Kennedy Boateng (footballer, born 1996)

Kennedy Boateng
Boateng with LASK Linz in 2017
Personal information
Full name Kennedy Kofi Boateng
Date of birth (1996-11-29) 29 November 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth Tamale, Ghana
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Al-Fateh
Number 3
Youth career
–2016 WAFA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 WAFA 20 (1)
2016–2019 LASK Linz 10 (2)
2016–2017 FC Pasching/LASK Linz Juniors 12 (1)
2017–2019 → SV Ried (loan) 59 (0)
2019–2021 SV Ried 45 (1)
2021–2023 Santa Clara 52 (3)
2023–2024 Austria Lustenau 17 (0)
2024–2026 Dinamo București 66 (7)
2026– Al-Fateh 1 (0)
International career‡
2022– Togo 16 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 June 2026

Kennedy Kofi Boateng (born 29 November 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Saudi Pro League club Al-Fateh. Born in Ghana, he plays for the Togo national team.

Club career

Boateng made his Austrian Football First League debut for LASK Linz on 23 September 2016 in a game against FC Blau-Weiß Linz.

On 2 July 2021, Boateng signed a two-year contract with Santa Clara in Portugal.

On 7 November 2023, Boateng signed a one-year contract with Austrian Bundesliga club Austria Lustenau.

In June 2024, he signed a two-year contract with Romanian side Dinamo București.[citation needed]

International career

Boateng was born in Ghana, and is Togolese by his mother. He was called up to represent the Togo national team in November 2021. He debuted for Togo in a 3–0 friendly win over Sierra Leone on 24 March 2022.

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 August 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
WAFA 2016 Ghana Premier League 201————201
LASK 2016–17 2. Liga 10210———112
LASK Linz Juniors 2016–17 Regionalliga 121————121
SV Ried (loan) 2017–18 2. Liga 29043———333
2018–19 2. Liga 30030———330
Total 59073———663
SV Ried 2019–20 2. Liga 21120———231
2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga 24000———240
Total 45120———471
Santa Clara 2021–22 Primeira Liga 260101020—300
2022–23 Primeira Liga 2631031——304
Total 523204120—604
Austria Lustenau 2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga 170————170
Dinamo București 2024–25 Liga I 28220———302
2025–26 Liga I 38551——10446
Total 66771——10748
Al-Fateh 2026–27 Saudi Pro League 1000———10
Career total 2821519441201030820
  1. ↑ Includes Austrian Cup, Taça de Portugal, Cupa României
  2. ↑ Includes Taça da Liga
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ↑ Appearances in Liga I European play-offs

International

As of match played 9 June 2026
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Togo 2022 6 0
2023 1 0
2024 3 0
2025 4 0
2026 2 0
Total 16 0

Honours

LASK Linz

SV Ried

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 23 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "OFICIAL: KENNEDY BOATENG". Santa Clara. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "SC Austria Lustenau signs Kennedy Boateng". SC Austria Lustenau. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Ghanaian Kennedy Boateng explains why he joined the Togo national team". AfrikPage. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "Ghanaian-born defender Kennedy Boateng handed first Togo call-up". 9 November 2021.
  6. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Togo vs. Sierra Leone". national-football-teams.com.
  7. ↑ Kennedy Boateng at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "SUPERLIGA – Echipa sezonului 2025-2026". lpf.ro.