Kingsley Boateng

Kingsley Boateng (born 7 April 1994) is a Ghanaian-born Italian professional footballer who plays as a winger.

Kingsley Boateng
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-04-07) 7 April 1994
Place of birth Mampong, Ghana
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
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)
2019–2022 Ternana 11 (0)
2019–2020 → Juve Stabia (loan) 4 (0)
2020 → Siena (loan) 2 (0)
2020–2022 → Fermana (loan) 25 (6)
International career
2011–2012 Italy U18 3 (1)
2015 Italy U21 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 September 2023

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] On 9 July 2021 the loan to Fermana was renewed for the 2021–22 season.[11]

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 11 September 2023[12]
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[lower-alpha 1] 2 17 6
Total 2245362339
Ternana 2018–19 Serie C 11 0 0 0 — 11 0
2019–20 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 1100000110
Juve Stabia (loan) 2019–20 Serie B 4 0 0 0 — 4 0
Siena (loan) 2019–20 Serie C 2 0 0 0 — 2 0
Fermana (loan) 2020–21 Serie C 22 6 0 0 — 22 6
2021–22 3 0 0 0 — 3 0
Total 25 6 0 0 — 25 6
Career total 82883629613
  1. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League

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. "| NAC Breda nieuws, Matchday, interviews, supporters". Archived from the original on 2014-07-07. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
  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.
  11. "UFFICIALE. E' fatta per il ritorno di Kingsley Boateng alla Fermana" (Press release) (in Italian). Fermana. 9 July 2021.
  12. Kingsley Boateng at Soccerway
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