| Roy Boateng | |
| Birth Date: | January 21, 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Accra, Ghana |
| Height: | 1.88 m |
| Position: | Defender |
| Collegeyears1: | 2015–2018 |
| College1: | UC Davis Aggies |
| Collegecaps1: | 82 |
| Collegegoals1: | 6 |
| Years1: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Portland Timbers U23s |
| Caps1: | 7 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2018 |
| Clubs2: | San Francisco Glens |
| Caps2: | 2 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs3: | New York Red Bulls II |
| Caps3: | 11 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2021 |
| Clubs4: | FC Motown |
| Caps4: | 3+ |
| Goals4: | 0+ |
| Club-Update: | July 25, 2022 |
Roy Boateng (born 21 January 1996) is a Ghanaian former footballer who played as a defender.
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] Boating 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]
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]