Kwame Boahene Explained

Kwame Boahene
Birth Date:6 July 1993
Birth Place:Accra, Ghana
Position:Winger/attacking midfielder
Years1:2012–2013
Clubs1:Liberty Professionals
Caps1:32
Goals1:22
Years2:2016
Clubs2:Medeama
Caps2:25
Goals2:17
Years3:2017 to date
Clubs3:Asante Kotoko
Caps3:67
Goals3:32
Nationalyears1:2012–2013
Nationalteam1:Ghana U20

Kwame Boahene is a Ghanaian professional footballer. He plays for Asante Kotoko in the Glo Premier League of Ghana.[1] He was part of the Ghana national U-20 team that won silver at the 2013 African Youth Championships and bronze at the 2013 FIFA U-20 Tournament.[2] He plays as a winger/ attacking midfielder or second striker.

Professional career

On 19 October 2013 he scored for Liberty Professionals to help secure a draw with King Faisal Babes.[3] He was the best player and top scorer at Liberty Professionals before Medeama signed him. In the Medeama SC Africa campaign he was their top scorer with five goals on two consecutive years whilst in the domestic front he netted 17 goals.Boahen joined Kotoko in 2017 for a fee in the region of $50,000 and he quickly established himself as the key man on the wings. He scored 12 goals in his first season with Kotoko but suffered an injury which kept him out for sometime. On his return, he has netted four goals in four games and provided two assists. He scored a potential Puskas goal of the year contender (A scissor kick)against Berekum Arsenal at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi as Kotoko won the NC Special Tournament quarter finals game by two goals to one on Sunday June 9, 2019.

International career

African Youth Championship

Boahene was part of the Ghana Under-20 national team during the qualification rounds for the 2013 African U-20 Championship.[2] In 2013, coach Sellas Tetteh called him up, with Liberty Professional teammates Ebenezer Assifuah and Kennedy Ashia, for the Ghana Under-20 national team for the 2013 tournament in Algeria.[4]

FIFA U-20 Championship, Turkey 2013

Boahene was a member of the Ghana Under-20 national team that took part in the 2013 FIFA U-20 tournament in Turkey.[5] [6] [7] [8]

He has also featured for the Black Stars B team.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kennedy Ashia . www.goal.com . 21 January 2014.
  2. Web site: Black Satellites striker Ebenezer Assifuah to move to Liberty Professionals right away . www.goal.com . March 27, 2013.
  3. Web site: Ten-man Faisal denied at the death . www.mtnfootball.com . 21 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140126113122/http://www.mtnfootball.com/africa/ghana/news/2013/oct/19-king-faisal-1-1-medeama.html . 26 January 2014 . dead .
  4. Web site: Ghana names final squad for U-20 finals. GhanaFA.org. 27 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131101074750/http://www.ghanafa.org/pages/blacksatellites/201303/8200.php. 1 November 2013. dead.
  5. Web site: Revealed: Ghana’s final 21-man squad for U-20 World Cup . allsports.com.gh . 8 July 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130826064323/http://allsports.com.gh/2013/06/14/revealed-ghanas-final-21-man-squad-for-u-20-world-cup/ . 26 August 2013 .
  6. Web site: Ghana FA confirms U20 squad numbers for FIFA World Cup in Turkey . ghanasoccernet.com . 8 July 2013.
  7. Web site: Ghana U20 coach releases preliminary World Cup squad . mtnfootball.com . 8 July 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201162603/http://www.mtnfootball.com/africa/ghana/news/2013/apr/24-ghana-u20-coach-releases-preliminary-world-cup-squad.html . 1 February 2014 .
  8. Web site: Ghana Under 20 . soccerway.com . 8 July 2013.