Nii Plange

Nii Plange
Personal information
Full nameNii Adamah Plange
Date of birth26 June 1989
Place of birthAccra, Ghana
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Vitória Guimarães
Number16
Youth career
Feyenoord Ghana
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2006–2010Feyenoord Ghana
2008–2009→ ASEC Mimosas (loan)
2009–2010ASFA Yennenga
2010–2012Feyenoord Ghana
2012–2013Sporting B28(4)
2013Sporting CP1(0)
2013–Vitória Guimarães21(1)
National team‡
2011–Burkina Faso3(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 November 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 March 2014

Nii Adamah Plange (born 26 June 1989) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club Vitória S.C. as a forward.

Club career

Born in Accra, Ghana, Plange began his career with local Feyenoord, moving to ASEC Mimosas on loan in July 2009.[1]

In the 2012 summer, following another spell with Feyenoord Ghana, he moved to Portugal and joined Sporting Clube de Portugal, initially being assigned to the reserves in the second division.[2]

International career

Plange made his international debut for Burkina Faso on 10 August 2011, in a friendly game against South Africa.[3] He was selected by manager Paulo Duarte as he possessed dual nationality due to being married to a Burkinabé woman.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "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. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "Nii Plange na calha" [Nii Plange poised] (in Portuguese). Record. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Sapa, Majola (11 August 2011). "Bafana make a meal of Burkina Faso". Times Live. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "Faso probe – Players boycotted call-up". Kick Off. 16 August 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2013.

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