Nii Adamah Plange (born 26 June 1989) is a Ghanaian-born Burkinabé professional footballer who plays mainly as a right winger.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nii Adamah Plange | ||
Date of birth | (1989-06-26) 26 June 1989 (age 33) | ||
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) |
National team‡ | |||
2011–2014 | Burkina Faso | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 February 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 March 2014 |
Born 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]
Plange 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]