Prince Nana (footballer)

This article is about the footballer. For the professional wrestler, see Prince Nana.

Prince Nana
Personal information
Full name Prince Nana Takyi
Date of birth (1983-03-16) 16 March 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Kumasi, Ghana
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1997–2001 University of Ghana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 KB 27 (3)
2003–2008[1] AB 33 (12)
2008 Køge BK 6 (0)
2009 HIK 3 (0)
2009[2] BK Frem 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Prince Nana Takyi (born 16 March 1983 in Kumasi) is a Danish-Ghanaian former football player in the striker position. He played for Akademisk Boldklub in the Danish Superliga championship, and played professionally for a number of Danish clubs in the Danish 1st Division, and was named 2008 Best African Footballer in Denmark. He ended his career in February 2010 due to injuries. Nana received a Danish citizenship in February 2008.[3]

Nana started his senior career in Danish football, playing in Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB), the reserve team of multiple Danish champions F.C. Copenhagen. He later joined Akademisk Boldklub (AB), playing in the Danish Superliga championship.[4] He made his Superliga debut in a 2–1 win against BK Frem on 31 August 2003.[5] In February 2004, Nana was poised to replace departing strikers Heine Fernandez and Abdul Sule in the AB starting line-up,[6] but he suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in April 2004.[7] He only played that one game,[5] as AB ended in last place of the 2003-04 Danish Superliga season and was relegated to the Danish 1st Division.

He stayed with AB in the 1st Division, and scored a hat-trick for AB in a 4–1 win against BK Frem on 1 October 2006.[8] AB coach Christian Andersen emphasized Nana as the profile of the AB team in March 2007, likening him to Adriano Leite Ribeiro.[9] Nana suffered a knee injury in April 2007, and was out for the rest of the year.[10] He never fully recovered, and Nana left AB in July 2008,[11] and signed with Køge BK.[12] In November 2008, Nana received the 2008 Best African Footballer in Denmark award.[13] After half a year at Køge, Nana signed with Hellerup IK in January 2009.[14] He moved to Boldklubben Frem in July 2009, to play under his former coach Christian Andersen. Nana suffered further injuries, and decided to end his career in February 2010.

  1. ^ AB-Frem Archived 2010-04-11 at the Wayback Machine at Akademisk Boldklub
  2. ^ (in Danish) Prince Nana, Boldklubben Frem profile and record
  3. ^ L 52 Forslag til lov om indfødsrets meddelelse. Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine, Folketinget, February 28, 2008.
  4. ^ Viasat Sport Divisionen Topscorerliste (2006) on www.dbu.dk
  5. ^ a b Prince Nana at DanskFodbold.com
  6. ^ Casper Hjorth, AB starter helt fra bunden, B.T., February 5, 2004.
  7. ^ AB-angriber ude i lang tid, Bold.dk, April 27, 2004.
  8. ^ To gange hattrick i 1. Division, Bold.dk, October 1, 2006.
  9. ^ Mads Jensen, "Pas på den mand!", Nyhedsavisen København, March 27, 2007
  10. ^ Prince Nana ude resten af 2007, Bold.dk, April 26, 2007.
  11. ^ Player Profile : Prince Nana on www.ghanaweb.com
  12. ^ Prince Nana - Sport1.de Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine on www.sport1.de
  13. ^ GHANAIAN AWARDED TITLE OF "BEST AFRICAN FOOTBALL PLAYER OF 2008" IN DENMARK Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine on www.ambaccra.um.dk
  14. ^ Prince Nana og BSV-topscorer til HIK on www.bold.dk