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My Take
I have always rooted for players like Boateng: defensive midfielders who do the unglamorous work nobody chants about. From Nkawkaw in Ghana he broke through at Feyenoord, then spent his prime grinding out 384 Premier League appearances in England's most physical league, a number that screams durability and discipline. Seventeen goals from that position is almost beside the point; his value was the ground he covered and the play he broke up. That he moved smoothly into coaching after retiring feels right to me, a natural continuation of a player who clearly thinks the game. The unsung engine-room types are exactly my kind of footballer.
Overview
George Antwi Boateng (born 5 September 1975) is a football manager and former player who is head coach of Belgian club Mons. A defensive midfielder, he made his breakthrough with Feyenoord in the Dutch Eredivisie, before spending most of his career in England, making 384 Premier League appearances and scoring 17 goals.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- George Boateng
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョージ・ボアテング
- Reading
- じょーじ・ぼあてんぐ
- Born
- September 5, 1975 (age 50)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rabbit
- Origin
- Nkawkaw, Eastern Region, Ghana
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 182 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all → · More people from Ghana →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.