Kennedy Asamoah Boateng (born 30 November 1989) 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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. His name has also appeared as Asomon Kenet and Kenneth Asamoah.

Club career

Asamoah played for several clubs in Ghana while young. In summer 2008 he moved abroad to play with Serbian SuperLiga club FK Jagodina. He stayed in Serbia for two seasons playing a total of 20 SuperLiga matches and scoring twice. In late summer 2010 he was loaned to

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club

Young Africans FC Young Africans Sports Club, commonly referred as Yanga is a Tanzanian professional football club based in Jangwani, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Founded in 1935, the club play their home games at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium. Nicknamed "Yanga" (Yo ...

. In 2011, he made the only and winning goal for Young Africans in the CECAFA

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final against

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In 2012, he returned to Europe, this time to Romanian side

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however failed to make it to the first team, ad after a year has signed with Ghanaian top-flight side

Medeama SC Medeama Sporting Club is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Tarkwa, Western Region. The club currently competes in the Ghana Premier League. The club was formerly known as Kessben F.C. before changing its name to Medeama Sporting C ...

. Kennedy Boateng has played for several Ghanaian teams and from 2013 to 2016 he played for Medeama in the

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.Kennedy Boateng
at National-Football-Teams.com

International career

In November 2013, coach

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invited him to be a part of the Ghana squad for the

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. He helped the team to a first-place finish after Ghana beat

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

by three goals to one.

Honours

;Young Africans *

: 2010–11Kennedy Boateng
at National-Football-Teams.com * Kagame Inter-Club Cup:

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;Medeama SC * Ghanaian FA Cup: 2015 * Ghana Super Cup: 2015 Ghana *

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* African Nations Championship Runner-up:

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* 1989 births Living people Ghanaian men's footballers Ghana men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Medeama S.C. players Ghana Premier League players 2014 African Nations Championship players FK Jagodina players FK Borac Čačak players Serbian SuperLiga players Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Young Africans S.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Tanzania Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Tanzanian Premier League players Ghana men's A' international footballers Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Tanzania Footballers from Sekondi-Takoradi {{Ghana-footy-forward-stub