Kevin-Prince Boateng

Kevin-Prince Boateng

Boateng in 2011
Personal information
Full name Kevin-Prince Boateng[1]
Date of birth (1987-03-06) 6 March 1987[1]
Place of birth West Berlin, Germany
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2][3]
Playing position Midfielder/Forward[4][5][6]
Club information
Current team
 Las Palmas
Number 7
Youth career
1994 Reinickendorfer Füchse
1994–2005 Hertha BSC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Hertha BSC II 29 (5)
2005–2007 Hertha BSC 42 (4)
2007–2009 Tottenham Hotspur 14 (0)
2009 → Borussia Dortmund (loan) 10 (0)
2009–2010 Portsmouth 22 (3)
2010–2013 Milan 74 (10)
2013–2015 Schalke 04 46 (6)
2016 Milan 11 (1)
2016– Las Palmas 28 (10)
National team‡
2004–2005 Germany U19 12 (7)
2006 Germany U20 2 (0)
2006–2009 Germany U21 6 (0)
2010–2014 Ghana 15 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:50, 9 April 2017 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:47, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

Kevin-Prince Boateng  pronunciation  (pronounced [ˈkɛvɪn pʁɪns bo.aˈtɛŋ]; born 6 March 1987), also known by his short name Prince,[7] is a German-born Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for UD Las Palmas as a midfielder.

Boateng is known for his strength, footspeed and ball-juggling tricks.[8][9] A 2014 profile on FIFA's official website described Boateng as "blessed with strength, speed, killer instinct in front of goal, and an uncommon flamboyance in the attacking third."[10]

Club career

Early career

Reinickendorfer Füchse

Boateng started his club career with the club Reinickendorfer Füchse in early 1994 at age six prior to signing for Hertha BSC on 1 July 1994 at the age of seven, first playing for them to 31 July 2007 when he was 20 years old.[11]

Hertha BSC II

After emerging from the Hertha feeder teams, Boateng played for Hertha BSC II for two seasons. He was promoted to the Hertha first team squad in the 2005–06 season.[8]

Hertha BSC

Boateng made his first team debut in a 2–0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt in the second round of the 2005–06 Bundesliga season on 13 August 2005 at the Olympic Stadium, being brought on at the beginning of the second half.[12]

Boateng was awarded the Fritz Walter Bronze Medal Award in the Under-18 category in 2005.[13] Boateng started his first Bundesliga match in a 2–2 draw against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the 14th round of the Bundesliga season.

On 27 July 2006, Boateng was awarded the Fritz Walter Gold Medal in the Under-19 category.[13]

Tottenham Hotspur and Borussia Dortmund

Boateng signed a four-year contract with Tottenham Hotspur in July 2007 for a reported £5.4 million, securing him ahead of UEFA Cup holders Sevilla.[14] His success at the club was limited,[15] and he was loaned to Borussia Dortmund in January 2009 for the remainder of the season.[16]

He made ten Bundesliga appearances during his loan, but was forced to miss the final two matches of the season for a suspension of four matches imposed by the German Football Association (DFB) following a tough challenge and "no-nonsense flying kick" to the head of VfL Wolfsburg's Makoto Hasebe.[17]

Dortmund were eager to sign Boateng permanently at the end of the season, but financial constraints prevented them from doing so.[17][18][19]

Portsmouth

Boateng playing for Portsmouth in the 2010 FA Cup Final

English Premier League club Portsmouth signed Boateng on a three-year contract in August 2009 for a reported fee of around £4 million.[20][21] On 12 September 2009, he scored his first goal for the club against Bolton Wanderers,[22] and was named Portsmouth's joint Player of the Month.[23] He finished his only season at the club with three goals in 22 Premier League games as they were relegated amidst financial disarray.

