Kennedy Boateng
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| Full name | Kenneth Asamoah Boateng | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 30 November 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sekondi-Takoradi, Western region, Ghana | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Medeama | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nania | |||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Asante Kotoko | ||||||||||||||||||||
| – | FC Maamobi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Real Sportive | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (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– | Medeama | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013– | Ghana | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Kennedy Asamoah Boateng (born 30 November 1989) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Medeama in the Ghana Premier League.[1] His name has also appeared as Asomon Kenet[2] and Kenneth Asamoah.[3]
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.[4] In late summer 2010 he was loaned to Tanzanian Premier League club Young Africans FC.[5] 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.[6]
Kennedy Boateng has played for several Ghanaian teams and is currently playing with Medeama as a forward in the Ghana Premier League.
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
Club
- Young Africans
- Medeama SC
- Ghanaian FA Cup Winner: 2013
Country
WAFU Nations Cup Winner: 2013
African Nations Championship Runner-up: 2014
References
- ↑ "Ghana Start Camping Today For Wafu Tournament". modernghana.com. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ↑ "A. Kenet". SoccerWay. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ↑ "K. Asamoah". SoccerWay. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ↑ Stats from Serbia at Srbijafudbal.
- ↑ GhanaSoccernet
- ↑ MEDEAMA SC – 2013-2014 at westafricanfootball.com, 19-7-2014
- ↑ "Saka, Mohamed & Mpong in 30-man Ghana squad for Wafu Cup". goal.com. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ↑ "Ghana win 2013 Wafu Cup after edging past Senegal 3-1". goal.com. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
External links
- Kennedy Boateng at National-Football-Teams.com