german association football player

Jérôme Agyenim Boateng ( natural 3 September 1988 ) is a german professional football player who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 cabaret Lyon. Boateng started his career at Hertha BSC where he developed from the youth ranks to the main team. After his first base season at Hertha, he soon signed for Hamburger SV and established himself as an integral separate of the team, helping Hamburg reach the two straight UEFA Europa League semi-finals. After one season in England with Manchester City, he joined Bayern Munich in 2011 and has since won domestic and european respect with the baseball club, notably the continental ternary in the 2012–13 and 2019–20 seasons. His contract ran out on 30 June 2021 and since became a free agent.

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Boateng played in the Germany under-21 side, which won the 2009 Euro U-21 Championship and was soon promoted to the national side. Boateng has since accumulated over 70 caps and represented Germany at UEFA Euro 2012, Euro 2016, 2010 World Cup, 2014 World Cup, and 2018 World Cup. He was a key penis of his country ‘s victory in the 2014 World Cup. He is the younger stepbrother of companion football player Kevin-Prince Boateng .

Club career [edit ]

early career [edit ]

Boateng started his career with the young team of Tennis Borussia Berlin, before joining Hertha BSC in 2002. [ 5 ]

Hertha BSC [edit ]

After emerging from the youth team set-up, he played for the reserves for two seasons. He scored one finish in nine appearances in the 2005–06 season [ 6 ] and made 15 appearances in the 2006–07 season. [ 7 ] He won a call-up to the first-team team on 31 January 2007. He made his debut against Hannover 96 in the AWD-Arena, during workweek 19 of the 2006–07 Bundesliga temper. He then became a first-team regular, despite being barely 18 years of age. He finished the 2006–07 season with 11 appearances for the first team. [ 7 ] Boateng was linked with a move to Hamburger SV in the summer of 2007. [ 8 ] Because of this, according to the german media, Boateng did not want to sign a five-year professional contract with Hertha. [ citation needed ]

Hamburger SV [edit ]

Boateng moved to Hamburg on 22 August 2007 for a tip said to be around €1.1 million. Boateng spent two successful years at Hamburg, where he would go on to become an significant part of the side ‘s defense in the 2008–09 season which saw Hamburg in the race for the Bundesliga entitle, angstrom well as reaching the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League in both his years at the club. He had made 37 appearances during the 2007–08 season. [ 9 ] and 35 appearances during the 2008–09 season. [ 10 ] In the 2009–10 season, he broke into the Germany home side after impressing for Hamburg, earning himself a space in the squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He finished the 2009–10 season with a goal in 41 appearances. [ 7 ] [ 11 ]

Manchester City [edit ]

On 5 June 2010, English Premier League club Manchester City confirmed the transfer of Boateng to the English golf club for £10.4 million on a five-year conduct, where he wore his favor number 17 shirt. [ 12 ] He made his City debut in a pre-season friendly against Valencia for the first gear half, alternating between centre-back and right-back with Micah Richards. After an impressive discharge, down the proper flank, he provided the serve hybridization for Gareth Barry to score. [ citation needed ] During the week prior to the beginning of the 2010–11 Premier League season, Boateng suffered an injury reverse on external duty with Germany during a friendly against Denmark. He tore a tendon in his leave knee, which was then aggravated on the airplane home after a collision with a drinks streetcar. [ 13 ] He made his debut for Manchester City with a ersatz appearance during a 1–0 victory against Chelsea on 25 September 2010. He followed this with a first competitive start in a 1–1 Europa League absorb with Juventus, playing at right-back. [ 14 ] In his one season with City, Boateng made 24 appearances. [ 7 ] He besides won the 2010–11 FA Cup despite not being a member of the matchday squad for the concluding. [ 15 ]

Bayern Munich [edit ]

2011–12 temper [edit ]

In June 2011, Boateng expressed his desire to leave Manchester City for Bayern Munich, stating that playing for Bayern would help his chances of playing regularly for the Germany national team and that he was frustrated at having to play about entirely at right-back. [ 16 ] On 14 July 2011, Bayern confirmed the transfer of Boateng to the german club for a fee of €13.5 million on a four-year cope. He was given the same number 17 shirt he wore at Manchester City and for most of his time with Hamburg. He made his introduction on 27 July 2011 as a second-half substitute for Rafinha during the 2011 Audi Cup in a equal against Milan. [ 17 ] His Bundesliga debut for Bayern came in a 0–1 home defeat against Borussia Mönchengladbach, on 6 August ; an mistake between himself and fellow new signing goalkeeper Manuel Neuer allowed Igor de Camargo to score the merely goal. [ 18 ] The team finished the season as runner-up in the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and Champions League, with Boateng playing the finals of the latter two tournaments in their entirety. He made 48 appearances during the 2011–12 season. [ 19 ]

