Malachi Boateng (born 5 July 2002) is an English

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Dundee Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...

, on loan from

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club

Crystal Palace Crystal Palace may refer to: Places Canada * Crystal Palace Complex (Dieppe), a former amusement park now a shopping complex in Dieppe, New Brunswick * Crystal Palace Barracks, London, Ontario * Crystal Palace (Montreal), an exhibition building * ...

Early life

Boateng was born in England and has Ghanaian heritage. He is the brother of former Crystal Palace academy footballer

Hiram Boateng Hiram Kojo Kwarteng Boateng (born 8 January 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League Two club Mansfield Town. Club career Crystal Palace Born in Wandsworth, Boateng joined the academy of Crystal Palac ...

Career

Crystal Palace

Boateng joined the

youth system at the age of 11, signing his first professional contract with the in October 2019. He won both the Under-18 and Under-23 player of the season awards during his time in the youth teams, and made three appearances for the Under 21 team in the

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. He traveled with the first-team squad on their pre-season tour to Singapore and Australia in advance of the 2022–23 season, making two appearances as substitute.

Queen's Park (loan)

Boateng joined

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side Queen's Park on loan for the 2022–23 season on 12 August 2022. He made his professional debut by starting for Queens Park in a 3–2 victory over

Partick Thistle Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908. ...

Ochilview Park Ochilview Park is a football stadium in Stenhousemuir in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish League Two club Stenhousemuir, and is also currently shared by Scottish Championship club Queen's Park and East ...

a day later. Boateng enjoyed a very strong season with the ''Spiders'', helping the small side come close to winning the league, and would end the season being named to

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's Scottish Championship Team of the Year. He was also named as both the committee's and the supporters' Queen's Park Player of the Year at the end of the season.

Dundee (loan)

On 18 July 2023, Boateng joined

club

on a season-long loan. He would make his competitive debut later that same day in an away

Scottish League Cup The Scottish League Cup (also known as the Viaplay Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a football competition open to all Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) clubs. First held in 1946–47, it is the oldest national League Cup in existen ...

group stage win against Bonnyrigg Rose.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boateng, Malachi Living people 2002 births English people of Ghanaian descent English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Scottish Professional Football League players Crystal Palace F.C. players Queen's Park F.C. players Black British sportsmen Place of birth missing (living people) Dundee F.C. players