Divine Naah

Divine Naah
Personal information
Full name	Divine Yelsarmba Naah
Date of birth	20 April 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth	Obuasi, Ghana
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Kauno Žalgiris
Number	24
Youth career
2007–2014	Right to Dream Academy
Senior career*
Years	Team
2014–2018	Manchester City
2014	→ Strømsgodset (loan)
2015–2016	→ NAC Breda (loan)
2016–2017	→ FC Nordsjælland (loan)
2017	→ Örebro SK (loan)
2018	→ A.F.C. Tubize (loan)
2018–2019	A.F.C. Tubize
2019–2020	Hapoel Ra'anana
2021	Mosta
2021–2022	Kauno Žalgiris
2023	Turan Tovuz
2023–	Kauno Žalgiris
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 March 2024

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]

Career[edit]

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[edit]

As of 27 May 2015^[1]

Season	Club	Division	League		Cup		Other		Total
Season	Club	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2014	Strømsgodset	Tippeligaen	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2014/15	NAC Breda	Eredivisie	9	0	0	0	2	1	11	1
Career Total			10	0	0	0	2	1	12	1

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Ghana – D. Naah". soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ Officielt: Naah til FCN‚ bold.dk, 29 July 2016
^ FC Nordsjælland sender Naah videre‚ bold.dk, 31 January 2017
^ Divine Naah at Soccerway
^ "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.
^ "Ghanaian midfielder leaves Manchester City after five loan spells in five countries". CityWatch. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ Levin, Gil. "רעננה מתחזקת: דיויין נאה ומתיאוס חתמו" (in Hebrew). Sport5.

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[soc_naah-1] "Ghana – D. Naah". soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 September 2014.

[swg-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

[soccerway-5] Divine Naah at Soccerway

[breda_loan-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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