Kennedy Boateng (footballer, born 1989)
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| Full name | Kenneth Asamoah Boateng | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 30 November 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sekondi-Takoradi, Western region, Ghana | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nania | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asante Kotoko | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC Maamobi | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Real Sportive | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Real Sportive | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Jagodina | 20 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | → Young Africans (loan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Young Africans | 13 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Vaslui | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Medeama | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Real Nakonde | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Ghana | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Kennedy Asamoah Boateng (born 30 November 1989) is a Ghanaian professional footballer. His name has also appeared as Asomon Kenet[1] and Kenneth Asamoah.[2]
Club career
[edit]Asamoah played for several clubs in Ghana while young. In summer 2008 he moved abroad to play with Serbian SuperLiga club FK Jagodina. He stayed in Serbia for two seasons playing a total of 20 SuperLiga matches and scoring twice.[3] In late summer 2010 he was loaned to Tanzanian Premier League club Young Africans FC.[4] In 2011, he made the only and winning goal for Young Africans in the CECAFA 2011 Kagame Inter-Club Cup final against Simba S.C.
In 2012, he returned to Europe, this time to Romanian side FC Vaslui however failed to make it to the first team, ad after a year has signed with Ghanaian top-flight side Medeama SC.[5]
Kennedy Boateng has played for several Ghanaian teams and from 2013 to 2016 he played for Medeama in the Ghana Premier League.[6]
International career
[edit]In November 2013, coach Maxwell Konadu invited him to be a part of the Ghana squad for the 2013 WAFU Nations Cup.[7] He helped the team to a first-place finish after Ghana beat Senegal by three goals to one.[8]
Honours
[edit]- Young Africans
- Medeama SC
- Ghanaian FA Cup: 2015[9]
- Ghana Super Cup: 2015[citation needed]
Ghana
- WAFU Nations Cup: 2013[citation needed]
- African Nations Championship Runner-up: 2014[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "A. Kenet". SoccerWay. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "K. Asamoah". SoccerWay. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Stats from Serbia at Srbijafudbal.
- ^ "Asamoah set to complete Tanzania move". social_image. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ^ MEDEAMA SC – 2013-2014 at westafricanfootball.com, 19-7-2014
- ^ Kennedy Boateng at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Saka, Mohamed & Mpong in 30-man Ghana squad for Wafu Cup". goal.com. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ "Ghana win 2013 Wafu Cup after edging past Senegal 3-1". goal.com. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ a b Kennedy Boateng at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
[edit]- Kennedy Boateng at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- Ghanaian men's footballers
- Ghana men's international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Medeama S.C. players
- Ghana Premier League players
- 2014 African Nations Championship players
- FK Jagodina players
- FK Borac Čačak players
- Serbian SuperLiga players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia
- Young Africans S.C. players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Tanzania
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Tanzanian Premier League players
- Ghana men's A' international footballers
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Tanzania
- Footballers from Sekondi-Takoradi
- 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen
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