Kevin-Prince Boateng

Kevin-Prince Boateng
Kevin-Prince Boateng at FC Schalke 04 (2015)
Personnel
birthday	March 6, 1987
place of birth	West Berlin ,  Germany
size	185 cm
position	midfield
Juniors
Years	station
1994-1995	Hertha BSC
1995-1996	Reinickendorfer foxes
1996-2005	Hertha BSC
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2004-2007	Hertha BSC Amateurs / II	29 0(5)
2005-2007	Hertha BSC	42 0(4)
2007-2009	Tottenham Hotspur	14 0(0)
2009	→  Borussia Dortmund  (loan)	10 0(0)
2009-2010	Portsmouth FC	22 0(3)
2010-2013	AC Milan	74 (14)
2013-2015	FC Schalke 04	46 0(6)
2016	AC Milan	11 0(1)
2016-2017	UD Las Palmas	28 (10)
2017-2018	Eintracht Frankfurt	31 0(6)
2018-2019	US Sassuolo Calcio	13 0(4)
2019	→  FC Barcelona  (loan)	3 0(0)
2019–	AC Florence	14 0(1)
2020	→  Beşiktaş Istanbul  (loan)	11 0(3)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2001-2002	Germany U15	4 0(1)
2002-2003	Germany U16	11 0(3)
2003-2004	Germany U17	10 0(1)
2004-2005	Germany U19	12 0(7)
2006	Germany U20	2 0(0)
2006-2009	Germany U21	6 0(0)
2010-2014	Ghana	15 0(2)
1 Only league games are given. As of August 10, 2020

Kevin-Prince Boateng ^{? / i} (alsoKevin Prince Boateng; born March6, 1987inWest Berlin) is aGerman-Ghanaian soccer player. Themidfielderisunder contractwithFiorentina.

Boateng was active for clubs in the four major European leagues in Germany , England , Italy and Spain . He first played in various German youth national teams before playing 15 international matches for Ghana from 2010 to 2014 , taking part in two world championships.

Career

societies

Hertha BSC

Boateng played from the age of seven - apart from a brief guest appearance at the Reinickendorfer Füchsen  - at Hertha BSC . In 2003 he became German B junior champion with Hertha's U17 selection . In the final she prevailed against VfB Stuttgart 4-1 . A year later Boateng won the DFB Junior Club Cup with Hertha by winning the final over SGV Freiberg .

Then Boateng moved up to the amateur squad of the club, which played in the Regionalliga Nord. On August 13, 2005, he made his debut in the 2-0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt at the age of 18 in the Bundesliga . A short time later, Boateng was also used for the first time in the UEFA Cup ; He made his debut on November 24, 2005. On February 4, 2006 in the second leg against Eintracht Frankfurt, he scored his first Bundesliga goal. The first UEFA Cup goal against Odense BK followed on September 14 of the same year .

After Boateng had played together several times with his half-brother Jérôme in the Hertha BSC U23 team , they both played together in a Bundesliga match on matchday 25 of the 2006/07 season against Borussia Mönchengladbach . A week later in the game against FC Energie Cottbus , both were in the starting line-up.

After two Bundesliga seasons for Berlin, Boateng moved to Tottenham Hotspur in England for 7.9 million euros in the summer of 2007 .

Tottenham Hotspur

Boateng made his Premier League debut on November 3, 2007 against Middlesbrough FC . In his first season in England he was mostly a supplementary player and came to 13 league appearances. However, he had a larger share in winning the English League Cup . He played over 90 minutes in the quarter-finals against Manchester City (2-0), and was substituted on in both semi-finals against Arsenal (1-1 and 5-1). In the final against Chelsea , he was absent due to an injury. In his second Premier League season he came under the new coach Harry Redknapp only one league assignment.

Borussia Dortmund

In early January 2009, Boateng moved to Borussia Dortmund on loan until the end of the 2008/09 season . In total he played ten times for Dortmund; During this time there was also the first duel with his half-brother Jérôme. On April 25, 2009 he was substituted on in the game against Hamburger SV in the 68th minute; he played until the 81st minute against Jérôme when he was substituted on. Kevin-Prince Boateng was unable to play for the last two games of the season because he was banned by the DFB sports court after a foul on Makoto Hasebe from Wolfsburg . Although he convinced coach Jürgen Klopp with his performance, a purchase option was not used for financial reasons.

