Emmanuel Lomotey

Ghanaian professional footballer (born 1997)

Emmanuel Lomotey
Personal information
Full name	Emmanuel Addoquaye Lomotey
Date of birth	(1997-12-19) 19 December 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth	Accra, Ghana
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)^[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back^[1]
Team information
Current team	Ethnikos Achna (on loan from Malmö FF)
Number	12
Youth career
	Dreams
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2018	Dreams	39	(11)
2017–2018	→ Extremadura B (loan)	13	(0)
2017–2018	→ Extremadura (loan)	9	(0)
2018–2020	Extremadura	21	(1)
2018–2019	→ Villarreal B (loan)	18	(0)
2020–2022	Amiens	55	(2)
2022–	Malmö FF	3	(0)
2023–	→ Ethnikos Achna (loan)	24	(2)
International career^‡
2017–	Ghana	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:31, 31 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:31, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Emmanuel Addoquaye Lomotey (born 19 December 1997) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cypriot club Ethnikos Achna, on loan from Allsvenskan club Malmö FF.

Club career

Dreams FC

Lomotey was born in Accra, Ghana. He finished his formation with Dreams FC. He made his professional – and Ghana Premier League – debut on 21 February 2016, starting in a 1–0 away win against Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs.

Lomotey scored his first professional goal on 12 March 2016, netting the opener in a 1–1 home draw against Wa All Stars FC.^[2] He suffered relegation in his first season, but achieved immediate promotion from Ghana Division One in his second by contributing with ten goals in 24 appearances.^[3]

Extremadura UD

On 30 August 2017, Lomotey moved abroad after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with Segunda División B side Extremadura UD.^[3] Initially assigned to the reserves in Tercera División,^[4] he started to feature regularly for the first team from March 2018.

On 30 June 2018, Córdoba CF announced that Lomotey signed a three-year contract with the club, being initially assigned to the B-side also in the third division.^[5] On 18 July, however, he was bought outright by Extremadura and was immediately loaned to Villarreal CF with a buyout clause.^[6]

Amiens SC

In August 2020, Emmanuel moved to Amiens SC in Ligue 2 on a four-year deal.^[7]

Malmö FF

In August 2022, Emmanuel moved to Malmö FF.^[8]

On 12 July 2023, Lomotey signed for Cypriot First Division club Ethinkos Achna on a season-long loan deal.^[9]

International career

On 25 May 2017, Lomotey made his international debut for Ghana, after coming on as a second-half substitute for Gideon Waja in a 1–1 non-FIFA friendly home draw against Benin.^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b Emmanuel Lomotey at WorldFootball.net
^ "Dreams held 1–1 by Wa All Stars in Dawu". Citi 97.3 FM. 13 March 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b "BREAKING: Segunda Delight: Lomotey secures Extremudura deal". Dreams FC. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
^ "Garre relanza al filial del Extremadura" [Garre launches back Extremadura's reserves] (in Spanish). El Periódico de Extremadura. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
^ "Emmanuel Lomotey, nuevo jugador del Córdoba B" [Emmanuel Lomotey, new player of Córdoba B] (in Spanish). Córdoba CF. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ "Lomotey acaba en Villarreal" [Lomotey ends up at Villarreal] (in Spanish). Córdoba Deporte. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
^ Narkortu Teye, Prince (8 August 2020). "Emmanuel Lomotey: Amiens sign Extremadura and Ghana U23 star". www.goal.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ "Emmanuel Lomotey klar för Malmö FF". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
^ "EMMANUEL LOMOTEY LÅNAS UT" [EMMANUEL LOMOTEY IS ON LOAN]. www.mff.se (in Swedish). 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ "MATCH REPORT: Ghana 1–1 Benin – Black Stars B held at home by spirited Benin". Ghana Soccernet. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2018.