Personal information | |||
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Full name | Emmanuel Okyere Boateng | ||
Date of birth | 23 May 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Rio Ave | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2013 | Charity Stars | ||
2013–2014 | Rio Ave | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2015 | Rio Ave | 13 | (1) |
2015–2017 | Moreirense | 55 | (9) |
2017–2019 | Levante | 41 | (7) |
2019–2022 | Dalian Professional | 41 | (14) |
2022– | Rio Ave | 28 | (6) |
International career‡ | |||
2013 | Ghana U17 | ||
2015 | Ghana U20 | 3 | (1) |
2018– | Ghana | 6 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 June 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2019 |
Emmanuel Okyere Boateng (born 23 May 1996) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a striker for Rio Ave. He also plays for Ghana national football team.
Born in Accra, Boateng joined Rio Ave in 2013, after impressing on a trial, from hometown club Charity Stars FC. [1] Initially assigned to the youth setup, he made his professional debut on 31 July 2014, coming on as a second-half substitute for Yonathan Del Valle in a 1–0 away win against IFK Göteborg for the season's UEFA Europa League. [2]
Boateng made his Primeira Liga debut on 17 August 2014, starting in a 2–0 home win against Vitória de Setúbal. His first goal in the category occurred on 1 September, as he scored the last in a 4–0 home routing of Boavista.
On 7 July 2015, Boateng and his Rio Ave teammate Ernest Ohemeng made a permanent move to fellow league team Moreirense. [3] Mainly used as a substitute during his first season, he started to feature more regularly during his second.
Boateng was also regularly used in the Taça da Liga, netting a brace in a 3–1 home success over Benfica on 26 January 2017. [4] Three days later, he replaced Roberto in the final, a 1–0 win against S.C. Braga; it was Moreirense's first ever national title. [5]
Boateng scored his first league double on 30 April 2017, in a 2–2 away draw against Arouca.
On 16 August 2017, Boateng signed a four-year deal with La Liga side Levante UD. [6]
On 13 May 2018, he scored first career hat-trick against champions Barcelona. Levante won the match 5–4, ending the possibility of an unbeaten season for Barcelona. [7]
On 20 February 2019, Boateng signed with Chinese Super League side Dalian Professional (then Dalian Yifang). [8] [9]
In 2022, Boateng left Dalian to rejoin Rio Ave. [10]
He was part of the Ghana national under-20 football team, who played the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. He scored one goal in the competition on 5 June 2015, in a 1–0 win against Panama. [11] On 30 May 2018 he made his senior appearance for the Black Stars. He marked his debut with a goal when he scored a penalty in the 51st minute of the game. [12]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Rio Ave | 2014–15 | Primeira Liga | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 28 | 2 |
Moreirense | 2015–16 | Primeira Liga | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 31 | 3 | ||
2016–17 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 33 | 10 | ||||
2017–18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 | ||||
Total | 55 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 13 | ||
Levante | 2017–18 | La Liga | 25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 29 | 7 | |||
2018–19 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | 19 | 1 | |||||
Total | 41 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 8 | ||
Dalian Professional | 2019 | Chinese Super League | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 22 | 11 | |||
2020 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | |||||
2021 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 13 | 4 | ||||
Total | 41 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 17 | ||
Career total | 150 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 186 | 40 |
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 30 May 2018 | International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan | Japan | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
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