Kingsley Boateng
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 April 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Mampong, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2013 | Milan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | Catania | 6 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | NAC Breda | 14 | (1) |
| 2015–2017 | Bari | 37 | (3) |
| 2017–2019 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 22 | (4) |
| 2019–2022 | Ternana | 11 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Juve Stabia (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Siena (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | → Fermana (loan) | 25 | (6) |
| International career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Italy U18 | 3 | (1) |
| 2015 | Italy U21 | 5 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 September 2023 | |||
Kingsley Boateng (born 7 April 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger. Born in Ghana, he has represented Italy at youth level.
Club career
[edit]Boateng began his professional football career with Milan in 2013,[2] and in the 2013–14 season Boateng was loaned to Catania in Serie A and he made his professional debut for the club in Serie A in a 0–0 draw against Parma at Stadio Angelo Massimino on 22 September 2013.[3]
On 3 July 2014, it was announced that Boateng had signed a three-year deal with Dutch side NAC Breda of the Eredivisie. He signed on a free transfer from Milan.[4]
On 13 January 2015, Boateng was sold to Serie B side Bari.[5]
On 9 January 2017, he moved to Slovenian club Olimpija Ljubljana.[6] In 2018 he won both the Slovenian league and the Slovenian cup with Olimpija.[1]
On 4 February 2019, Boateng signed with Italian club Ternana.[7]
On 24 August 2019, he joined Juve Stabia on loan with an option to purchase.[8] On 31 January 2020, he moved on loan to Siena.[9] On 16 September 2020 he was loaned to Fermana.[10] On 9 July 2021 the loan to Fermana was renewed for the 2021–22 season.[11]
International career
[edit]Boateng has been capped by Italy at under-18 level and under-21 level but remains eligible to represent Ghana at senior level.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 11 September 2023[12]
| Club | Season | League | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Catania | 2013–14 | Serie A | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
| NAC Breda | 2014–15 | Eredivisie | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | |
| Bari | 2014–15 | Serie B | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 3 | |
| 2015–16 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 39 | 3 | |||
| Olimpija | 2016–17 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 2 | |
| 2017–18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6[a] | 2 | 17 | 6 | ||
| Total | 22 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 9 | ||
| Ternana | 2018–19 | Serie C | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Juve Stabia (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| Siena (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| Fermana (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie C | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 6 | |
| 2021–22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 25 | 6 | |||
| Career total | 82 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 96 | 13 | ||
- ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]Olimpija Ljubljana
References
[edit]- 1 2 "K. Boateng". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ↑ "Kingsley Boateng completes loan move to Catania from Milan". mtnfootball.com. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Boateng debuts in Serie A and Catania". mtnfootball.com. 23 September 2013. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ↑ "| NAC Breda nieuws, Matchday, interviews, supporters". Retrieved 3 July 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Bari verlost Boateng van bijrol bij NAC Breda (Dutch)
- ↑ Peter Dominko (9 January 2017). "Ranko Stojić: "Z Boatengovim prihodom nam je uspel veliki met!"" (in Slovenian). SNPortal.si. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ↑ "UFFICIALE: Ternana, ingaggiato Kingsley Boateng" (in Italian). Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ↑ "Boateng è un nostro calciatore!" (Press release) (in Italian). Juve Stabia. 24 August 2019.
- ↑ "Arrivano Sparacello, Bovo, Boateng e Romei. Partono Serrotti, Setola, Damian e Ortolini" (Press release) (in Italian). Siena. 31 January 2020.
- ↑ "UFFICIALE. Kingsley Boateng approda alla Fermana" (Press release) (in Italian). Fermana. 16 September 2020.
- ↑ "UFFICIALE. E' fatta per il ritorno di Kingsley Boateng alla Fermana" (Press release) (in Italian). Fermana. 9 July 2021.
- ↑ Kingsley Boateng at Soccerway
External links
[edit]- Kingsley Boateng at Sky Sports
- Kingsley Boateng at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Ashanti Region
- Italian people of Ghanaian descent
- Ghanaian men's footballers
- Italian men's footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Men's association football forwards
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- AC Milan players
- Catania FC players
- SSC Bari players
- Ternana Calcio players
- SS Juve Stabia players
- Siena FC SSD players
- Fermana FC players
- Eredivisie players
- NAC Breda players
- Slovenian PrvaLiga players
- NK Olimpija Ljubljana (2005) players
- Italian expatriate men's footballers
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
- Italy men's youth international footballers
- Italy men's under-21 international footballers
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen
- 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen