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Kennedy Boateng (footballer, born 1996)

Kennedy Boateng
Boateng with LASK Linz in 2017
Personal information
Full name Kennedy Kofi Boateng
Date of birth (1996-11-29) 29 November 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Tamale, Ghana
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Dinamo București
Number 4
Youth career
–2016 WAFA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 WAFA 20 (1)
2016–2019 LASK Linz 10 (2)
2016–2017 FC Pasching/LASK Linz Juniors 12 (1)
2017–2019 → SV Ried (loan) 59 (0)
2019–2021 SV Ried 45 (1)
2021–2023 Santa Clara 52 (3)
2023–2024 Austria Lustenau 17 (0)
2024– Dinamo București 16 (1)
International career‡
2022– Togo 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2024

Kennedy Kofi Boateng (born 29 November 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga I club Dinamo București. Born in Ghana, he plays for the Togo national team.

Club career

Boateng made his Austrian Football First League debut for LASK Linz on 23 September 2016 in a game against FC Blau-Weiß Linz.[1]

On 2 July 2021, Boateng signed a two-year contract with Santa Clara in Portugal.[2]

On 7 November 2023, Boateng signed a one-year contract with Austrian Bundesliga club Austria Lustenau.[3]

In June 2024, he signed a two-year contract with Romanian side Dinamo București.[citation needed]

International career

Boateng was born in Ghana, and is Togolese by his mother. He was called up to represent the Togo national team in November 2021.[4][5] He debuted for Togo in a 3–0 friendly win over Sierra Leone on 24 March 2022.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 December 2024[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
WAFA 2016 Ghana Premier League 20 1 — — — — 20 1
LASK 2016–17 2. Liga 10 2 1 0 — — — 11 2
LASK Linz Juniors 2016–17 Regionalliga 12 1 — — — — 12 1
SV Ried (loan) 2017–18 2. Liga 29 0 4 3 — — — 33 3
2018–19 2. Liga 30 0 3 0 — — — 33 0
Total 59 0 7 3 — — — 66 3
SV Ried 2019–20 2. Liga 21 1 2 0 — — — 23 1
2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga 24 0 0 0 — — — 24 0
Total 45 1 2 0 — — — 47 1
Santa Clara 2021–22 Primeira Liga 26 0 1 0 1 0 2[a] 0 — 30 0
2022–23 Primeira Liga 26 3 1 0 3 1 — — 30 4
Total 52 3 2 0 4 1 2 0 — 60 4
Austria Lustenau 2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga 17 0 — — — — 17 0
Dinamo București 2024–25 Liga I 16 1 2 0 — — — 18 1
Career total 231 9 14 3 4 1 2 0 0 0 251 13
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 17 November 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Togo 2022 6 0
2023 1 0
2024 3 0
Total 10 0

Honours

LASK Linz

SV Ried

References

  1. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 23 September 2016.
  2. ^ "OFICIAL: KENNEDY BOATENG". Santa Clara. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  3. ^ "SC Austria Lustenau signs Kennedy Boateng". SC Austria Lustenau. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Ghanaian Kennedy Boateng explains why he joined the Togo national team". AfrikPage.
  5. ^ "Ghanaian-born defender Kennedy Boateng handed first Togo call-up". 9 November 2021.
  6. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Togo vs. Sierra Leone". national-football-teams.com.
  7. ^ Kennedy Boateng at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
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