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'''Derek Boateng''' (born [[May 2]], [[1983]] in Accra, Ghana) is a midfielder for Beitar Jerusalem FC.
Originally a striker, Boateng has moved further down the pitch and is currently considered a defensive midfielder in his club, due to the position slightly behind the other midfielders he tends to have during the game. While he is not a traditional holding midfielder, his ability to hold the ball and make the opening passes makes him suitable for that position.

Boateng grew up in Accra, and joined the youth academy of local side Liberty Professionals at the age of 10 in 1993. Among his team mates were Michael Essien. At the age of 16 he signed for [[Kalamata FC]] in Greece.
Kalamata stopped him from appearing in the Under-17 World Cup in 1999 in New Zealand.

In 2001 he signed for [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]], one of the leading Greek clubs.

The same year he played for Ghana at the FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina, where he took his country to the final. He was named one of the rising stars of the tournament.

As assistant manager for Manchester United, Steve McClaren had seen Boateng play against Manchester United in Champions League, and when McLaren became the manager of Middlesbrough in 2002, he tried to sign him. [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] accepted, but as he was not playing regularly for the Ghana national team, he was unable to receive a work permit.

In the 2002 Boateng was unable to keep his place in the [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] squad, and was sent on loan to [[OFI FC|OFI]], another Greek team, in which he had a terrible time.

His Swedish agent, Patrik Mörk, suggested that he could join AIK, and after months of negotiations he signed
for AIK in August of 2003.

His first time in AIK was tough, he got injured in his first game, and was never able to fully recover that season.

The 2004 season saw AIK relegated from Allsvenskan for only the third time in the history of the club. Boateng, the rest of the squad and organisation received massive criticism from both media and AIK fans, requiring police escort from the arena several times when AIK had performed poorly. After the October loss against Örgryte, relegation was unavoidable, and Boateng fell to the ground crying.

The 2005 season was his major breakthrough at his current side. Before the start of that campaign he was deemed an unaffordable expense and used his pre-season training trotting around Europe in search of a new club. He failed in this mission and remained at AIK.

He was considered unfit by manager Rikard Norling and only got to play regular season matches after committing to an extensive physical training program. After this he got more and more match time and became a regular in the first-team line-up during the second half of the season. Interestingly the team never lost with Boateng on the pitch, either as a substitute or in the starting line-up. AIK gained promotion after winning the Superettan in style, distancing runners-up Östers IF by nine points.

Boateng continued to perform well in the spring season of 2006, and after participating in a friedly with Ghana against French club Nice, he was selected for the Ghana squad at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He also extended his contract with AIK for one more year until the end of 2007.

He made his first FIFA World Cup appearance on June 17 2006, when he replaced Otto Addo at half-time in the 2-0 win against Czech Republic.

In July 2006, he signed with Beitar Jerusalem until June 2009.

==Honors and awards==
*FIFA World Youth Championship runner-up: 2001
==External links==
*[http://www.aik.se/fotboll/aikindex.html?/fotboll/2006/herrar/laget/2006_20debo.html AIK profile]
*[http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/player/183008_BOATENG_Derek.html FIFA World Cup 2006 profile]

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−	'''Derek Boateng''' (born [[May 2]], [[1983]] in Accra, Ghana) is a midfielder ~~for Beitar Jerusalem FC~~.	+	'''Derek Boateng''' (born [[May 2]], [[1983]] in Accra, Ghana) is a midfielder who has played a few seasons in [[Greece]].
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	Originally a striker, Boateng has moved further down the pitch and is currently considered a defensive midfielder in his club, due to the position slightly behind the other midfielders he tends to have during the game. While he is not a traditional holding midfielder, his ability to hold the ball and make the opening passes makes him suitable for that position.		Originally a striker, Boateng has moved further down the pitch and is currently considered a defensive midfielder in his club, due to the position slightly behind the other midfielders he tends to have during the game. While he is not a traditional holding midfielder, his ability to hold the ball and make the opening passes makes him suitable for that position.

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 In the 2002 Boateng was unable to keep his place in the [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] squad, and was sent on loan to [[OFI FC|OFI]], another Greek team, in which he had a terrible time.
-His Swedish agent, Patrik Mörk, suggested that he could join AIK, and after months of negotiations he signed
+His Swedish agent, Patrik Mörk, suggested that he could join AIK, and after months of negotiations he signed for AIK in August of 2003. In 2006, he signed with Beitar Jerusalem and in January 2009 with FC Koeln. As of July that same year he is a player of Spanish side Getafe.
-His first time in AIK was tough, he got injured in his first game, and was never able to fully recover that season.
+On the national level, Boateng, after participating in a friedly with Ghana against French club Nice,  was selected for the Ghana squad at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
-The 2004 season saw AIK relegated from Allsvenskan for only the third time in the history of the club. Boateng, the rest of the squad and organisation received massive criticism from both media and AIK fans, requiring police escort from the arena several times when AIK had performed poorly. After the October loss against Örgryte, relegation was unavoidable, and Boateng fell to the ground crying.
+He made his first FIFA World Cup appearance on June 17 2006, when he replaced Otto Addo at half-time in the 2-0 win against Czech Republic.
-Boateng continued to perform well in the spring season of 2006, and after participating in a friedly with Ghana against French club Nice, he was selected for the Ghana squad at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He also extended his contract with AIK for one more year until the end of 2007.
+He was also selected by Ghana at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
 ==Honors and awards==