In May 2010, Portsmouth played Chelsea in the FA Cup Final, which Chelsea won 1–0. During the match, Boateng fouled Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack, injuring Ballack's ankle and ruling him out of the impending 2010 World Cup. Boateng claimed that Ballack slapped him in the face prior to this, and that he apologised to Ballack personally for the tackle which left him injured.[24][25][26][27][28]

Boateng called the German media and the German national team players hypocrites for backing Ballack whilst ignoring his slap on the pitch.[29] Boateng also criticised Joachim Löw for protecting Ballack after he slapped striker Lukas Podolski in a German national football team training match the previous year.[29]

Genoa and Milan

Boateng playing for Milan in 2012

On 17 August 2010, Boateng transferred to Italian Serie A club Genoa on a three-year contract for €5.75 million,[30] (a reported €5.7 million plus the transfer of Anthony Vanden Borre, despite the latter deal falling-through[31]) and then immediately joined Milan on loan.[32][33] The deal later became a co-ownership deal in the same transfer window for €5.25 million.[34] Milan signed Boateng permanently from Genoa in June 2011 for €7 million[35] on a four-year contract due to expire in June 2015.[36]

On 23 October 2011, Boateng came on as a half-time substitute against Lecce and scored three goals in 14 minutes. Milan had been 3–0 down at half-time, but went on to win the game 4–3. Boateng is only the second player in the history of Serie A to score a hat-trick after coming on as a substitute.[37] The hat-trick was the fastest in Serie A since David Trezeguet scored a ten-minute hat-trick for Juventus in 2001.[38][39][40]

On 3 January 2013, Milan was playing Italian Lega Pro 2 side Pro Patria in a mid-season friendly when Boateng and several other Milan players were the targets of racist chanting from a section of the Pro Patria crowd. Boateng reacted by kicking the ball into the stands before leaving the pitch, and was followed off by his teammates. The match was subsequently abandoned.[41] His decision to walk off the pitch was later backed by various players and commentators.[42]

On 20 February, Boateng scored the opening goal for Milan against Barcelona in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg, which Milan went on to win 2–0.[43] In August 2013, he was quoted as saying he had changed his style since signing for Milan, from playing primarily as a defensive midfielder to adopting the role of trequartista.[44]

Schalke 04

Boateng training with Schalke 04 in 2015

On 30 August 2013, Milan announced that Boateng had been transferred to German Bundesliga club Schalke 04 for a €10 million transfer fee[45] on a four-year contract due to expire in June 2017.[46]

Boateng made his debut for Schalke 04 in a 2–0 victory against Bayer Leverkusen.[47] On 14 September 2013, he scored the winning goal for Schalke 04 in a 1–0 win over Mainz 05.[48] On 30 October 2013, Boateng was voted the Schalke 04 player of the month for October 2013 by fans.[49] On 9 November 2013, Boateng scored two goals against Werder Bremen; Schalke 04 won the match 3–1.[50][51] Boateng scored seven Bundesliga goals over the season as Schalke finished in third place.[52]

On 11 May 2015, Boateng, alongside Sidney Sam and Marco Höger, was suspended indefinitely from the club in the aftermath of a defeat against 1. FC Köln as a result of poor behaviour which claimed to have led to the club's poor domestic performances.[53][54]

His contract with Schalke was terminated on 8 December 2015.[55]

Return to Milan

As Schalke 04 terminated his contract in December 2015, Boateng re-joined Milan on 5 January 2016. The transfer was free and Boateng signed a six-month contract. He was training with Milan since his suspension in September 2015.[56] He made his official return debut on 9 January 2016, playing 36 minutes against Roma in a 1–1 draw and scored his first goal in his first match back at the San Siro six days later against Fiorentina in a 2–0 win.[57]

On 25 May 2016, club owner Silvio Berlusconi announced Boateng's departure, along with those of Alex, Philippe Mexès and Mario Balotelli.[58]

Las Palmas

On 2 August 2016, Spanish La Liga club Las Palmas announced that they had reached an agreement with Boateng for his signature following his release from Milan.[59] He made his debut on 22 August 2016 in a 4–2 away win against Valencia at the Mestalla Stadium.[60] On 24 October Boateng scored a goal against Villarreal which was regarded by some pundits as one of the best goals of La Liga that year.[61]

