Nikolas Terkelsen Nartey (born 22 February 2000) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Youth career

Nartey began his career at the age of 8 at AB. He then joined

F.C. Copenhagen Football Club Copenhagen ( da, Football Club København, ), commonly known as FC København, FC Copenhagen, Copenhagen or simply FCK, is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure on ...

at the age of 12. At 16 years old, he had already played for the U19 squad of F.C. Copenhagen. He played five

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games.

1. FC Köln

At the age of 16, Nartey joined 1. FC Köln in Germany on 31 January 2017 for about 4 million danish krone. Meanwhile, he was not able to play until 19 April because of some problems with his papers. He only managed to play four games in that first half season for the reserve team. He got his professional debut for 1. FC Köln on 26 November 2017 when he came in from the bench with 7 minutes left against

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. However, it was not a successful year for Nartey, due to several knee-injuries in the 2017–18 season.

VfB Stuttgart

On 29 August 2019, Nartey joined

on a four-year deal. A day later after joining Stuttgart, Nartey was loaned out to

Hansa Rostock FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from the forme ...

for the 2019–20 season. On 31 July 2020, Nartey was loaned out to SV Sandhausen until the end of the season.

Personal life

Nartey is of Ghanaian descent through his father and his mother is Danish.

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* * * 2000 births Living people People from Gladsaxe Municipality Danish people of Ghanaian descent Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark Danish men's footballers Association football midfielders Denmark under-21 international footballers Denmark youth international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players 1. FC Köln II players 1. FC Köln players VfB Stuttgart players VfB Stuttgart II players FC Hansa Rostock players SV Sandhausen players Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany {{Denmark-footy-midfielder-stub