Kevin-Prince Boateng (number 23) fouled Michael Ballack (lying on the ground) in the 2010 FA Cup final

Portsmouth FC

Boateng therefore initially returned to Spurs for the 2009/10 season , but only came on as a substitute in the 5-1 win over Doncaster Rovers in the 2nd round of the League Cup . On August 28, 2009, he moved for about four million pounds to English first division club Portsmouth , where he signed a three-year contract. He scored his first Premier League goal in his first league game for the new club. With Portsmouth he also reached the FA Cup finals. In the semifinals, Portsmouth had prevailed against Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 after extra time; Boateng prepared the 1-0 and scored the goal to make it 2-0 against his former team shortly before the end. The final against Chelsea took place on May 15, 2010 at Wembley Stadium . Portsmouth lost 1-0 to London; Boateng missed a penalty against Petr Čech . He had previously fouled Michael Ballack after the two had clashed during the game, with Ballack punching Boateng in the face. Ballack's action was not punished by the referee of the match, Boateng received a yellow card for his foul. Ballack was injured so badly that he could not take part in the 2010 World Cup .

AC Milan

Boateng in the jersey of AC Milan (2012)

For the 2010/11 season Boateng moved to the Italian Serie A club CFC Genoa . He signed a four-year contract, but was immediately loaned out for one season to the actual interested party AC Milan , including the purchase option. The contract was later changed from a loan deal to a co-owner basis.

In the course of the season Boateng played in the regular team of AC Milan. He played his first game in Serie A on August 29, 2010. He came on in the 76th minute for Alexandre Pato and put Filippo Inzaghi on to make it 4-0. On September 15, 2010, he played his first game in the UEFA Champions League . Against AJ Auxerre Boateng came on in the 15th minute for the injured Massimo Ambrosini and set up Zlatan Ibrahimović's opening goal . The game ended 2-0 for AC Milan. He scored his first Serie A goal on December 4, 2010 in a 3-0 home win over Brescia Calcio . With the 0-0 draw against AS Roma on matchday 36 , Boateng secured the 2011 Italian championship title with AC Milan ahead of schedule. It was his first professional championship title. AC Milan took advantage of the purchase option at the end of the season.

In May 2011 AC Milan took over the remaining 50% of the transfer rights from Boateng for a transfer fee, which according to initial information should have been around seven million euros. On August 6, 2011, Boateng won the Italian Supercup with AC Milan against the cup winners Inter Milan . He scored the goal to make it 2-1. On October 23, 2011 he was substituted on for Robinho after the half-time break in the away game at US Lecce when the score was 0: 3 from the Milanese perspective and scored a hat-trick to equalize 3: 3 within 14 minutes (final score 4: 3 for Milan) . Four days earlier he had scored his first goal in the premier class in the Champions League group game against BATE Baryssau .

For the 2012/13 season Boateng got the prestigious shirt number “10” after predecessor Clarence Seedorf left AC Milan for Botafogo FR and Zlatan Ibrahimović, who was intended for the jersey, had signed with Paris Saint-Germain .

On 3 January 2013 in Busto Arsizio , Boateng complained several times to the referee of the current friendly against the fourth division club Aurora Pro Patria without being heard, persistent racist insults against dark-skinned AC Milan players . In the 26th minute of the game, Boateng stopped dribbling , took the ball in his hand, shot it in the direction of the stands from which the insults came, took off his jersey and walked off the field. The other Milan players followed him, their team captain waved them off, the game was over. "A great man," said Italy's national coach Cesare Prandelli , "a great club, a great lesson," said Corriere dello Sport . Boateng's reaction and the solidarity of his teammates received a lot of national and international attention and were seen as an important step against racism in football stadiums.

Boateng played his last game for the Milanese on August 28, 2013. In the Champions League qualifying second leg against PSV Eindhoven Boateng secured the 3-0 win with two goals and thus the participation of the Italians in the 2013 Champions League season / 14 .

