Kwame Boateng (English footballer)

Kwame Owusu Boateng (born 21 November 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right back for Grantham Town.

For the Ghana footballer, see Kwame Boateng.

Kwame Boateng
Personal information
Full name Kwame Owusu Boateng[1]
Date of birth (1998-11-21) 21 November 1998
Place of birth London, England
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Grantham Town
Youth career
2014–2016 Bradford City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Bradford City 0 (0)
2018 Whitkirk Wanderers
2018–2019 Harrogate Town
2019 Guiseley 0 (0)
2019 → Farsley Celtic (loan)
2019 Farsley Celtic 0 (0)
2019 Ossett United 2 (0)
2019–2020 Albion Sports
2020 Goole
2020–2021 The New Saints 10 (1)
2021–2022 Sheffield Wednesday 0 (0)
2022–2023 Guiseley 29 (0)
2023 Alfreton Town 0 (0)
2023– Grantham Town 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:18, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Career

Born in London,[2] Boateng spent four years with Bradford City,[3] making two appearances in the Football League Trophy during the 2016–17 season.[4] By February 2018 he was playing for Whitkirk Wanderers in the Leeds Combination League.[5] He began the 2018–19 season with Harrogate Town, before moving to Guiseley in February 2019.[3] On 9 March 2019, he was loaned out for one month to Farsley Celtic and helped the team gain promotion.[6] He left Guiseley in May 2019,[7] before returning to Farsley Celtic on a permanent basis in June 2019.[8]

On 31 August 2019, he joined Ossett United on a dual registration,[9] making 2 league appearances.[10] He later joined Albion Sports and then Goole in February 2020.[11]

In September 2020 he signed for Welsh club The New Saints.[12][13] He left the club in June 2021.[14]

On 10 December 2021, he joined Sheffield Wednesday, playing with the club's under-23 squad.[15] On 16 March 2022, manager Darren Moore announced he would be leaving the club upon the expiry of his contract.[16]

On 27 September 2022, he re-joined Guiseley.[17][18]

In September 2023, he joined Alfreton Town[19] but joined Grantham Town a month later having failed to make a first-team appearance.[20]

Career statistics
As of 13 March 2019.
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bradford City 2016–17[4] League One 0000002[lower-alpha 1]020
2017–18[21] League One 0000000000
Total 0000002020
Guiseley 2018–19[2] National League North 0000000000
Career total 0000002020
  1. Appearances in the Football League Trophy.

References
  1. "Retained list 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  2. Kwame Boateng at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  3. "LIONS BRING IN BOATENG". Guiseley A.F.C. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  4. "Games played by Kwame Boateng in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  5. Jack Brain (7 February 2018). "Leeds Combination League: Rovers are driven to the limit by Horsforth". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  6. LIONS BRING IN STRIKER ARCHER ON LOAN, guiseleyafc.co.uk, 9 March 2019
  7. "Ten players depart from Guiseley". Telegraph & Argus. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  8. "Kwame Boateng - Farsley Celtic FC Farsley Celtic First Team". www.farsleyceltic.com.
  9. PREVIEW: BRADFORD PARK AVENUE VS FARSLEY CELTIC (03/09/2019), farsleyceltic.com, 2 September 2019
  10. "Ossett United | Appearances | Kwame Boateng | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  11. Latest Transfers, onthepitchwestyorkshire.co.uk, 22 February 2020
  12. "Another Signing, as Defender Puts Pen-To-Paper with the New Saints". 11 September 2020.
  13. "Former Bradford City defender signs for The New Saints". Border Counties Advertizer.
  14. "The New Saints legends released". The New Saints. June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  15. "Kwame Boateng completes Owls move". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  16. "Owls confirm Under-23 departures". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  17. "Mbeka is back for Nethermoor Loan". Guiesley AFC. 27 September 2022.
  18. "Guiseley | Appearances | Kwame Boateng | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  19. Alfreton Town F.C. [@AlfretonTownFC] (5 September 2023). "NEW SIGNING: #ATFC are pleased to announce the signing of fullback Kwame Boateng who was most recently with @GuiseleyAFC Welcome to #Ofton Kwame! #ATFC | #Ofton" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 October 2023 – via Twitter.
  20. Grantham Town F.C. [@granthamtownfc] (21 October 2023). "TEAMS NEWS! Luke Hinsley returns to #thegingerbreads starting line up following suspension Joining the Club are Kwame Boateng from Alfreton Town and Matthew Doyle from Bradford City" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 October 2023 – via Twitter.
  21. "Games played by Kwame Boateng in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
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