Nii Adamah Plange (born 26 June 1989) is a Ghanaian-born Burkinabé professional footballer who plays mainly as a right winger.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nii Adamah Plange | ||
| Date of birth | 26 June 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Feyenoord Ghana | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2010 | Feyenoord Ghana | ||
| 2008–2009 | → ASEC Mimosas (loan) | ||
| 2009–2010 | ASFA Yennenga | ||
| 2010–2012 | Feyenoord Ghana | ||
| 2012–2013 | Sporting B | 28 | (4) |
| 2013 | Sporting CP | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Vitória Guimarães | 33 | (1) |
| 2015 | Vitória Guimarães B | 2 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Académica | 51 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | Nacional | 4 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Pinhalnovense | 10 | (2) |
| 2019 | Cesarense | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011–2014 | Burkina Faso | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 February 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 March 2014 | |||
Club career
editBorn in Accra, Ghana, Plange began his career with local Feyenoord, moving to ASEC Mimosas on loan in July 2009.[1] In the summer of 2012, following another spell with Feyenoord Ghana, he moved to Portugal and joined Sporting CP, initially being assigned to the reserves in the second division.[2] He made his Primeira Liga debut in the last day of the season, playing one minute in a 4–1 away win against S.C. Beira-Mar.[3]
On the last day of the summer transfer window of 2013, Plange moved to fellow league club Vitória de Guimarães.[4] He played his first competitive game for his new team on 14 September, coming on as a 58th-minute substitute in a 1–0 success at Rio Ave FC.[5] he scored his first goal in the Portuguese top level the following 8 February, but in 2–3 away loss to Vitória de Setúbal.[6]
Plange signed a two-year deal with Académica de Coimbra (also in the Portuguese top flight) on 16 July 2015.[7]
International career
editPlange made his international debut for Burkina Faso on 10 August 2011, in a friendly game against South Africa.[8] He was selected by manager Paulo Duarte as he possessed dual nationality due to being married to a Burkinabé woman.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Finale Coupe nationale 2009: les Aiglons s'imposent physiquement, les Mimos tombent" [National Cup final 2009: Eagles win physical battle, Mimos crash] (in French). Africa Time. July 2009. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
- ^ "Nii Plange na calha" [Nii Plange poised]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 May 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ "Beira-Mar 1–4 Sporting" (in Portuguese). SAPO. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ "Nii Plange é reforço" [Nii Plange is an addition] (in Portuguese). Vitória S.C. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ "André vale triunfo em Vila do Conde" [André equals win in Vila do Conde]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 14 September 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Vitória de Setúbal derrota Vit. Guimarães por 3–2" [Vitória de Setúbal defeat Vit. Guimarães 3–2]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 8 February 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ "Nii Plange é o novo reforço da Académica" [Nii Plange is the new addition of Académica] (in Portuguese). Académica Coimbra. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ Sapa, Majola (11 August 2011). "Bafana make a meal of Burkina Faso". Times Live. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
- ^ "Faso probe – Players boycotted call-up". Kick Off. 16 August 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
External links
edit- Nii Plange at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Nii Plange at National-Football-Teams.com
- Nii Plange at Soccerway