FC Schalke 04

On August 30, 2013, FC Schalke 04 signed him and gave him a four-year contract and the shirt with the number “9” on his back. After more than four years (most recently on May 12, 2009 for Borussia Dortmund), Boateng played a Bundesliga game again on August 31, 2013 (4th matchday) in a 2-0 home win against Bayer 04 Leverkusen . On September 14, 2013 he scored his first goal for FC Schalke 04 in the away game at 1. FSV Mainz 05. Only four days later he scored his first goal for Schalke in this competition against Steaua Bucharest in the Champions League group stage . On November 9, 2013 (12th matchday) in the Bundesliga match against Werder Bremen, he not only scored his first brace for FC Schalke 04, but also - for the first time in his career - two goals with his head in one game.

After the 2-0 defeat against 1. FC Köln on May 10, 2015 in the Bundesliga, Boateng and Sidney Sam were released from sports director Horst Heldt . Several attempts to switch failed in the summer. While Sam, who also failed to change, was allowed to practice and play again for the new season, Boateng remained suspended under the new coach André Breitenreiter . The jersey number "9" was given to the newcomer Franco Di Santo .

Return to AC Milan

In order to keep fit after his suspension, Boateng took part in training at his ex-club AC Milan from October 2015 and was also used there in a test match at the beginning of November. After Boateng and FC Schalke 04 had agreed to terminate the contract at the end of the year, AC Milan provided him with a contract until the end of the 2015/16 season . Boateng made his comeback in the Milan jersey on January 9, 2016, when he came on as a substitute for Luiz Adriano in the 56th minute of the 1-1 draw against AS Roma . His first league goal was on January 17, 2016 (20th match day) when he scored the final score in a 2-0 home win over Fiorentina shortly before the end. His contract, which expired at the end of the season, was not extended.

UD Las Palmas

On August 1, 2016, the UD Las Palmas announced the signing of Boateng. His first goal in La Liga celebrated Boateng on the first day of the season at the 4: 2 away win against FC Valencia . With this hit, he was only the sixth player who had managed to score in the major leagues in Europe ( Bundesliga , Premier League , Serie A , Primera División). With the Spaniards, Boateng often switched between the position of the central midfield and the center forward. Born in Berlin, he scored ten league goals and five assists in the 2016/2017 season .

Eintracht Frankfurt

In mid-August 2017, Boateng moved to Eintracht Frankfurt and signed a three-year contract with the Bundesliga club. He made his debut for Frankfurt on August 20, 2017 (1st matchday) in a goalless draw in the away game against SC Freiburg with a substitute for Daichi Kamada in the 67th minute. For Eintracht, Boateng was mostly in his regular position in the central midfield. He scored his first Bundesliga goal in over three and a half years on September 9, 2017 (3rd match day) in a 1-0 win in the away game against Borussia Mönchengladbach with the winning goal in the 13th minute. In May 2018, Boateng won the DFB Cup with Eintracht after a 3-1 win against FC Bayern Munich .

US Sassuolo Calcio

At the beginning of July 2018, Boateng switched to US Sassuolo Calcio . As in his year in Spain, Boateng mostly acted as a center forward for the Italians and contributed four league goals and two assists in 13 Serie A appearances in the first half of the 2018/19 season .

FC Barcelona

On January 21, 2019, Boateng moved to FC Barcelona on loan until the end of the season . Then FC Barcelona had the option to purchase the transfer rights to Boateng for eight million euros. He was set up three times in the league by head coach Ernesto Valverde and had an appearance in the Spanish Cup . With FC Barcelona he was Spanish champion. After the loan business ended, he left the club.

AC Florence

After the loan deal and the return to the US Sassuolo Calcio, Kevin-Prince Boateng moved to AC Florence, his twelfth club in his professional career, for the 2019/20 season . Kevin-Prince Boateng made his competitive debut for Florence on the first match day of Serie A when he came on for Dušan Vlahović against SSC Napoli in the 62nd minute of the game . Shortly after being substituted on, Boateng scored the goal to equalize 3: 3, but the game was lost 3: 4.

Beşiktaş Istanbul

After 14 league appearances (one goal) and a game in the Cup for Florence, the offensive player was loaned to Beşiktaş Istanbul in the Turkish Süper Lig until the end of the season .

