Divine Naah

Divine Yelsarmba Naah (born 20 April 1996) is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Kauno Žalgiris in A Lyga.[5]

Divine Naah
Personal information
Full name Divine Yelsarmba Naah
Date of birth (1996-04-20) 20 April 1996[1]
Place of birth Obuasi,[2] Ghana
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Kauno Žalgiris
Number 23
Youth career
2007–2014 Right to Dream Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Manchester City 0 (0)
2014 → Strømsgodset (loan) 1 (0)
2015–2016 → NAC Breda (loan) 34 (2)
2016–2017[3][4] → FC Nordsjælland (loan) 5 (0)
2017 → Örebro SK (loan) 13 (0)
2018 → A.F.C. Tubize (loan) 9 (0)
2018–2019 A.F.C. Tubize 24 (1)
2019–2020 Hapoel Ra'anana 19 (0)
2021 Mosta 6 (3)
2021–2022 Kauno Žalgiris 49 (7)
2023 Turan Tovuz 6 (0)
2023– Kauno Žalgiris 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 October 2023

Career

Naah signed for Manchester City in July 2014, and was immediately loaned out for 6 months to Strømsgodset.[2] 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.[6] He scored his first goal for the club on 25 May 2015, dribbling past 2 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.

Naah subsequently spent loan periods at FC Nordsjælland, Örebro SK and Tubize, joining the latter club permanently after his Manchester City contract ended.[7]

On 27 June 2019, Naah signed to the Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Ra'anana.[8] In 2021 he first played for Mosta, then Kauno Žalgiris. He scored his first goal for Kauno in July 2021 against Europa in the UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying.[1]

Career statistics
As of 27 May 2015[1]
Season Club Division League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2014 Strømsgodset Tippeligaen 10000010
2014/15 NAC Breda Eredivisie 900021111
Career Total 1000021121

References
  1. "Ghana - D. Naah". soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  2. "Undiscovered: Meet Ghana's Divine Naah of Manchester city". sportsworldghana.com. 5 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  3. Officielt: Naah til FCN‚ bold.dk, 29 July 2016
  4. FC Nordsjælland sender Naah videre‚ bold.dk, 31 January 2017
  5. Divine Naah at Soccerway
  6. "Ghanese versterking voor NAC". nac.nl/ (in Dutch). NAC Breda. 1 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  7. "Ghanaian midfielder leaves Manchester City after five loan spells in five countries". CityWatch. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  8. Levin, Gil. "רעננה מתחזקת: דיויין נאה ומתיאוס חתמו" (in Hebrew). Sport5.


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