Richmond Boakye

Richmond Boakye

Personal information
Full name	Richmond Yiadom Boakye
Date of birth	(1993-01-28) 28 January 1993
Place of birth	Agogo, Ashanti, Ghana
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Latina (on loan from Atalanta)
Number	-
Youth career
2003–2006	Bechem United
2006–2008	D.C. United
2008–2011	Genoa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2009–2014	Genoa	7	(1)
2011–2013	→ Sassuolo (loan)	63	(20)
2013–2014	→ Elche (loan)	31	(6)
2014–	Atalanta	19	(3)
2015	→ Roda JC Kerkrade (loan)	9	(0)
2016	→ Latina (loan)	0	(0)
National team‡
2010–2013	Ghana U20	7	(3)
2014–	Ghana U23	0	(0)
2012–	Ghana	9	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2015. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 June 2013

Richmond Yiadom Boakye (Akan: pronunciation: /bʊɑːˈtʃiː/ buuah-CHEE; born 28 January 1993) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a striker for Atalanta in the Serie A. He also represents the Ghana national football team.

Club career

Early career

Born in Agogo, Ashanti, Boakye began his career with Bechem United in his native country of Ghana.^[2] He eventually moved to Agogo, Asante Akim North District based club, D.C. United^[3] and remained until 2008 when he was scouted by Genoa C.F.C. following a tournament in Vicenza, Italy.^[4]

Genoa C.F.C.

Following his transfer to Genoa in 2009, Boakye spent the 2009–10 Serie A season, playing in the Campionato Nazionale Primavera for the Ligurian club.^[5] On 3 April 2010, Boakye made his Serie A debut, in a match against Livorno. He came off the bench as a substitute for David Suazo in the 13th minute and scored the opening goal, and the match ended in a 1–1 draw.^[6] On 2 May, he played in his second match, replacing Giuseppe Sculli as a 71st minute substitute.

On 21 June 2011, Boakye officially joined Serie B outfit Sassuolo on a one-year loan deal^[7] that proved very successful for the Ghanaian; he managed to score 12 goals in 34 appearances for the club that missed promotion to Serie A via a promotion play-off loss on aggregate to U.C. Sampdoria.

Juventus

His performances for the Neroverde did not go unnoticed, as the player was eventually signed by reigning Serie A champions Juventus F.C. on a co-ownership deal from Genoa in July 2012. After joining the club, however, he returned to Sassuolo on a second season-long loan deal with the club.^[8] Juventus paid nothing in cash but cancelled the transfer debt owed to Genoa with the sale of Ciro Immobile on a similar co-owenrship deal.

Boakye returned to Juventus on 30 June 2013 but was later loaned to Elche in Spain for the 2013–14 season.^[9] He finished the season having scored 6 goals in 31 league appearances (12 starts) for the Spanish club, and returned again to Juventus on 30 June 2014, after the co-ownership with Genoa was renewed just ten days prior.^[10]

Atalanta

In summer 2014 Genoa sold half of Boakye's 50% registration rights to Atalanta, with Juventus retained the other half. On 23 June 2015 Atalanta bought Boakye outright from Juventus for €1.6 million.^[11]

International career

Ghana national team

Boakye received an International friendly match call-up by the Ghana national football team technical staff for the Ghana national football team vs. China PR national football team friendly match at the Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China on 15 August 2012.^[12] Boakye scored his first goal for the Ghana national team, an equaliser against China in the 80th minute of the match.^[13]He played for Ghana at the Fifa U20 World Cup

Senior International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	15 August 2012	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China PR	China PR	1–1	Draw	Friendly
2	10 January 2013	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Egypt	3–0	Win	Friendly
3	28 March 2015	Stade Océane, Le Havre, France	Senegal	1–2	Loss	Friendly
4	1 September 2015	Stade de l’Unité, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo	Congo	3–2	Win	Friendly

Statistics

Club

As of match played on 29 December 2015.

International

As of match played on 30 March 2015.

References

External links

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