Kofi Nti Boakye

Last updated
Kofi Nti
Personal information
Full name Kofi Nti Boakye
Date of birth (1987-04-05) 5 April 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Ghana
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Striker, Attacking midfielder
Youth career
Ghana Academicals
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2004 Corners Babies F.C.
2005–2006 Ghana Academicals
2006–2008 Liberty Professionals FC
2008–2010 Heart of Lions
2011–2013 Asante Kotoko FC
2013–2014 Al Ahli
2014–2015 Misr Lel-Makkasa
2015–2016 Ifeanyi Ubah FC
2016 Ijtimaai FC
2016–2018 Heart of Lions
2018–2019 Al-Qaisumah
International career
2009 Ghana 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kofi Nti Boakye (born 5 April 1987) is a Ghanaian football player who plays as a striker or attacking midfielder. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Career

Early career

Former member of Ghana Academicals, he scored 8 goals in 15 League matches 2005 and was member of the Ghana Premier League All Star team 2007. [4] Boakye began his career with Corners Babies in 2003. He later went on to join Ghanaian Premier League club Liberty Professionals FC [5] aiding the club in taking the WAFU Cup and President Cup. [6]

Heart of Lions

In 2008, Boakye joined Ghanaian Premier League club Heart of Lions playing for two seasons. [7] [8] He also assisted the club in qualifying for the African Confederation Cup.

Asante Kotoko

Boakye later signed with Ghanaian Premier League club Asante Kotoko. [9] [5] He played for two seasons with the premier club and later became the Captain of the team. They went on to take the MTN FA Cup and qualified in the African Confederation Cup. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Al Ahli SC

In 2013, Boakye signed with Libyan side Al Ahli SC, [15] He also played for Egyptian side Misr Lel Makkasa for another season before going on to play for Ifeanyi Ubah FC in 2015. [16] [13]

Shabab Al

In September 2017, Boakye Lebanese Premier League side Al Shabab. [7]

International career

Boakye's first call up for the Ghana national football team was for a friendly match against Argentina national football team in September 2009. [17] On 30 September 2009, during the friendly match, he started the match and played 57th minutes to mark his international debut. [18] [19]

Personal life

He is the brother of Isaac Boakye, the German-based player. [7]

Honours

Asante Kotoko

Al Ahli

Ifeanyi Ubah

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ghana Premier League</span> Top association football division of a league system

The Ghana Premier League, also known as the betPawa Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is a top association football division of a league system in Ghana. Officially formed in 1956 to replace a previous league incarnation, the Gold Coast Club Competition, the league is organized by the Ghana Football Association and was ranked as the 11th best league in Africa by the IFFHS from 2001 to 2010, and was ranked 65th in the IFFHS' Best Leagues of the World ranking, in the 1st Decade of the 21st Century (2001–2010). on 4 February 2014. The bottom 3 teams are relegated at the end of each season and placed in each zone of the Ghanaian Division One League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Isaac Boakye</span> Ghanaian footballer

Isaac Boakye is a former professional footballer who played as striker for most of his career in Germany, Arminia Bielefeld, VfL Wolfsburg, 1. FSV Mainz 05 and 1. FC Nürnberg. In his native land, he featured for Goldfields Obuasi now Ashanti Gold and Asante Kotoko. He won the Ghana Premier League twice playing for Asante Kotoko. He won it in his first season in 2003 and his last playing season in 2014, which came about as a result making a return to the club after 10 years of playing abroad.

Ahmed Touré is a Burkinabé professional footballer, who currently plays for the Conoglese club AS Vita as a striker. He also holds Ivorian nationality.

The Ghana Super Cup is a football competition involving a match played between the champion of the Ghana Premier League and the winner of the Ghanaian FA Cup in Ghana. The first Ghana Super Cup competition took place in the 1996–1997 season, after which there was a thirteen-year hiatus between the 1998 and 2010 seasons. Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko are the two most successful clubs in the competition's history.

Abdul Fatawu Safiu is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Swedish club Trollhättan.

Mohammed Abass is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Techiman Eleven Wonders.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mohammed Muntari Tagoe</span> Ghanaian footballer

Mohammed Muntari Tagoe is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ethiopian Premier League club Hawassa City.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Karela United FC</span> Ghanaian association football club

Karela United FC is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Aiyinase, Ellembele District, Western Region. The club competed in the 2019 Ghanaian Normalisation Cup Competition. Karela plays their home matches at the CAM Park.

