| Isaac Atanga | |
| Fullname: | Isaac Atanga |
| Birth Date: | 14 June 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Nkoranza, Ghana |
| Position: | Right winger |
| Currentclub: | Ilves (on loan from Aalesund) |
| Youthclubs1: | Right to Dream |
| Youthyears2: | 2018–2019 |
| Youthclubs2: | Nordsjælland |
| Years1: | 2019–2021 |
| Clubs1: | Nordsjælland |
| Caps1: | 55 |
| Goals1: | 11 |
| Years2: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs2: | FC Cincinnati |
| Caps2: | 23 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2022 |
| Clubs3: | FC Cincinnati 2 |
| Caps3: | 7 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs4: | → Göztepe (loan) |
| Caps4: | 15 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 2023– |
| Clubs5: | Aalesund |
| Caps5: | 39 |
| Goals5: | 8 |
| Years6: | 2023– |
| Clubs6: | Aalesund 2 |
| Caps6: | 5 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2024– |
| Clubs7: | → Ilves (loan) |
| Caps7: | 1 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Nationalteam1: | Ghana U20 |
| Club-Update: | 18 August 2024 |
Isaac Atanga (born 14 June 2000) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Veikkausliiga club Ilves, on loan from Aalesund.
Atanga was born in Nkoranza, Ghana and was a part of the academy at Right to Dream and joined FC Nordsjælland in the summer 2018. Since Right to Dream is a cooperative academy to Nordsjælland, Atanga had already played a friendly game for FC Nordsjælland in February 2018 against FC Roskilde.[1]
He made his FC Nordsjælland debut on 14 April 2019, replacing Oliver Antman in the 73rd minute in a 2–1 victory against Esbjerg fB in the Danish Superliga.[2] He played with shirt number 35 on his back. Atanga had had a good season for the U-19 squad before his first team debut, scoring 9 goals in 15 games.[3]
On 14 July 2019, Atanga scored his first professional goal for Nordsjælland in the first game of the season against AC Horsens, a game Nordsjælland won 3–0.[4] He also scored one goal in the following game against FC Midtjylland. On 25 July 2019, the club announced that they had extended Atanga's contract until 2023.[5]
On 31 March 2021, Atanga joined Major League Soccer side FC Cincinnati, signing a three-year contract.[6] He made his debut for the club on 1 May 2021 against Orlando City, starting in the 3–0 defeat.[7] Atanga scored his first goal for FC Cincinnati on 27 August 2021 against Columbus Crew but couldn't prevent the 3–2 defeat.[8]
On 7 August 2022 it was confirmed, that Atanga had joined newly relegated Turkish TFF First League club Göztepe on a one-year loan deal with a purchase option.[9]
On 1 April 2023, Atanga signed with Eliteserien side Aalesund for an undisclosed fee.[10]
On 17 August 2024, Atanga joined Veikkausliiga club Ilves on loan for the rest of the season.[11]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Nordsjælland | 2018–19 | Danish Superliga | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Danish Superliga | 34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 7 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Danish Superliga | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 21 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 55 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 12 | |||
| FC Cincinnati | 2021 | MLS | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 1 | |||
| 2022 | MLS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |||
| FC Cincinnati 2 | 2022 | MLS Next Pro | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||||
| Göztepe (loan) | 2022–23 | TFF First League | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 17 | 2 | |||
| Aalesund | 2023 | Eliteserien | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 27 | 7 | |||
| 2024 | 1. divisjon | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 39 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 10 | |||
| Aalesund 2 | 2023 | 2. divisjon | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2024 | 3. divisjon | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Ilves (loan) | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 145 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 26 | |||