Kwame Boateng (English footballer)
Kwame Owusu Boateng (born 21 November 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right back for EFL League One side Sheffield Wednesday.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kwame Owusu Boateng[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 November 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| Number | 36 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2016 | Bradford City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Bradford City | 0 | (0) |
| 2018 | Whitkirk Wanderers | ||
| 2018–2019 | Harrogate Town | ||
| 2019 | Guiseley | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Farsley Celtic (loan) | ||
| 2019 | Farsley Celtic | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | Ossett United | 2 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Albion Sports | ||
| 2020 | Goole | ||
| 2020–2021 | The New Saints | 10 | (1) |
| 2021– | Sheffield Wednesday | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:00, 10 December 2021 (UTC) | |||
Career
Born in London,[2] Boateng spent four years with Bradford City,[3] making two appearances in the Football League Trophy during the 2016–17 season.[4] By February 2018 he was playing for Whitkirk Wanderers in the Leeds Combination League.[5] He began the 2018–19 season with Harrogate Town, before moving to Guiseley in February 2019.[3] On 9 March 2019, he was loaned out for one month to Farsley Celtic and helped the team gain promotion.[6] He left Guiseley in May 2019,[7] before returning to Farsley Celtic on a permanent basis in June 2019.[8]
On 31 August 2019, he joined Ossett United on a dual registration,[9] making 2 league appearances.[10] He later joined Albion Sports and then Goole in February 2020.[11]
In September 2020 he signed for Welsh club The New Saints.[12][13] He left the club in June 2021.[14]
On the 10 December 2021, he joined Sheffield Wednesday with the squads U23s.[15] On 16 March 2022, manager Darren Moore announced he would be leaving the club upon the expiry of his contract.[16]
Career statistics
- As of 13 March 2019.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bradford City | 2016–17[4] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017–18[17] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Guiseley | 2018–19[2] | National League North | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
- Appearances in the Football League Trophy.
References
- "Retained list 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- Kwame Boateng at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- "LIONS BRING IN BOATENG". Guiseley A.F.C. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- "Games played by Kwame Boateng in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- Jack Brain (7 February 2018). "Leeds Combination League: Rovers are driven to the limit by Horsforth". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- LIONS BRING IN STRIKER ARCHER ON LOAN, guiseleyafc.co.uk, 9 March 2019
- "Ten players depart from Guiseley". Telegraph & Argus. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- "Kwame Boateng - Farsley Celtic FC Farsley Celtic First Team". www.farsleyceltic.com.
- PREVIEW: BRADFORD PARK AVENUE VS FARSLEY CELTIC (03/09/2019), farsleyceltic.com, 2 September 2019
- "Ossett United | Appearances | Kwame Boateng | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
- Latest Transfers, onthepitchwestyorkshire.co.uk, 22 February 2020
- https://www.tnsfc.co.uk/2020/09/11/another-signing-as-defender-puts-pen-to-paper-with-the-new-saints/
- "Former Bradford City defender signs for The New Saints". Border Counties Advertizer.
- "The New Saints legends released". The New Saints. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- "Kwame Boateng completes Owls move". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- "Owls confirm Under-23 departures". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- "Games played by Kwame Boateng in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 March 2019.