Gideon Acheampong Boateng (born 26 August 1991 in Accra) is a

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

ian professional

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, who plays in

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for CS Visé as a striker. He holds both a Ghanaian passport and a

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Career

Boateng began his career 2004 by

Royal Antwerp Royal Antwerp Football Club, often referred to as Royal Antwerp or simply Antwerp, is a Belgian football club based in the city of Antwerp. Founded around 1880 as ''Antwerp Cricket Club'' by English students residing in Antwerp, 15 years before ...

, he joined later to Lierse in 2005. He played with Lierse one year before scouted in 2006 from Anderlecht. Boateng played in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

3 years before he transferred to

MVV Maastricht Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently compete in the Eerst ...

on 15 December 2008. He signed a three and half year contract.MVV Lays Down Gideon Boateng (in Dutch, but can be translated into English)
voetbalplus.nl. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2009. In January 2012, Boateng transferred from Dutch club

to Belgian club CS Visé in order to help the Belgian club gain promotion from the

2011–12 Belgian Second Division The 2011–12 season of the Belgian Second Division (also known as EXQI League for sponsorship reasons) started in August 2011 and is the second tier football league in Belgium. The league is played by 18 teams, with 34 matchdays of 9 matches eac ...

to the 2012–2013

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References

Gideon wasn't a professional footballer

External links

Gideon Boateng - CS Visé Profile

Gideon Boateng - MVV Profile
* 1991 births Ghanaian men's footballers R.S.C. Anderlecht players Living people Footballers from Accra Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Lierse S.K. players Men's association football forwards Royal Antwerp F.C. players MVV Maastricht players C.S. Visé players Eerste Divisie players Challenger Pro League players Ghanaian emigrants to Belgium Belgian expatriate men's footballers Belgian men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands {{Ghana-footy-forward-stub