International career

Youth international career

Germany

Boateng holds a German passport, previously playing for the Germany national youth team. His long-distance goal for the under-19 team in a 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship match against Greece – which Germany won 3–0 – was voted Goal of the Month by viewers of a German Das Erste TV sports show.[8]

In 2007, Berliner Morgenpost reported that then Germany under-21 coach Dieter Eilts would no longer select him and other team players due to a curfew that had been broken in the team's camp during the June 2007 Toulon Tournament in France.[62][63] In February 2009, Boateng was called up to the Germany U21 team by new coach Horst Hrubesch for the international match against the Republic of Ireland in Cork.[64] Hrubesch selected Boateng in the preliminary U21 squad for the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in Sweden in June 2009.[65]

In June 2009, Boateng told the German authorities that he was no longer interested in representing Germany.[66]

Senior international career

Switch to Ghana

Boateng received a Ghanaian passport on 7 May 2010,[67] and has said that he feels more Ghanaian,[68] which enabled him to switch his allegiance to Ghana in May 2010,[69][70] and begin his senior international football career by attending training with the national side, "The Black Stars," that same month at the Accra Sports Stadium in Greater Accra prior the 2010 World Cup.[71] Boateng made his debut in a 1–0 victory over Latvia in June 2010.[72]

2006 World Cup

In 2006, the Ghana Football Association had been in contact with Boateng on him representing the Ghana ahead of the 2006 World Cup.[66] But the process under which FIFA had to decide on his eligibility would be long, as Boateng was past the age under the old FIFA rules where old youth internationals could switch allegiance. FIFA's decision to reverse the rules in 2009 had given Boateng the green light to switch his allegiance, and time appeared to be running out when his clearance to represent the Black Stars had still not arrived at the beginning of May 2010.[66]

2010 World Cup

Boateng (right) playing for Ghana at the 2010 FIFA World Cup

Boateng was selected as part of the Ghana squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa by head coach Milovan Rajevac,[29] to fill in for the injured Michael Essien alongside defensive midfielder Anthony Annan.[4] On 23 June, he was selected to start in Ghana's game against Germany, whose team included his brother Jérôme Boateng. Ghana held Germany to a 60th-minute lone goal and 1–0 win.[73] It was the first time that two brothers played on opposite teams at the World Cup.[74] Boateng picked up the ball from the half-way line, dribbled it "rapidly bamboozling" his opponents before scoring with a left-footed shot from outside the penalty area in the fourth minute of a 2–1 win over the United States in the round-of-16 in Rustenburg's Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace on 26 June.[75]

Retirement

In November 2011, Boateng announced his international retirement, citing fatigue from travel at the age of 24 years, thus missing the chance to contest the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.[76] In September 2012, Marseille's Ghanaian striker and close friend André Ayew revealed that Boateng was considering reversing his decision to retire, but he did not play in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations either.[77][78][79]

2014 World Cup

On 1 October 2013, Boateng was selected for Ghana's 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification play-offs against Egypt.[80] On 4 November 2013, he came on as a 79th-minute substitute in the second leg and scored Ghana's only goal in the 89th minute as the Black Stars secured qualification for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.[81]

On 2 June 2014, Boateng was named in Ghana's squad for the World Cup finals.[82] In the team's opening match, he came on as a second-half substitute against the United States in a 2–1 defeat.[83] He was then selected to start against Germany in a 2–2 draw, playing against his brother again.[84][85]

On 26 June, Boateng was sent home and suspended from the Ghana squad for disciplinary reasons, only hours before the final group match against Portugal, after he was alleged to have verbally abused former manager James Kwesi Appiah during a team meeting.[86] Boateng was sent home along with midfielder Sulley Muntari.[87][88] On 29 June, Boateng had hit back at the Ghana Football Association, describing the Black Stars' organisation during the tournament as "amateurish".[89]