Moses Armah 'Parker' is a Ghanaian businessman, football administrator and currently the owner and President of Medeama SC as well as the chairman of Mospacka Group of companies which includes Medeama FM.

Prince Opoku Agyemang is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for I-League club Mohammedan and a former member of the Ghana Black Stars B squad.

The 2020–21 Ghana Premier League is the 65th season of top professional association football league in Ghana. The season started on 14 November 2020. 18 teams were competing in the league with each club playing each other twice, home and away, with the three clubs at the bottom of the league relegated to the Division One League. Hearts of Oak became champion for the first time since twelve years.

Fábio Gama dos Santos is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Al-Muharraq SC. Gama has featured for several clubs in Brazil including Bahia where he started his career, Gama, Itabaiana, Botafogo-SP, Botafago-PB, ABC, Campinense and URT. In 2018, he moved to Sweden where he joined IFK Värnamo and later Jönköpings Södra in 2019. In 2020, he joined Ghanaian club Asante Kotoko giving way for a resurgence of his career and was regarded as one of the exciting footballers and play makers in the league during his two year stay.

Salifu Ibrahim is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for Accra Hearts of Oak. He previously played for Techiman Eleven Wonders.

Samuel Boadu is a Ghanaian professional football manager and former player who last served as the head coach of Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. in the Ghana Premier League and serves as the assistant coach of the Ghana national U-20 team. He previously coached Tarkwa-based club Medeama S.C. and the Ghana national U-15 team.

Eric Kwakwa is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Ghana Premier League side Medeama S.C.

Joseph Tetteh Zutah is a Ghanaian former professional footballer. He played as midfielder and captained Ghana Premier League side Medeama for majority of his career.

The 2021 Ghanaian FA Cup is the 41st edition of the Ghanaian FA Cup, the knockout football competition of Ghana.

Samuel Bioh is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ghanaian Premier League side Aduana Stars. He previously played for Tema Youth, Medeama SC and Sudanese side Al Khartoum.

Moro Salifu is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as midfielder Egyptian club Al Ittihad Alexandria. He previously played for Ghana Premier League sides Bechem United and Medeama SC, whilst having a short stint at Ivorian team Academie de Foot Amadou Diallo.

The 2021–22 Ghana Premier League was the 66th season of the top professional association football league in Ghana which began on 29 October 2021 and concluded on 19 June 2022. Hearts of Oak were the defending champions.

References

  1. ↑ "SuperSport United Are Taking A Look At Kofi Nti Boakye". Soccer Laduma. 2018-01-26. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  2. ↑ "Kofi Nti Boakye named player of the month in Lebanon Premier League". GhanaSoccernet. 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  3. ↑ "Former Kotoko striker Kofi Nti Boakye nets winner for Lebanese side Ijtimaai FC". GhanaSoccernet. 2016-09-09. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  4. ↑ "Premiership All Stars Game to Showcase Favorite Ghanaian Football Stars". Archived from the original on 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2007-06-29.
  5. 1 2 "Former Kotoko striker Kofi Nti Boakye nets winner for Lebanese side Ijtimaai FC". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  6. ↑ Abayateye, Felix (2005-10-14). Graphic Sports: Issue 2343 October 14-17 2005. Graphic Communications Group.
  7. 1 2 3 "Ex-Kotoko forward Kofi Nti Boakye signs for Lebanese Premier League side Al Shabab". Ghana Sports Online. 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  8. ↑ "Find out players who have scored hat-trick against Hearts". Pulse Ghana. 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  9. ↑ "COVID-19: Ex-Kotoko forward Kofi Nti shares experience on being quarantined for two weeks". GhanaSoccernet. 2020-06-19. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  10. ↑ "Kotoko striker Nti Boakye fit to face Medeama | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  11. ↑ "Nti Boakye fit for Cup final". supersport.com. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  12. ↑ Association, Ghana Football. "Nti Boakye seals Kotoko's FA Cup last 16 place". www.ghanafa.org. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Kofi Nti Boakye". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  14. ↑ "Kotoko beat Amidaus to set up Medeama FA Cup final as Hearts lose | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  15. ↑ "Kofi Nti Boakye decides to offer Asante Kotoko $75,000 gift | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  16. ↑ "Kofi Nti Boakye lands deal in Nigeria". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  17. ↑ Association, Ghana Football. "Black Stars away in Argentina". www.ghanafa.org. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  18. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Argentina vs. Ghana (2:0)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  19. ↑ "Ghana Suffer Argentina Defeat". Peace FM Online. Peace FM. 1 October 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2021.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.