George Boateng

George Boateng
Boateng playing for Middlesbrough in 2008
Personal information
Full name George Antwi Boateng[1]
Date of birth (1975-09-05) 5 September 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Nkawkaw, Ghana
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 Excelsior 9 (0)
1995–1997 Feyenoord 68 (1)
1997–1999 Coventry City 46 (5)
1999–2002 Aston Villa 103 (4)
2002–2008 Middlesbrough 182 (7)
2008–2010 Hull City 52 (1)
2010–2011 Skoda Xanthi 19 (2)
2011–2012 Nottingham Forest 5 (1)
2012–2013 T-Team 15 (2)
Total 499 (23)
International career
1995–1998 Netherlands U21 18 (0)
2001–2006 Netherlands 4 (0)
Managerial career
2014–2015 Kelantan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Antwi Boateng (born 5 September 1975) is a former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

After making his breakthrough with Feyenoord in the Dutch Eredivisie, he spent most of his career in England, making 384 Premier League appearances and scoring 17 goals. He played for Coventry City, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough and Hull City, winning the Football League Cup with Middlesbrough in 2004.

Born in Ghana and raised in the Netherlands, Boateng made four appearances for the Netherlands national team.

  1. ^ "Squad List: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Ghana (GHA)" (PDF). FIFA. 18 December 2022. p. 14. Retrieved 27 October 2024.

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