National team

Germany

The midfielder went through all youth national teams in Germany, except for the U18 , which he skipped. His goal from the center line, which he scored on July 20, 2005 in the game of the German U19s against Greece to 3-0, was voted Goal of the Month . On October 6, 2006, Boateng made his U21 debut in the European Championship qualifier in England (0-1). Boateng, who had not been considered by coach Dieter Eilts since the Toulon tournament in 2007 , made his comeback under the new U21 coach Horst Hrubesch . Hrubesch also nominated him for the provisional squad for the 2009 European Under-21 Championship in Sweden. However, Boateng had to cancel in the course of preparation due to an injury.

Ghana

On June 24, 2009, Boateng announced that he wanted to play for the Ghanaian national soccer team with immediate effect, as he saw no prospects for himself in the German team . While Boateng was waiting for FIFA's approval , Ghana's football association nominated him for the 2010 Africa Cup with reservations . Participation was not possible due to the pending FIFA decision. On May 7, 2010 Boateng was appointed to the preliminary World Cup squad of Ghana. Association vice-president Fred Pappoe assumed a decision by FIFA before the World Cup. This came on time and so Boateng was appointed to the final World Cup squad in Ghana on May 30, 2010 . On June 5, 2010, he played his first international match for Ghana against Latvia .

At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Boateng took the position of the injured Michael Essien in the central midfield. In the last group game against Germany he met u. a. on his half-brother Jérôme . It was the first duel between two half-brothers in a soccer world championship. Ghana was the only African team to survive the group stage despite the defeat against Germany. On June 26, 2010 Boateng scored his first international goal in the round of 16 against the USA . The game ended 2-1 after extra time and Ghana celebrated the greatest success in the association's history when they reached the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals, the team was eliminated from Uruguay 2-4 on penalties. Boateng was nominated for Africa's Footballer of the Year award on November 7, 2010 . However, he could not win the election, but he was elected in Africa's Eleven of 2010. In 2011 he was also included in the team of the year.

On November 4, 2011, Boateng declared due to the high physical strain caused by the additional commitment that he did not want to appear for Ghana for the time being. But for the World Cup qualifier against Zambia on September 6, 2013, he returned to the squad. In the playoff against Egypt, Boateng was finally able to qualify for the 2014 World Cup with Ghana . On May 13, 2014, he was appointed to the squad for the tournament.

At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil , Boateng began his first game against the USA on the bench. After being substituted on, the Africans were able to level their deficit at times. Due to a late goal, however, the game was lost 2-1. In the second group game against Germany Boateng was in the starting line-up and played again, like four years ago, against his half-brother Jérôme. After a defensive first half, he was replaced at the beginning of the second half. The game ended in a 2-2 draw.

Shortly before the playoff against Portugal , Boateng was suspended until further notice after an argument with his coach James Kwesi Appiah . His teammate Sulley Muntari had a similar experience . Boateng did not consider the suspension, which is said to have been transmitted by "a white slip of paper under the door", to be understandable. He has denied the allegations made against him. He reserves the right to withdraw from the national team of Ghana. Ghana lost the game against the Portuguese 2-1. With a win, the Africans would have qualified for the round of 16.

Style of play

Boateng is a two-footed, versatile midfielder. In his first professional years he mostly acted in the external positions; later he moved to central midfield. There he can be used both as an offensive “ tens ” and as a defensive “ six ”. At FC Schalke, Boateng took over the position of center forward at times when Klaas-Jan Huntelaar was out due to injury .

Boateng's style of play is characterized by his technical strength. For example, his former trainer Jürgen Klopp said that Boateng had a hundred ways of receiving a ball and had a dozen options for passing an opponent. Thanks to his technical strength and game overview, Boateng is able to put his teammates in the limelight with targeted passes. In addition, he has exceptionally good shooting technique and shooting power.

