Bismark "Nana" Adjei-Boateng (born 10 May 1994) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for K League 1 club

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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

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, 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

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on 16 May 2013, and played an important part in the team that won the

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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. He came back and helped his team secure fourth place in the

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, 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. He signed another full-season loan with the Norwegian club on 5 January 2016. Boateng signed for

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club Colorado Rapids in January 2017. 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

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. 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". In December 2019, Boateng signed for Veikkausliiga side Kuopion Palloseura on a one-year contract with an option for another year. In 2023, Boateng joined Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors for an undisclosed fee.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Strømsgodset * Tippeligaen:

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KuPS * Finnish Cup:

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CFR Cluj * Liga I: 2021–22 *

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runner-up:

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Individual * Veikkausliiga Midfielder of the Year:

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* Veikkausliiga Team of the Year:

* Liga I Team of the Season: 2021–22

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boateng, Nana 1994 births Living people Footballers from Accra Ghanaian men's footballers Manchester City F.C. players Strømsgodset Toppfotball players Colorado Rapids players Kuopion Palloseura players CFR Cluj players Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors players Eliteserien players Veikkausliiga players Major League Soccer players Liga I players K League 1 players Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Right to Dream Academy players Men's association football midfielders