Kevin-Prince Boateng, known as Prince, is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for 2.
46 Facts About Kevin-Prince Boateng
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Kevin-Prince Boateng left Milan after three seasons, returning to Germany joining Schalke 04.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng made his third return to Germany in 2017, playing for Eintracht Frankfurt, before joining Italian side Sassuolo.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng started his club career with the club Reinickendorfer Fuchse in early 1994 at age six prior to signing for Hertha BSC on 1 July 1994 at the age of seven, first playing for them to 31 July 2007 when he was 20 years old.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng was awarded the Fritz Walter Bronze Medal Award in the Under-18 category in 2005.
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On 27 July 2006, Kevin-Prince Boateng was awarded the Fritz Walter Gold Medal in the Under-19 category.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng made ten Bundesliga appearances during his loan, but was forced to miss the final two matches of the season for a suspension of four matches imposed by the German Football Association following a tough challenge and "no-nonsense flying kick" to the head of VfL Wolfsburg's Makoto Hasebe.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng finished his only season at the club with three goals in 22 Premier League games as they were relegated amidst financial disarray.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng had his penalty for Portsmouth saved in the 54th minute, four minutes before Didier Drogba scored Chelsea's winning goal.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng claimed that Ballack slapped him in the face prior to this, and that he apologised to Ballack personally for the tackle which left him injured.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng called the German media and the German national team players hypocrites for backing Ballack whilst ignoring his slap on the pitch.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng criticised Joachim Low for protecting Ballack after he slapped striker Lukas Podolski in a Germany national football team training match the previous year.
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On 23 October 2011, Kevin-Prince Boateng came on as a half-time substitute against Lecce and scored three goals in 14 minutes.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng is only the second player in the history of Serie A to score a hat-trick after coming on as a substitute.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng reacted by kicking the ball into the stands before leaving the pitch, and was followed off by his teammates.
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On 30 October 2013, Kevin-Prince Boateng was voted the Schalke 04 player of the month for October 2013 by fans.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng scored seven Bundesliga goals over the season as Schalke finished in third place.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng was training with Milan since his suspension in September 2015.
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On 16 August 2017, Las Palmas announced that Kevin-Prince Boateng had cancelled his contract by the club by mutual consent, citing "irreversible personal reasons" for the decision.
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On 18 August 2017, Kevin-Prince Boateng completed his move to Eintracht Frankfurt on a three-year deal, where he won the DFB-Pokal.
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On 5 July 2018, Kevin-Prince Boateng signed with Sassuolo on a three-year deal.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng had joined the Catalan side to serve as a backup for Luis Suarez after Munir El Haddadi was sold to Sevilla.
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On 28 September 2020, Kevin-Prince Boateng moved to newly promoted Serie B side Monza on a one-year contract, with the option to extend for a further year.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng holds a German passport, previously playing for the Germany national youth team.
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In February 2009, Kevin-Prince Boateng was called up to the Germany U21 team by new coach Horst Hrubesch for the international match against the Republic of Ireland in Cork.
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In June 2009, Kevin-Prince Boateng told the German authorities that he was no longer interested in representing Germany.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng received a Ghanaian passport and switched his allegiance to Ghana in May 2010; he has said that he feels more Ghanaian.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng began his senior international football career by attending training with the national side, "The Black Stars," that same month at the Accra Sports Stadium in Greater Accra prior the 2010 World Cup.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng was selected as part of the Ghana squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa by head coach Milovan Rajevac, to fill in for the injured Michael Essien alongside defensive midfielder Anthony Annan.
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In November 2011, Kevin-Prince Boateng announced his international retirement, citing fatigue from travel at the age of 24 years, thus missing the chance to contest the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.
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In September 2012, Marseille's Ghanaian striker and close friend Andre Ayew revealed that Kevin-Prince Boateng was considering reversing his decision to retire, but he did not play in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations either.
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On 1 October 2013, Kevin-Prince Boateng was selected for Ghana's 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification play-offs against Egypt.
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On 2 June 2014, Kevin-Prince Boateng was named in Ghana's squad for the World Cup finals.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng is a quick, dynamic, physically strong and well-rounded midfielder, known for his aggression, eye for goal, long-range shooting ability, flair, footspeed, ball-juggling tricks, and dribbling skills.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng combines technical skill with speed of action which makes him more dangerous.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng has been utilised in many midfield positions throughout his career, but usually plays either in the centre in a box-to-box role, or as an attacking midfielder or forward; he has been deployed as a false-attacking midfielder, as a second striker, or even as a winger on occasion during his time with Milan.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng is the older, paternal half-brother of fellow professional footballer Jerome Boateng.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng became engaged to Italian model Melissa Satta in 2011, and the pair have a child, Maddox Prince, born 15 April 2014.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng says he speaks Turkish, German, English and Italian, and understands French and Arabic.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng is the nephew of Yaw Kevin-Prince Boateng Gyan who is the former National Organizer of the NDC.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng has a tattoo of the map of Ghana and the country's name on his arm.
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In February 2013, Kevin-Prince Boateng was appointed as the first global ambassador for the FIFA anti-discrimination taskforce, to work alongside FIFA Vice-president Jeffrey Webb at FIFA headquarters.
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In March 2013, Kevin-Prince Boateng was named as the United Nations ambassador for anti-racism.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng delivered his first speech in that role accompanied by UN human rights chief Navi Pillay at the United Nations Office at Geneva.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng is a keen singer and dancer, and has said that his singing and dancing idol is Michael Jackson.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng released his second single, Bella Vita, in July 2019.