Emmanuel Addoquaye Lomotey (born 19 December 1997) is a Ghanaian professional

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who plays as a

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for Cypriot club Ethnikos Achna, on loan from Allsvenskan club

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Club career

Dreams FC

Lomotey was born in Accra, Ghana. He finished his formation with Dreams FC. He made his professional – and

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– debut on 21 February 2016, starting in a 1–0 away win against Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs. Lomotey scored his first professional goal on 12 March 2016, netting the opener in a 1–1 home draw against

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. He suffered relegation in his first season, but achieved immediate promotion from Ghana Division One in his second by contributing with ten goals in 24 appearances.

Extremadura UD

On 30 August 2017, Lomotey moved abroad after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with Segunda División B side

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. Initially assigned to the reserves in

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, he started to feature regularly for the first team from March 2018. On 30 June 2018, Córdoba CF announced that Lomotey signed a three-year contract with the club, being initially assigned to the B-side also in the third division. On 18 July, however, he was bought outright by Extremadura and was immediately loaned to

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with a buyout clause.

Amiens SC

In August 2020, Emmanuel moved to Amiens SC in Ligue 2 on a four-year deal.

Malmö FF

In August 2022, Emmanuel moved to

. On 12 July 2023, Lomotey signed for

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club Ethinkos Achna on a season-long loan deal.

International career

On 25 May 2017, Lomotey made his international debut for

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, after coming on as a second-half substitute for

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in a 1–1 non-FIFA friendly home draw against

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