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Ghanaian footballer (born 1996)
Roy Boateng
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-01-21) January 21, 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 UC Davis Aggies 82 (6)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Portland Timbers U23s 7 (0)
2018 San Francisco Glens 2 (0)
2019–2020 New York Red Bulls II 11 (1)
2021 FC Motown 3+ (0+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 25, 2022

Roy Boateng (born 21 January 1996) is a Ghanaian former footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Youth and college

Boateng was born in Accra, Ghana, and moved to Rohnert Park, California, at the age of eight. He attended Rancho Cotate High School in Rohnert Park, where he was a four-year letterwinner as a forward on the soccer team in addition to playing basketball and American football as a sophomore. However, his senior season was cut prematurely due to injury.

Boateng played four years of college soccer at the University of California, Davis between 2015 and 2018, making 82 appearances for the Aggies, scoring six goals and tallying one assist. He was converted to a defender by Aggies head coach Dwayne Shaffer, who redshirted him in 2014 so he could learn the position from senior Ramón Martín del Campo. Boating was named the Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Year in both his junior and senior seasons.

While at college, Boateng appeared for USL PDL side Portland Timbers U23s in both 2016 and 2017, and San Francisco Glens in 2018.

New York Red Bulls II

On January 11, 2019, Boateng was drafted 16th overall in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft by New York Red Bulls. He signed for the Red Bull's USL Championship side New York Red Bulls II on March 8, 2019. He was released by Red Bulls II on November 30, 2020.

References

  1. ^ Benefield, Kerry (22 January 2019). "Benefield: Rancho Cotate grad Roy Boateng eager to tackle soccer's next level". The Press Democrat. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Roy Boateng - Men's Soccer". UC Davis Athletics.
  3. "Portland Timbers U23 - 2016 Regular Season - Roster - # - Roy Boateng -". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  4. "Portland Timbers U23 - 2017 Regular Season - Roster - # - Roy Boateng -". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  5. "San Francisco Glens SC - 2018 Regular Season - Roster - # - Roy Boateng -". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  6. "New York Red Bulls Draft Four Players in 2019 MLS SuperDraft". New York Red Bulls.
  7. "11TH-HOUR SIGNINGS: Red Bull II adds 5 newcomers before Saturday's opener". Front Row Soccer. March 8, 2019.
  8. "Get to Know: NYRB II Defender Roy Boateng". New York Red Bulls.
  9. "New York Red Bulls II Announce End of Year Roster Decisions". New York Red Bulls.

External links

2019 MLS SuperDraft first-round selections
MetroStars / New York Red Bulls first-round draft picks


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