In contrast to his brother, who is considered shy, Boateng is also known for his tough gait on the field, which was demonstrated , for example, in the rough foul play against Michael Ballack in the FA Cup final on May 15, 2010. It will charisma and leadership skills attributed.

successes

National team

• World Cup quarter-finalist : 2010

Hertha BSC Youth

• DFB Junior Club Cup : 2003/04
• German B-Junior Championship : 2002/03

Tottenham Hotspur

• English League Cup : 2007/08

Portsmouth FC

• English cup finalist : 2009/10

AC Milan

• Italian Championship : 2010/11
• Italian Supercup : 2011

Eintracht Frankfurt

• DFB Cup : 2017/18

FC Barcelona

• Spanish championship : 2018/19

Awards

• Fritz Walter Gold Medal (U19 player): 2006
• Fritz Walter Medal in bronze (U18 player): 2005
• Africa's Eleven of the Year: 2010, 2011
• Goal of the month : July 2005
• 1LIVE Krone - Category "Special Price": 2017

Consultant

Roger Wittmann acted as Boateng's advisor from 2010 , who at the time also initiated the transfer to AC Milan. On January 5, 2015, it was announced that Wittmann's agency and Boateng had separated.

Social Commitment

Boateng is socially committed to combating racism . On March 21, 2013, he accepted an invitation from the United Nations Human Rights Council to participate in an event on racism and sport in Geneva . He said:

“Racism has to be fought actively, it doesn't go away by itself. When I played for the Ghanaian national team, I learned how to fight malaria. Vaccinations are not enough. You have to drain the ponds where the malaria mosquitoes thrive. I think malaria and racism have a lot in common. "

On March 22, 2013, FIFA President Sepp Blatter invited Boateng to join the “Task Force Anti-Racism”.

Boateng's commitment against racism, especially his reaction to racist statements from the public in Busto Arsizio on January 3, 2013, which was widely noticed worldwide , has helped to improve his image as a "scandal kicker", which was attributed to him especially in Germany.

In December 2017 Boateng was awarded the special prize at the 1 Live Krone for his commitment.

Personal

Example of guerrilla marketing by the sporting goods manufacturer Nike : 3 United. Grown on concrete - mural painting on a fire wall in Berlin-Gesundbrunnen , showing Kevin-Prince Boateng (right) with his brothers George (center) and Jérôme (left)

Boateng has a German mother, Christine Rahn, who played soccer for the Berlin FC Meteor 06 , and a Ghanaian father, Prince Boateng, who came to Germany from Sunyani in 1981 to study and played for the Reinickendorfer Füchsen. The father, a child of the Aduana clan of the Akan ethnicities or of the Yawhima clan, left the family when Kevin-Prince was one and a half years old. The mother worked in a biscuit factory; later she had to rely on social assistance to support the five children, two boys and three girls, whom she brought up strictly. His uncle Robert Kwabena Boateng played for the Ghanaian national team. His maternal grandfather is said to be a cousin of Helmut Rahn , the 1954 world champion. Boateng, therefore, a great-nephew Rahn, but long not know if this is true, but it did so told him his mother. After Boateng scored the goal of the month in July 2005 , an article appeared in the Berliner Kurier that for the first time pointed to the relationship between the 18-year-old scorer and Rahn.

Through their father, he has a half-brother, the German national player Jérôme Boateng , a five-year-old half-sister Avelina (participant in Germany dances ) and a five-year-old brother, George (not identical to the Dutchman of the same name ), who works for Nordberliner SC in Berlin Amateur area is active. The Boateng brothers and their friends learned to play football while playing in a " football field cage " on Travemünder Strasse and Panke in Berlin-Gesundbrunnen . An early, childlike media appearance was Boateng back in 1998 when he per draw a morning ARD selected -Kinderprogrammes to a game while participation by telephone the grand prize, the stuffed animal Petzi , won.

He was accused of damaging a total of 13 vehicles in the Wilmersdorf district of Berlin in the early morning hours of March 18, 2009 together with Patrick Ebert . One day before the trial, Boateng withdrew his objection to a penalty warrant , paid a fine of 56,000 euros, and thus escaped a public trial.

His half-sister Avelina was at the presentation of the song by a Stranger Taken at Euro Vision Song Contest 2011 as a back-up dancer of Meyer-Landrut Lena to see.

Boateng converted to Islam in his youth because his friends were Muslim . When he got married on August 2, 2007, he had become a Christian again. In 2011 he separated from his first wife, with whom he has a son. Being able to be close to his son was one reason Boateng gave for returning to Germany (FC Schalke 04) in the summer of 2013. When he visited his son in Kaarst on Christmas Day 2013 , Boateng suffered bruises on his neck and back; an initially unknown man had hit him in the face and knocked him to the ground as he left his son's residence. At the beginning of February 2014, the media reported that the police had identified a 28-year-old as a suspect who pretended to be a new friend of his ex-wife in the attack on Boateng.