Style of play

Boateng is a quick, dynamic, physically strong and well-rounded midfielder, known for his aggression, eye for goal, long-range shooting ability, flair and dribbling skills.[8][9][10][90] His game has a particular dependence on "sheer strength, power and energy." He can produce the work rate, ball retrieval and attacking willingness of the box-to-box midfielder. He combines technical skill with speed of action which makes him more dangerous.[91] Boateng has been utilised in many midfield positions throughout his career, but usually plays either in the centre in a box-to-box role,[6] or as an attacking midfielder or forward;[92] He has also been deployed as a false-attacking midfielder on occasion.[93] In addition to his playing ability, Boateng is known for his acrobatic goal celebrations, and often celebrates scoring goals with a backflip.[94]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 April 2016.
Club Season League Cup[nb 1] Europe[nb 2] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hertha BSC II 2004–05 1830000183
2005–06 41000041
2006–07 71000071
Total 2950000295
Hertha BSC 2005–06 2122040272
2006–07 2123021263
Total 4245061535
Tottenham Hotspur 2007–08 1305030210
2008–09 10200030
Total 1407030240
Borussia Dortmund 2008–09 1001000110
Total 1001000110
Portsmouth 2009–10 2235200275
Total 2235200275
Genoa 2010–11 00000000
Total 00000000
Milan
2010–11 2631070343
2011–12 1951173279
2012–13 2921071373
2013–14 00002222
Total 74103123610017
Schalke 04 2013–14 2861061357
2014–15 1801060250
Total 46620121607
Milan
2015–16 1113000141
Total 1113000141
Las Palmas
2016–17 281010002910
Total 281010002910
Career total 276 39 27 3 44834750
  1. ↑ Includes DFB-Pokal, League Cup, FA Cup, Supercoppa, and Coppa Italia matches
  2. ↑ Includes UEFA Supercup matches

International

As of match played 21 June 2014.[95]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ghana 201081
201110
201311
201450
Total152

Honours

Club

Tottenham Hotspur
Milan[96]

Individual

Personal life

Boateng pictured in 2013

Boateng was born in Berlin.[1] His mother, Christine Rahn,[98] is German and his father is from Ghana.[99] He is the older, paternal half-brother of fellow professional footballer Jérôme Boateng. He is divorced from his first wife Jenny[98] with whom he has a son, Jermaine-Prince.[100] He is engaged to Italian model Melissa Satta, and the pair have a child, Maddox Prince, born 15 April 2014.[101][102]

Tattoos

Boateng is multiracial and has a tattoo of the map of Ghana and the country's name on his arm — a visible link to his Ghanaian heritage.[68][103] Across his ribs, he has the Chinese words for clan, health, love, success and trust,[104] and he has other tattoos on his upper body.[105]

FIFA

In February 2013, Boateng was appointed as the first global ambassador for the FIFA anti-discrimination taskforce, to work alongside FIFA Vice-President Jeffrey Webb at FIFA headquarters.[106] In March, Boateng presented FIFA President Sepp Blatter with his first phase of solutions to ending global racism in football, as requested by Blatter.[107][108]

United Nations

In March 2013, Boateng was named as the United Nations (UN) ambassador for anti-racism. He delivered his first speech in that role accompanied by UN human rights chief Navi Pillay at the United Nations Office at Geneva.[109]

Boateng says he speaks Turkish, German, English and Italian, and understands French and Arabic.[110]

Music

Boateng is a keen singer and dancer,[111] and has said that his singing and dancing idol is Michael Jackson.[111] He enjoys choreography,[112][113] and singing.[114][115] As such, Boateng performed a dance routine involving Michael Jackson's trademarked Moonwalk for a packed-out San Siro of 88,000 spectators upon Milan celebrating their 18th Scudetto,[112][113] and sang an a cappella live on beIN Sports television to celebrate their eighth birthday.[114]

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