Kofi Nti Boakye (born 5 April 1987) is a Ghanaian football player who plays as a

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or attacking midfielder.

Career

Early career

Former member of Ghana Academicals, he scored 8 goals in 15 League matches 2005 and was member of the Ghana Premier League All Star team 2007. Boakye began his career with Corners Babies in 2003. He later went on to join

Ghanaian Premier League The is the top professional association football division of the football league system in Ghana. Officially formed in 1956 to replace a previous league incarnation, the Gold Coast Club Competition (which began in 1933 and ended in 1953–54), t ...

club

Liberty Professionals FC Liberty Professionals Football Club is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Dansoman, Accra. History Liberty Professionals, was founded in 1996 by Accra-based businessmen Felix Ansong and Alhaji Sly Tetteh. The club was one of the e ...

aiding the club in taking the WAFU Cup and President Cup.

Heart of Lions

In 2008, Boakye joined

club

Heart of Lions Heart of Lions Football Club is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Kpandu, Volta. The club competed in the Glo Premier League The is the top professional association football division of the football league system in Ghana. Offic ...

playing for two seasons. He also assisted the club in qualifying for the African Confederation Cup.

Asante Kotoko

Boakye later signed with

club

Asante Kotoko Asante Kotoko Sporting Club, simply known as Asante Kotoko, is a professional football club founded on 31 August 1935 and based in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Nicknamed the ''Porcupine Warriors'', they compete in the Ghana Premier Lea ...

. He played for two seasons with the premier club and later became the Captain of the team. They went on to take the MTN FA Cup and qualified in the African Confederation Cup.

Al Ahli SC

In 2013, Boakye signed with Libyan side Al Ahli SC, He also played for Egyptian side Misr Lel Makkasa for another season before going on to play for Ifeanyi Ubah FC in 2015.

Shabab Al

In September 2017, Boakye Lebanese Premier League side Al Shabab.

International career

Boakye's first call up for the

Ghana national football team The Ghana national football team represents Ghana in men's international football, doing it since 1957. The team consists of twenty players including the technical team. The team is nicknamed the Black Stars after the Black Star of Africa in ...

was for a friendly match against

Argentina national football team The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in men's international football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, the governing body for football in Argentina. Nicknamed ''La Albiceleste'' ('The White and S ...

in September 2009. On 30 September 2009, during the friendly match, he started the match and played 57th minutes to mark his international debut.

Personal life

He is the brother of Isaac Boakye, the German-based player.

Honours

Asante Kotoko * Ghana Premier League: 2011–12, 2012–13 Al Ahli *

Libyan Premier League The Libyan Premier League ( ar, الدوري الليبي الممتاز) is the men's top professional football division of the Libyan football league system. Administered by the Competition Organizing Committee in the Libyan Football Federatio ...

: 2013–14 Ifeanyi Ubah *

Nigeria FA Cup The AITEO Cup (a.k.a. Challenge Cup, sometimes shortened to Fed Cup), is the main football single-elimination tournament in Nigeria contested by 74 teams, representing the 36 states + 1 FCT of Nigeria. It is the Nigerian domestic cup and the Nig ...

: 2016

References

External links

Player profile
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IM Scouting Profile
1987 births Living people Ghanaian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Liberty Professionals F.C. players Asante Kotoko S.C. players Heart of Lions F.C. players Al Ahli SC (Tripoli) players Misr Lel Makkasa SC players Al-Qaisumah FC players Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Expatriate men's footballers in Egypt Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Libya Expatriate men's footballers in Libya Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Egyptian Premier League players Saudi First Division League players Ghana men's international footballers Libyan Premier League players Place of birth missing (living people) {{Ghana-footy-forward-stub