2012–13 season [edit ]

Boateng playing for Bayern Munich in 2012 During the 2012–13 season, Boateng was a regular extremity of the Bayern team that won a soprano of the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and Champions League, in accession to the DFL-Supercup at the begin of the season. On 5 December 2012, Boateng picked up a loss card against BATE Borisov which resulted in a two-match ban. [ 20 ] He scored his beginning Bundesliga goal with a header from Phillip Lahm ‘s traverse on 9 March 2013, the winner as Bayern came from behind for a 3–2 home acquire against Fortuna Düsseldorf. [ 21 ] He netted a second on 13 April, an acrobatic half-volley to open a 5–0 home winnings over 1. FC Nürnberg, after Bayern had already won the league title. [ 22 ] He scored two goals in 40 appearances during the 2012–13 temper. [ 7 ] [ 23 ]

2013–14 season [edit ]

On 2 October 2013, Boateng picked up a red tease against former club Manchester City which resulted in a one-match banish in the Champions League. [ 24 ] His only league goal of the temper was on 9 November, finishing a corner after four minutes of a 3–0 home acquire over FC Augsburg. [ 25 ] He extended his contract with Bayern on 11 December, which will keep him at the club until 2018. [ 26 ] On 3 May 2014, Boateng picked up a loss circuit board which resulted in a two-match banish. [ 27 ] Bayern ended the season as winners of a domestic double of the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal. He scored a goal in 43 appearances during the 2013–14 season. [ 7 ] [ 28 ]

2014–15 season [edit ]

On 17 September 2014, Boateng scored his first european finish for Bayern in the 2014–15 Champions League season with a hit which was the only finish in the possibility group stage match against his former cabaret Manchester City. [ 29 ] Boateng picked up a crimson menu against Schalke 04 on 3 February 2015 which resulted in a three-match prohibition in the Bundesliga. [ 30 ] Boateng scored in a 7–0 Champions League orotund of 16 win against Shakhtar Donetsk on 11 March 2015, [ 31 ] and in a 6–1 quarter-final win over Porto on 21 April. [ 32 ] He finished the 2014–15 temper three goals in 44 appearances. [ 7 ] [ 33 ]

2015–16 season [edit ]

Boateng started the 2015–16 season by playing in the german Super Cup. [ 34 ] He picked up a red circuit board against 1899 Hoffenheim on 22 August 2015. [ 35 ] On 18 December, Boateng signed a new sign with Bayern, keeping him at the cabaret until 2021. [ 36 ] He finished the 2015–16 season with 31 appearances. [ 34 ] [ 37 ]

2016–17 season [edit ]

On 20 December 2016, Boateng suffered pectoral muscle tendon and was out for about three months. [ 38 ] On 11 March 2017, Boateng made his return after 108 days as a utility by replacing Javi Martínez in the 64th minute in a 3–0 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt. [ 39 ] On 14 April 2017, head coach Carlo Ancelotti confirmed that Boateng was ruled out of the away match in the league against Bayer Leverkusen due to adductor problem. [ 40 ] He made his retort on 20 May 2017, Boateng sustained muscle injury and was subbed off just after 11 minutes in the last match of the season where Bayern won 4–1 against SC Freiburg. [ 41 ] He finished the 2016–17 temper with 21 appearances. [ 42 ]

2017–18 temper [edit ]

On 13 September 2017, Boateng made his rejoinder after 115 days on the sidelines in the Champions League couple and provided one help to Joshua Kimmich ‘s deep finish after being subbed on in a 3–0 victory over Anderlecht. [ 43 ] On 21 December, Boateng scored a header in a 2–1 acquire as his english knocked their fierce rival Borussia Dortmund out of the DFB-Pokal during the round of 16 match. [ 44 ] On 27 January 2018, Boateng scored another header in the league catch and his first league finish since November 2013 as his side made a arrive back from two goal behind to finish the crippled with a 5–2 victory over 1899 Hoffenheim. [ 45 ] Boateng made his 250th appearance for the club in a 6–0 victory over Hamburg on 10 March. [ 46 ] On 11 April, Boateng and his teammate Thomas Müller made their hundredth european appearance in the Champions League pit against Sevilla as the bet on finished 0–0 reap. [ 47 ] On 26 April, Boateng suffered second joint brawn wound during the Champions League semi-final first base leg match against Real Madrid in which the game ended 2–1 loss for his sides [ 48 ] and the injury made him miss all the remaining matches of the season. [ 49 ] He finished the 2017–18 season with two goals in 31 appearances. [ 50 ]

