Nikolas Terkelsen Nartey (born 22 February 2000) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Youth career

Nartey began his career at the age of 8 at AB. He then joined F.C. Copenhagen at the age of 12. At 16 years old, he had already played for the U19 squad of F.C. Copenhagen. He played five

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games.

1. FC Köln

At the age of 16, Nartey joined 1. FC Köln in Germany on 31 January 2017 for about 4 million

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. Meanwhile, he was not able to play until 19 April because of some problems with his papers. He only managed to play four games in that first half season for the reserve team. He got his professional debut for 1. FC Köln on 26 November 2017 when he came in from the bench with 7 minutes left against

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. However, it was not a successful year for Nartey, due to several knee-injuries in the 2017–18 season.

VfB Stuttgart

On 29 August 2019, Nartey joined

on a four-year deal. A day later after joining Stuttgart, Nartey was loaned out to Hansa Rostock for the 2019–20 season. On 31 July 2020, Nartey was loaned out to

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until the end of the season.

Personal life

Nartey is of Ghanaian descent through his father and his mother is Danish. His younger brother, Noah Nartey, is also a professional footballer at the Danish side

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Career statistics

Honours

VfB Stuttgart *

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: 2024–25

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* * * 2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Gladsaxe Municipality Danish people of Ghanaian descent Footballers from the Capital Region of Denmark Danish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Denmark men's youth international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players 1. FC Köln II players 1. FC Köln players VfB Stuttgart players VfB Stuttgart II players FC Hansa Rostock players SV Sandhausen players Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany 21st-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-footy-midfielder-stub