Roy Boateng

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Roy Boateng
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-01-21) January 21, 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2018 UC Davis Aggies 82 (6)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 Portland Timbers U23s 7 (0)
2018 San Francisco Glens 2 (0)
2019–2020 New York Red Bulls II 11 (1)
2021 FC Motown 3+ (0+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 25, 2022

Roy Boateng (born 21 January 1996) is a Ghanaian former footballer who played as a defender.

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Career

Youth and college

Boateng was born in Accra, Ghana, and moved to Rohnert Park, California, at the age of eight. [1] [2] He attended Rancho Cotate High School in Rohnert Park, where he was a four-year letterwinner as a forward on the soccer team in addition to playing basketball and American football as a sophomore. [1] [2] However, his senior season was cut prematurely due to injury. [2]

Boateng played four years of college soccer at the University of California, Davis between 2015 and 2018, making 82 appearances for the Aggies, scoring six goals and tallying one assist. [2] He was converted to a defender by Aggies head coach Dwayne Shaffer, who redshirted him in 2014 so he could learn the position from senior Ramón Martín del Campo. [1] Boating was named the Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Year in both his junior and senior seasons. [1]

While at college, Boateng appeared for USL PDL side Portland Timbers U23s in both 2016 [3] and 2017, [4] and San Francisco Glens in 2018. [5]

New York Red Bulls II

On January 11, 2019, Boateng was drafted 16th overall in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft by New York Red Bulls. [6] He signed for the Red Bull's USL Championship side New York Red Bulls II on March 8, 2019. [7] [8] He was released by Red Bulls II on November 30, 2020. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Benefield, Kerry (22 January 2019). "Benefield: Rancho Cotate grad Roy Boateng eager to tackle soccer's next level". The Press Democrat . Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Roy Boateng - Men's Soccer". UC Davis Athletics.
  3. ↑ "Portland Timbers U23 - 2016 Regular Season - Roster - # - Roy Boateng -". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  4. ↑ "Portland Timbers U23 - 2017 Regular Season - Roster - # - Roy Boateng -". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  5. ↑ "San Francisco Glens SC - 2018 Regular Season - Roster - # - Roy Boateng -". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  6. ↑ "New York Red Bulls Draft Four Players in 2019 MLS SuperDraft". New York Red Bulls.
  7. ↑ "11TH-HOUR SIGNINGS: Red Bull II adds 5 newcomers before Saturday's opener". Front Row Soccer. March 8, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Get to Know: NYRB II Defender Roy Boateng". New York Red Bulls.
  9. ↑ "New York Red Bulls II Announce End of Year Roster Decisions". New York Red Bulls.


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