# Isaac Atanga

Isaac Atanga (born 14 June 2000) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Swedish club Kalmar FF.

## Club career
### FC Nordsjælland

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.
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. 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.
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. 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.

### FC Cincinnati

On 31 March 2021, Atanga joined Major League Soccer side FC Cincinnati, signing a three-year contract. He made his debut for the club on 1 May 2021 against Orlando City, starting in the 3–0 defeat. Atanga scored his first goal for FC Cincinnati on 27 August 2021 against Columbus Crew but couldn't prevent the 3–2 defeat.

### Later clubs

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.
On 1 April 2023, Atanga signed with Eliteserien side Aalesund for an undisclosed fee. On 17 August 2024, Atanga joined Veikkausliiga club Ilves in Finland on loan for the remainder of the season with an option to buy. However, Ilves did not exercise their option to buy and Atanga returned to Aalesund after just five games and two goals.
On January 25, 2025 it was confirmed that Atanga swapped Norway for Sweden when he signed a 2-year deal with Kalmar FF.

## Career statistics

    As of 25 January 2025
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National Cup | National Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Nordsjælland | 2018–19 | Danish Superliga | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| Nordsjælland | 2019–20 | Danish Superliga | 34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 35 | 7 |
| Nordsjælland | 2020–21 | Danish Superliga | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 21 | 5 |
| Nordsjælland | Total | Total | 55 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 12 |
| FC Cincinnati | 2021 | MLS | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 1 |
| FC Cincinnati | 2022 | MLS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 |
| FC Cincinnati | Total | 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 1. Lig | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 2 |
| Aalesund | 2023 | Eliteserien | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 7 |
| Aalesund | 2024 | 1. divisjon | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 3 |
| Aalesund | Total | Total | 39 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 10 |
| Aalesund 2 | 2023 | 2. divisjon | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 |
| Aalesund 2 | 2024 | 3. divisjon | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| Aalesund 2 | Total | Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ilves (loan) | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 |
| Kalmar | 2025 | Superettan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 149 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 28 |

## Honours

Ilves
* Veikkausliiga runner-up: 2024