Kingsley Boateng

Kingsley Boateng (born 7 April 1994) is a Ghanaian-born Italian professional footballer who plays for Fermana on loan from Ternana as a winger.

Kingsley Boateng
Personal information
Full name Kingsley Boateng
Date of birth (1994-04-07) 7 April 1994
Place of birth Mampong, Ashanti, Ghana
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Fermana
(on loan from Ternana)
Number 17
Youth career
2007–2013 Milan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Catania 6 (0)
2014–2015 NAC Breda 14 (1)
2015–2017 Bari 37 (3)
2017–2019 Olimpija Ljubljana 22 (4)
2019– Ternana 11 (0)
2019–2020 → Juve Stabia (loan) 4 (0)
2020 → Siena (loan) 2 (0)
2020– → Fermana (loan) 12 (3)
National team
2011–2012 Italy U18 3 (1)
2015 Italy U21 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:43, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Boateng began his professional football career with Milan in 2013,[2] and in the 2013–14 season Boateng was loaned to Catania in Serie A and he made his professional debut for the club in Serie A in a 0–0 draw against Parma at Stadio Angelo Massimino on 22 September 2013.[3]

On 3 July 2014, it was announced that Boateng had signed a three-year deal with Dutch side NAC Breda of the Eredivisie. He signed on a free transfer from Milan.[4]

On 13 January 2015, Boateng was sold to Serie B side Bari.[5]

On 9 January 2017, he moved to Slovenian club Olimpija Ljubljana.[6] In 2018 he won both the Slovenian league and the Slovenian cup with Olimpija.[1]

On 4 February 2019, Boateng signed with Italian club Ternana.[7]

On 24 August 2019, he joined Juve Stabia on loan with an option to purchase.[8] On 31 January 2020, he moved on loan to Siena.[9] On 16 September 2020 he was loaned to Fermana.[10]

International career

Boateng has been capped by Italy at under-18 level and under-21 level but remains eligible to represent Ghana at senior level.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 8 December 2018
Club Season League League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Catania 2013–14 Serie A 6 0 1 0 — 7 0
NAC Breda 2014–15 Eredivisie 14 1 0 0 — 14 1
Bari 2014–15 Serie B 17 3 0 0 — 17 3
2015–16 18 0 1 0 — 19 0
2016–17 2 0 1 0 — 3 0
Total 37320—393
Olimpija 2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga 8 2 1 0 — 9 2
2017–18 5 0 2 1 0 0 7 1
2018–19 9 2 2 2 6 2 17 6
Total 2245362339
Career total 79883629313

Honours

Club

Olimpija Ljubljana

References
  1. "K. Boateng". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  2. "Kingsley Boateng completes loan move to Catania from Milan". mtnfootball.com. 19 August 2013. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  3. "Boateng debuts in Serie A and Catania". mtnfootball.com. 23 September 2013. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-07. Retrieved 2014-07-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Bari verlost Boateng van bijrol bij NAC Breda (Dutch)
  6. Peter Dominko (9 January 2017). "Ranko Stojić: "Z Boatengovim prihodom nam je uspel veliki met!"" (in Slovenian). SNPortal.si. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  7. "UFFICIALE: Ternana, ingaggiato Kingsley Boateng" (in Italian). Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  8. "Boateng è un nostro calciatore!" (Press release) (in Italian). Juve Stabia. 24 August 2019.
  9. "Arrivano Sparacello, Bovo, Boateng e Romei. Partono Serrotti, Setola, Damian e Ortolini" (Press release) (in Italian). Siena. 31 January 2020.
  10. "UFFICIALE. Kingsley Boateng approda alla Fermana" (Press release) (in Italian). Fermana. 16 September 2020.
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