COP11 Posted July 10, 2014 Posted July 10, 2014 Kevin-Prince Boateng (born 6 March 1987) is a professional footballer who currently plays for FC Schalke 04. A Ghanaian international, Boateng is a Utility Man and utilized in many positions. Boateng signed for Hertha BSC in the Bundesliga in July 1994. In 2006 he was nominated as one of the best youth players in Germany. Boateng left the Bundesliga in 2007 to play in the Premier League but later returned to the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund in 2009. He later played for Tottenham Hotspur and Portsmouth in the Premier League and for Genoa CFC and AC Milanin Serie A, prior to playing for FC Schalke of the Bundesliga. Boateng has eleven caps with two goals for the Ghana national football team, and was among the ten players nominated for African Footballer of the Year in 2010 and 2011. Boateng is known for his intense dynamism; physical strength, extreme aggression,man-to-man marking, tempestuous sliding tackles, endurance, immense work rate, exceptional high jumping, acrobatics, both footedness, foot speed, and ball-juggling tricks. 2014 World CupOn 1 October 2013, Boateng was selected for the Ghana national football team's 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification play-offs against Egypt. On 4 November 2013, he came on as a 79th minute substitute in the second leg and scored Ghana's only goal in the 89th minute as the Black Stars secured qualification to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. On 2 June 2014, Boateng was named in Ghana's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. In the team's opening match, he came on as a second half substitute for the Black Stars against the United States in a 2–1 defeat. He was then selected to start against Germany, the country of his birth, in Ghana's second match, during which, just like four years earlier in South Africa, he faced his half-brother Jérôme. On 26 June 2014, Boateng was sent home and indefinitely suspended from the Ghana squad for disciplinary reasons, only hours before the final Group match against Portugal, after verbally abusing Ghana manager James Kwesi Appiah during a team meeting. Boateng was sent home along with fellow midfielder Sulley Muntari. On 29 June 2014, Boateng has hit back at the Ghana Football Association after being sent home early from the World Cup, describing the Black Stars' organisation during the tournament in Brazil as "amateurish". United NationsIn March 2013, Boateng was named as the United Nations ambassador for anti-racism. Boateng delivered his first speech as a UN ambassador to the United Nations, accompanied by UN human rights chief Navi Pillay at the United Nations Office. FIFAIn February 2013, Boateng was appointed as the first global ambassador for the Fédération Internationale de Football Association's anti-discrimination taskforce and work alongside FIFA vice-president, Jeffrey Webb at FIFA. On March 2013, Boateng presented FIFA President Sepp Blatter with his first phase of solutions to ending global racism in football, as requested by Blatter. Quote
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