Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 21 August 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Teshie, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Lorient (on loan from Hammarby IF) | ||
Number | 32 | ||
Youth career | |||
2015–2017 | Danbort FC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2022 | Danbort FC | ||
2021–2022 | → Hammarby TFF (loan) | 22 | (0) |
2022– | Hammarby IF | 24 | (1) |
2024– | → Lorient (loan) | 15 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019–2021 | Ghana U-20 | 4 | (0) |
2023– | Ghana U-23 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 June 2023 |
Nathaniel Adjei (born 21 August 2002) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for French Ligue 2 club Lorient, on loan from Swedish club Hammarby IF.
Born and raised in Teshie, Adjei started to play youth football with local club Danbort FC at age 13.[1] The team competed in Division One League, Ghana's second tier.[2]
On 13 August 2021, Ajdei joined Hammarby TFF in Sweden's third tier Ettan, the feeder team of Hammarby IF. He was signed on a one-year loan from Danbort, together with fellow Ghanaian player Emmanuel Agyeman Duah from Karela United.[3][4]
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.[5] On 17 September the same year, Adjei made his Allsvenskan debut in a 1–1 away draw against BK Häcken, in which he scored an own goal.[6]
On 27 January 2024, Adjei joined Lorient in France on loan until the end of the season.[7]
Being part of the Ghanaian youth selections since 2018, Adjei was the vice captain of the Ghana national U17's.[8]
Adjei was called up to the Ghana national U20's for the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, at age 16.[9]
He was also part of Ghana's squad in the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.[10] 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.[11][12]
Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Hammarby TFF | 2021 | Ettan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
2022 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |||
Total | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
Hammarby IF | 2022 | Allsvenskan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
2023 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
Total | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
Lorient | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
Total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
Career total | 61 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 1 |