2018–19 season [edit ]

Boateng entered the season injury-free and started the season strong as he played every infinitesimal of Bayern ‘s first three Bundesliga matches. During the first half of the season, Boateng was rotated along with Bayern ‘s other two centre-backs, Mats Hummels and Niklas Süle. [ 51 ] Boateng lost his place in the starting lineup as Bayern ‘s coach, Niko Kovač, decided that Hummels and Süle were his foremost option. After the winter break, Boateng was linked to other clubs as he was reported to be dysphoric with his position at Bayern. [ 52 ] On 18 May 2019, Boateng won his seventh consecutive Bundesliga title as Bayern finished two points above Dortmund with 78 points. A week later, Boateng won his fourthly DFB-Pokal as Bayern defeated RB Leipzig 3–0 in the 2019 DFB-Pokal Final. Boateng did not appear in the match as he was an unused substitute. [ 53 ] He finished the 2018–19 temper without scoring in 28 appearances. [ 54 ]

2019–20 season [edit ]

On 14 December 2019, Boateng made his three-hundredth appearance for Bayern in a equal against Werder Bremen. [ 55 ] Boateng besides regained his seat in the begin XI, often partnering up with David Alaba, after Niklas Süle suffered a long-run injury in October 2019 and Bayern ‘s fresh signing Lucas Hernandez suffered from minor injuries. He regained his imprint in this season and performed very good, completing his second continental soprano .

2020–21 season [edit ]

On 3 November 2020, Boateng scored his first goal of the season in a 6–2 away win over Red Bull Salzburg in the Champions League. [ 56 ] In April 2021, Bayern ‘s sporting director Hasan Salihamidžić stated that Boateng ‘s contract would expire in the summer and would not be extended. [ 57 ]

lyon [edit ]

On 1 September 2021, Boateng joined french side Lyon on a release transfer. He signed a narrow until 30 June 2023. [ 58 ]

International career [edit ]

Boateng has played for the german under-17 and under-19 national teams. On 5 July 2007 he was called up to the german under-19 police squad by coach Frank Engel [ 59 ] for the 2007 UEFA european Under-19 Championship held in Austria, from 16 July until 27 July. [ 60 ] Boateng is besides a erstwhile Germany under-21 international and won with the team the 2009 UEFA european Under-21 Championship. He made his debut with the Germany elder team on 10 October 2009 against Russia, becoming the first german international to get sent off on his debut ; he received a second base engagement in the second half. [ 61 ] Despite this shaky begin, he was called up regularly ever since. [ citation needed ]

2010 FIFA World Cup [edit ]

Boateng was included in Joachim Löw ‘s final 23-man police squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. [ 62 ] On 23 June 2010, Boateng played for Germany against his stepbrother ; Kevin-Prince who represents Ghana. The game ended in a 1–0 victory for Germany. [ 63 ] It was the first prison term that two brothers played on antonym teams at the FIFA World Cup. [ 64 ] Boateng started his second straight plot as Germany beat England 4–1, [ 65 ] and Argentina 4–0 in the quarter-final, [ 66 ] american samoa well as the 1–0 passing to Spain in the semi-final. [ 67 ] Boateng featured in the third-place game against Uruguay. He aided Germany to a 3–2 gain by providing the assist for Germany ‘s irregular goal by Marcell Jansen, helping to secure one-third place at a second true World Cup. [ 68 ]

UEFA Euro 2012 [edit ]

Boateng was included in Germany ‘s 23-man police squad for Euro 2012. He played at right-back and featured in four of their five matches as the nation reached the semi-final, but were eliminated by Italy. [ citation needed ]

2014 FIFA World Cup [edit ]

Boateng and his brother played against each other again four years later during the following World Cup, when Ghana and Germany were once again drawn in the same group. [ 69 ] On 8 July 2014, Boateng played the entire match for Germany in their record-breaking 7–1 semi-final defeat of Brazil. [ 70 ] On 13 July 2014, Boateng won the 2014 World Cup with Germany after they defeated Argentina 1–0 in the concluding. [ 71 ] He played a cardinal function in Germany ‘s victory in the concluding, winning 83 % of his duels [ 72 ] and making several well tackles aboard teammate Mats Hummels, while only committing 1 pollute throughout the entire 120 minutes. several media sources named him as man of the match, although the official world of the match was Mario Götze. [ 73 ] [ 74 ]

