Jérôme Boateng

Jérôme Boateng is the kind of defender I find easy to respect. At 192 cm, he anchored back lines with a blend of physical presence and intelligent reading of the game, earning German Footballer of the Year in 2016. What I like most is the trajectory, rising through Hertha BSC's youth ranks to the top of the sport. Centre-backs rarely get the spotlight, but teams with a calm, commanding figure behind them simply feel safer. I tend to value the last line of defence over the glamour up front, and Boateng was, at his peak, one of the more complete examples of that role.

Name (English)

Jérôme Boateng

Name (Japanese)

ジェローム・ボアテング

Reading

じぇろーむ・ぼあてんぐ

Born

September 3, 1988 (age 37)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dragon

Origin

West Berlin, Allied-occupied Germany

Height

192 cm

Occupation

association football player

Awards & achievements

• Silbernes Lorbeerblatt
• 2016 Moses-Mendelssohn-Preis
• 2016 German Footballer of the Year

• Official sitehttp://www.jboateng.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jeromeboateng/
• Xhttps://x.com/JB17Official
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me%20Boateng
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%82%A2%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q151260

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-17

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