Since October 2011, Boateng has had a relationship with the American-Italian presenter Melissa Satta . On April 15, 2014, the two parents of a son. The couple married in June 2016.

According to his own statements, Boateng speaks five languages ​​- in addition to German , English , Turkish , Italian and Spanish - and understands two more - Arabic and French .

Boateng's first name should actually be Kelvin . However, Kevin was incorrectly entered in the birth certificate .

Brothers duels and games together

Kevin-Prince and his half-brother Jérôme both played together in the top German division, the Bundesliga. As a result, they have competed against each other several times. They also clashed in their national team games in 2010 and 2014. These duels receive special, also international attention in the media and the public, whereby the fratricidal struggle has been hyped up as the contrast between Cain and Abel since 2010 . At the beginning of their football careers, the brothers stood together for Hertha BSC and the German U21 national team .

season	Team of Kevin-Prince	Team of Jérôme	competition	game
2006/07	Hertha BSC		Bundesliga	Borussia Mönchengladbach - Hertha BSC 3-1
				Hertha BSC - FC Energie Cottbus 0: 1
2008/09	Germany (U-21)		Friendly match	Ireland (U 21) - Germany (U 21) 1: 1
	Borussia Dortmund	Hamburger SV	Bundesliga	Borussia Dortmund - Hamburger SV 2-0
2009/10	Ghana	Germany	World Championship	Ghana - Germany 0-1
2013/14	FC Schalke 04	FC Bayern Munich	Bundesliga	FC Schalke 04 - FC Bayern Munich 0: 4
	Ghana	Germany	World Championship	Germany - Ghana 2-2
2014/15	FC Schalke 04	FC Bayern Munich	Bundesliga	FC Bayern Munich - FC Schalke 04 1: 1
2017/18	Eintracht Frankfurt		Bundesliga	Eintracht Frankfurt - FC Bayern Munich 0-1
total				9 games

The Boateng brothers have announced that they want to end their careers together at Hertha BSC one day.

literature

• Michael Horeni: The Boateng Brothers: Three German Careers . 1st edition. Tropen-Verlag at Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-608-50308-1 (267 pages). - Book review by Marc Strotmann (September 21, 2012) in the title culture magazine

Web links

Commons : Kevin-Prince Boateng  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Kevin-Prince Boateng in the database of the German Football Association
• Kevin-Prince Boateng in the database of fussballdaten.de
• Kevin-Prince Boateng in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Kevin-Prince Boateng in the database of weltfussball.de
• Interview: “I actually always wanted to play for Germany” , 23 August 2012, 11 friends no. 130

