Kennedy Boateng (footballer, born 1989)

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Kennedy Boateng
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Asamoah Boateng
Date of birth (1989-11-30) 30 November 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Sekondi-Takoradi, Western region, Ghana
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Nania
Asante Kotoko
FC Maamobi
Real Sportive
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
Medal record
Football
Medeama SC
Winner Ghanaian FA Cup 2013
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Winner WAFU Nations Cup 2013
Runner-up African Nations Championship 2014
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

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Club career

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

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

Young Africans
Medeama SC

Ghana

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References

  1. ↑ "A. Kenet". SoccerWay. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "K. Asamoah". SoccerWay. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Stats from Serbia at Srbijafudbal.
  4. ↑ "Asamoah set to complete Tanzania move". social_image. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  5. ↑ MEDEAMA SC – 2013-2014 at westafricanfootball.com, 19-7-2014
  6. ↑ Kennedy Boateng at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. ↑ "Saka, Mohamed & Mpong in 30-man Ghana squad for Wafu Cup". goal.com. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Ghana win 2013 Wafu Cup after edging past Senegal 3-1". goal.com. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  9. 1 2 Kennedy Boateng at National-Football-Teams.com


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