Denzeil Boadu

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Denzeil Boadu
Personal information
Full name Denzeil Boadu-Adjei [1]
Date of birth (1997-02-20) 20 February 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth London, England
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) [2]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Tottenham Hotspur
2012–2013 Arsenal
2013–2017 Manchester City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2019 Borussia Dortmund II 29 (0)
2019–2020 Crawley Town 0 (0)
Total29(0)
International career
England U16
England U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Denzeil Boadu-Adjei (born 20 February 1997) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.

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Early and personal life

Born in London, [2] Boadu attended Central Foundation Boys' School in Islington. [3] He is of Ghanaian descent. [4]

Career

Boadu spent time with the youth teams of Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal and Manchester City before joining German club Borussia Dortmund II in 2017. [5] [6] During his time with Manchester City he spent 20 months injured. [7]

After spending the pre-season for the 2019–20 season on trial with Reading, [8] Boadu joined Crawley Town in September 2019. [6] After four appearances he left the club by mutual consent in January 2020. [9] He did not play professionally after that. [10]

International career

Boadu has represented England at under-16 and under-17 level. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Squads for 2016/17 Premier League confirmed". 1 September 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2019– via Premier League.
  2. 1 2 Denzeil Boadu at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Founder's Day Celebration". 2 December 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2019– via Central Foundation Boys' School.
  4. ↑ "Ghanaian youngster Denzeil Boadu warms bench for Borussia Dortmund in victory over Manchester City in ICC". 21 July 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2019– via Ghana Soccernet.
  5. 1 2 "Denzeil Boadu happy he quit Arsenal for Man City" . Retrieved 13 November 2019– via Tribal Football.
  6. 1 2 "Denzeil Boadu: Crawley Town sign former Borussia Dortmund II striker". BBC Sport. 3 September 2019.
  7. ↑ Bajkowski, Simon (10 February 2017). "Man City youngster on comeback after fearing he wouldn't walk again". Manchester Evening News.
  8. ↑ "Borussia Dortmund midfielder 'training with Reading'". Reading Chronicle. 2 July 2019.
  9. ↑ "CLUB STATEMENT | DENZEIL BOADU". www.crawleytownfc.com.
  10. ↑ Watach, Nestor (21 September 2023). "Where are they now? Man City's 17 wonderkids from Football Manager 2014". Planet Football.


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