Individual evidence

1. ↑ For the spelling of his name without hyphen, see Ghana's official squad lists for the 2010 World Cup (FIFAdata.com, June 4, 2010, accessed on December 1, 2017, p. 12, pdf; 837 KB) and 2014 World Cup (FIFAdata.com, June 10, 2014, accessed on December 1, 2017, p. 17, pdf; 941 KB), his profile (accessed on December 1, 2017) on fussball.de and his Instagram account (accessed on December 1, 2017).
2. ↑ dpa: Transfer from Kevin Boateng perfect
3. ↑ Boateng leaves Spurs for Dortmund , accessed on March 21, 2016.
4. ↑ ^{a b} SZ: Jürgen Klopp "Kevin Boateng is a giant guy" ( Memento from May 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Four game suspension for Boateng. In: kicker.de. May 13, 2009, accessed May 18, 2010 . 
6. ↑ see the match report on Weltfußball.de, accessed on March 21, 2016.
7. ↑ BBC: Portsmouth wrap up four signings
8. ↑ 11freunde.de: Kevin-Prince Boateng on the FA Cup semi-finals 2010 ( Memento from November 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ Recordings from the station itv Sport from the match between Portsmouth FC and Chelsea FC on May 15, 2010 ( YouTube video, 3:23 min)
10. ↑ Kicker: World Cup for Ballack on sport1.de
11. ↑ Kevin-Prince Boateng becomes a "Rossonero" , article by Kicker from August 14, 2010
12. ↑ dpa: Kevin-Prince Boateng stays with AC Milan
13. ↑ Kevin-Prince Boateng stays with Milan . fussball.ch. May 24, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
14. ↑ transfermarkt.de: Honor for Boateng: New number 10 at AC Milan , July 27, 2012, accessed on July 27, 2012
15. ↑ Boateng: "I would leave the field again" . Handelsblatt . January 4, 2013. Archived from the original on January 8, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
16. ↑ Boateng's sign against the monkeys in the curves . Süddeutsche Zeitung . January 4, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
17. ↑ Racist abuse: Boateng and Milan leave the field . Kicker. January 3, 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
18. ↑ Is Kevin-Prince Boateng really a hero? . The world . January 5, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
19. ↑ Black and white are one . Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . January 4, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
20. ↑ S04 signs Kevin-Prince Boateng . FC Schalke 04 . August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
21. ↑ 2-0 against Leverkusen - fans celebrate, players cheer . FC Schalke 04 . August 31, 2013. Accessed August 31, 2013.
22. ↑ Kevin-Prince Boateng's premier goal secures victory in Mainz . FC Schalke 04 . September 14, 2013. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
23. ↑ Boateng and Sam exempted with immediate effect schalke04.de, accessed on May 12, 2015
24. ↑ kicker online: Trapp's million dollar contract for his birthday - Sam deal burst , July 7, 2015, accessed on January 14, 2016.
25. ↑ FC Schalke 04: Andre Breitenreiter on an access and a returnee , July 22, 2015, accessed on January 14, 2016.
26. ↑ Kevin-Prince Boateng - The "public enemy number one" unpacks , interview on redbulletin.com, February 2016, accessed on March 24, 2016.
27. ↑ kicker online: Boateng trains with AC Milan , September 30, 2015, accessed on September 30, 2015.
28. ↑ Kevin-Prince Boateng in a test game in action on t-online.de, accessed on November 5, 2015
29. ↑ FC Schalke 04: S04 and Kevin-Prince Boateng cancel contract , December 8, 2015, accessed on December 8, 2015.
30. ↑ See the official confirmation from AC Milan on January 5, 2016.
31. ↑ See the match report on the Serie A website.
32. ↑ Commitment by UD Las Palmas , on udlaspalmas.es of August 1, 2016, page in Spanish, accessed on August 2, 2016.
33. ↑ FussballEuropa.com Boateng enters the history books , accessed on January 8, 2016
34. ↑ Kevin-Prince Boateng is now wearing the eagle on his chest on the Eintracht Frankfurt website on August 18, 2017, accessed on August 18, 2017
35. ↑ Boateng changes to the Italian first division club US Sassuolo on the Eintracht Frankfurt website on July 5, 2018, accessed on July 5, 2018
36. ↑ Il Sassuolo Ingaggia Kevin-Prince Boateng. on the US Sassuolo Calcio website on July 5, 2018, accessed July 5, 2018
37. ↑ Agreement for the loan signing of Kevin-Prince Boateng , fcbarcelona.com, January 21, 2019, accessed January 22, 2019.
38. ↑ VIOLACHANNEL.TV: Boateng: “Maturo, motivato e ho scelto la 10” , accessed on August 6, 2019
39. ↑ 13 in 14: Boateng changes to Besiktas , kicker.de, accessed on February 2, 2020
40. ↑ Boateng for Ghana. On: transfermarkt.de, June 24, 2009.
41. ↑ Ghana is waiting for FIFA. On: transfermarkt.de, December 16, 2009.
42. ^ Dpa: Boateng in the Ghana squad
43. ↑ Africa's Footballer of the Year - Kevin Boateng is nominated
44. ↑ Decision made: Samuel Eto'o is Africa's Footballer of the Year
45. ↑ Toure crowned African Player of the Year 2011. cafonline.com, December 22, 2011, accessed December 27, 2012 . 
46. ↑ Boateng back in Ghana's national team spox.com (August 27, 2013)
47. ↑ Ghanas Boateng taunts - and is there , kicker.de (May 12, 2014)
48. ↑ Kevin-Prince handed indefinite suspension ( Memento from June 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Ghana Football Association, June 26, 2014.
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