UEFA Euro 2016 [edit ]

On 13 June 2016, Boateng made a vital goal-line clearance which denied Ukraine to score a goal as the match ended in a 2–0 victory for the Germans in their first group stage match. [ 75 ] On 26 June, Boateng scored his first international goal in the round of 16 match against Slovakia, opening the score with a long-range fusillade in the 3–0 victory. [ 76 ] On 8 July, Boateng was subbed off in the irregular half as he suffered thigh muscleman wound during the semi-final equal against France and the match ended 2–0 loss for Germany. [ 77 ]

2018 FIFA World Cup [edit ]

Boateng was named in Joachim Löw ‘s final 23-man team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup on 4 June 2018. [ 78 ] On 23 June, Boateng was sent off after receiving a second yellow wag during their second gear group stagecoach match against Sweden, but that did n’t stop Germany winning the game with 2–1 victory. [ 79 ] He besides became the first German player to be sent off in a World Cup match since Miroslav Klose against Serbia in the 2010 World Cup. [ 80 ] however, he was eliminated after Germany suffered a 0–2 shock defeat to South Korea, frankincense Germany were eliminated from the tournament. [ 81 ] On 5 March 2019, national team coach Joachim Löw confirmed that he would plan without Boateng for the foreseeable future, along with his clubhouse teammates Mats Hummels and Thomas Müller. [ 82 ]

style of toy [edit ]

A versatile defender, Boateng chiefly is a centre-back, although he can besides play as a right-back. Physically strong and composed in possession, he has gained a reputation as a tough- harness defender, with adept pass and an ability to read the game. Despite his endowment in his young, he was initially accused by certain pundits of being erring defensively ; however, he late came to be considered one of the world ‘s best players in his position. [ 83 ] [ 84 ] [ 85 ] [ 86 ]

personal animation [edit ]

Boateng in 2013 Boateng is a ghanaian German, born to a german mother named Martina Boateng and a ghanaian beget [ 87 ] in Berlin. [ 88 ] He is the younger, parental stepbrother of fellow professional football player Kevin-Prince Boateng. [ 89 ] He besides has an elder brother, George, who played for the youth sides at Hertha BSC but did not become a professional actor. [ 90 ] Boateng was in a long-run relationship with Sherin Senler, [ 91 ] [ 92 ] [ 93 ] with whom he has twin daughters. [ 92 ] [ 94 ] The pair separated for a copulate of years [ 95 ] but reunited in November 2013, [ 92 ] to only have an on-off kinship. [ 96 ] Boateng allegedly had an affair with model Gina-Lisa Lohfink, which both Boateng and Lohfink have denied. [ 92 ] He had a son in 2015. [ 97 ] In 2019, Boateng began a relationship with Polish-born model Kasia Lenhardt. [ 98 ] In February 2021, following a public bicker between the two after Lenhardt crashed Boateng ‘s Mini Cooper and was charged with driving under the influence, Boateng announced the two were separating. Their kinship had already become publicly sour, with Boateng accusing the mannequin of sabotaging a previous relationship and blackmailing him to stay with her. [ 99 ] On 10 February, one workweek after the confirmed dissolution, Lenhardt was found abruptly in an apartment in Berlin, with investigators believing the cause of death to be suicide. [ 100 ] Boateng, who was in Qatar play in the FIFA Club World Cup with Bayern Munich at the time, was then confirmed to have departed the state ascribable to personal reasons by the cabaret. [ 101 ] On 9 September 2021 in a german woo in Munich, Boateng was found guilty of assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Sherin Senler, while on vacation in the Caribbean in 2018 and was ordered to pay a fine of €1.8 million ( £1.5 million ). [ 94 ] [ 102 ] The Munich District Court imposed the highest possible fiscal damages for the domestic violence conviction on Boateng, who had denied the allegations of abuse. [ 102 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 30 October 2021

International [edit ]

As of match played 13 October 2018[106]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

Germany

2009
2
0

2010
10
0

2011
7
0

2012
9
0

2013
8
0

2014
14
0

2015
7
0

2016
10
1

2017
1
0

2018
8
0

Total
76
1

As of match played 13 October 2018
Germany score listed first, score column indicates score after each Boateng goal[107]

List of international goals scored by Jérôme Boateng

No.

Date

Venue

Cap

Opponent

Score

Result

Competition

1
26 June 2016
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France
63
 Slovakia
1–0
3–0
UEFA Euro 2016

Honours [edit ]

Manchester City
Bayern Munich [ 108 ]
Germany U21
Germany
Individual

References [edit ]

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