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Derek Boateng

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Derek Owusu Boateng ( BOH-teng; born 2 May 1983) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Born in Ghana, Boateng went on to play professional football in Greece, Sweden, Israel, Germany, Spain, Ukraine, England, and the United States during a career that spanned between 1999 and 2017. A full international between 2001 and 2013, he won 47 caps for the Ghana national team and represented his country at the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Derek Boateng is the 6,444th most popular soccer player (down from 6,097th in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Ghana (down from 37th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Ghanaian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Derek Boateng ranks 6,444 out of 21,273. Before him are Masato Mizuki, Peter Houtman, Louis Gabrillargues, Denis Irwin, Dmitri Kharine, and Enzo Fernández. After him are Yasuyo Yamagishi, Jordan Pickford, Taishin Morikawa, Bernard, Laurent Robuschi, and Simon Rolfes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Derek Boateng ranks 227. Before him are Amber Tamblyn, Simone Pepe, Alessandro Diamanti, Jun Matsumoto, Fernando Cavenaghi, and Wang Hao. After him are Philipp Kohlschreiber, Julia Ducournau, Yuka Miyazaki, Viva Bianca, Krista Kosonen, and Zoe Kazan.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Derek Boateng ranks 46 out of 162. Before him are Nii Amaa Ollennu (1906), Kwadwo Asamoah (1988), Hugh Quarshie (1954), Owusu Benson (1977), James Kwesi Appiah (1960), and Alphonso Davies (2000). After him are Ayi Kwei Armah (1939), Kofi Awoonor (1935), Karim Abdul Razak (1956), Richard Kingson (1978), John Mensah (1982), and Kwame Ayew (1973).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ghana

Among soccer players born in Ghana, Derek Boateng ranks 17. Before him are Gerald Asamoah (1978), Baba Rahman (1994), Kwadwo Asamoah (1988), Owusu Benson (1977), James Kwesi Appiah (1960), and Alphonso Davies (2000). After him are Karim Abdul Razak (1956), Richard Kingson (1978), John Mensah (1982), Kwame Ayew (1973), Jonathan Mensah (1990), and Eric Addo (1978).

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