Roy Boateng (born 21 January 1996) is a Ghanaian former footballer who played as a defender.
Career
Youth and college
Boateng was born in Accra, Ghana, and moved to Rohnert Park, California, at the age of eight. He attended Rancho Cotate High School in Rohnert Park, where he was a four-year letterwinner as a forward on the soccer team in addition to playing basketball and American football as a sophomore. However, his senior season was cut prematurely due to injury.
Boateng played four years of college soccer at the University of California, Davis between 2015 and 2018, making 82 appearances for the Aggies, scoring six goals and tallying one assist. He was converted to a defender by Aggies head coach Dwayne Shaffer, who redshirted him in 2014 so he could learn the position from senior Ramón Martín del Campo. Boating was named the Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Year in both his junior and senior seasons.
While at college, Boateng appeared for USL PDL side Portland Timbers U23s in both 2016 and 2017, and San Francisco Glens in 2018.
New York Red Bulls II
On January 11, 2019, Boateng was drafted 16th overall in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft by New York Red Bulls. He signed for the Red Bull's USL Championship side New York Red Bulls II on March 8, 2019. He was released by Red Bulls II on November 30, 2020.
References
External links
- UC Davis bio
- MLS bio
- USL bio
