Nii Plange

Nii Plange
Personal information
Full name Nii Adamah Plange
Date of birth (1989-06-26) 26 June 1989 (age 35)
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 February 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 March 2014

Nii Adamah Plange (born 26 June 1989) is a Ghanaian-born Burkinabé professional footballer who plays mainly as a right winger.

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 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

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]

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. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  2. ^ "Nii Plange na calha" [Nii Plange poised]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 May 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Beira-Mar 1–4 Sporting" (in Portuguese). SAPO. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Nii Plange é reforço" [Nii Plange is an addition] (in Portuguese). Vitória S.C. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ Sapa, Majola (11 August 2011). "Bafana make a meal of Burkina Faso". Times Live. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  9. ^ "Faso probe – Players boycotted call-up". Kick Off. 16 August 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2013.