Roy Boateng
Ghanaian footballer (born 1996)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roy Boateng (born 21 January 1996) is a Ghanaian former footballer who played as a defender.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | January 21, 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | 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 as of July 25, 2022 | |||
Career
Youth and college
Boateng was born in Accra, Ghana, and moved to Rohnert Park, California, at the age of eight.[1][2] 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.[1][2] However, his senior season was cut prematurely due to injury.[2]
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.[2] 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.[1] Boateng was named the Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Year in both his junior and senior seasons.[1]
While at college, Boateng appeared for USL PDL side Portland Timbers U23s in both 2016[3] and 2017,[4] and San Francisco Glens in 2018.[5]
New York Red Bulls II
On January 11, 2019, Boateng was drafted 16th overall in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft by New York Red Bulls.[6] He signed for the Red Bull's USL Championship side New York Red Bulls II on March 8, 2019.[7][8] He was released by Red Bulls II on November 30, 2020.[9]
