Prince Nana (footballer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Danish footballer
Date of Birth: 
Place of Birth: Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana
About Prince Nana (footballer)
- Prince Nana Takyi (born March 16, 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.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.
- He made his Superliga debut in a 2-1 win against BK Frem on August 31, 2003.
- In February 2004, Nana was poised to replace departing strikers Heine Fernandez and Abdul Sule in the AB starting line-up, but he suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in April 2004.
- He only played that one game, 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 October 1, 2006.
- AB coach Christian Andersen emphasized Nana as the profile of the AB team in March 2007, likening him to Adriano Leite Ribeiro.
- Nana suffered a knee injury in April 2007, and was out for the rest of the year.
- He never fully recovered, and Nana left AB in July 2008, and signed with Køge BK.
- In November 2008, Nana received the 2008 Best African Footballer in Denmark award.
- After half a year at Køge, Nana signed with Hellerup IK in January 2009.
- 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.
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