Nathaniel Adjei (born 21 August 2002) is a Ghanaian professional
footballer who plays as a
centre-back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
for French club
Lorient.
Early life
Born and raised in
Teshie, Adjei started to play youth football with local club Danbort FC at age 13. The team competed in
Division One League, Ghana's second tier.
Club career
On 13 August 2021, Ajdei joined
Hammarby TFF in Sweden's third tier
Ettan, the feeder team of
Hammarby IF
Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differe ...
. He was signed on a one-year loan from Danbort, together with fellow Ghanaian player Emmanuel Agyeman Duah from
Karela United
Karela United FC is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Aiyinase, Ellembele District, Western Region. The club competed in the 2019 Ghanaian Normalisation Cup Competition.
Karela plays their home matches at the CAM Park.
History
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On 11 July 2022, Adjei was promoted to Hammarby's first team, completing a permanent transfer from Danbort by signing a four-and-a-half-year contract. On 17 September the same year, Adjei made his
Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...
debut in a 1–1 away draw against
BK Häcken, in which he scored an own goal.
On 27 January 2024, Adjei joined
Lorient on loan with option to purchase in France until the end of the season.
Adjei was transferred to
Lorient upon exercise of the purchase option on 15 June 2024.
International career
Being part of the Ghanaian youth selections since 2018, Adjei was the
vice captain of the
Ghana national U17's.
Adjei was called up to the
Ghana national U20's for the
2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, at age 16.
He was also part of Ghana's squad in the
2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
The 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations was the 16th edition of the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations (23rd edition if tournaments without hosts are included), the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Foo ...
. He played three games throughout the tournament, before suffering an injury ahead of the knockout stage, that Ghana went on to win through a 2–0 win in the final against
Uganda.
Career statistics
Club
References
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2002 births
Living people
People from Greater Accra Region
Ghanaian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Ghana men's youth international footballers
Hammarby Fotboll players
Hammarby Talang FF players
FC Lorient players
Allsvenskan players
Ettan Fotboll players
Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in France