{{Short description|Ghanaian footballer (born 1991)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Gideon Boateng | image = | fullname = Gideon Acheampong Boateng | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|8|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = Accra, Ghana | height = 1.84 m | position = Striker | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2001–2004 | youthclubs1 = Tubantia Borgerhout | youthyears2 = 2004–2005 | youthclubs2 = Royal Antwerp | youthyears3 = 2005–2006 | youthclubs3 = Lierse | youthyears4 = 2006–2007 | youthclubs4 = Anderlecht | years1 = 2007–2008 | clubs1 = Anderlecht | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2009–2012 | clubs2 = MVV | caps2 = 73 | goals2 = 12 | years3 = 2012–2013 | clubs3 = Visé | caps3 = 27 | goals3 = 6 | years4 = 2013 | clubs4 = ASV Geel | caps4 = 11 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2014–2016 | clubs5 = Bilzen-Waltwilder | caps5 = | goals5 = | nationalyears1 = 2006 | nationalteam1 = Belgium U15 | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = 2006 | nationalteam2 = Belgium U16 | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0 }}
'''Gideon Acheampong Boateng''' (born 26 August 1991) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
==Career== Boateng was born in Accra, Ghana, and moved to Belgium in 2000, later obtaining Belgian citizenship.<ref name="HN1">{{cite news |title=Gideon Boateng (16) voor het eerst met Anderlecht op oefenkamp |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/mr1u5aq1 |access-date=6 February 2025 |work=Het Nieuwsblad |date=11 July 2008 |language=nl-BE}}</ref> He began playing football at Tubantia Borgerhout before joining Antwerp and then Lierse. Known for his speed, he was often deployed as a direct attacking threat. Seeking to develop his technical skills, he later joined Anderlecht in 2006.<ref name="HN1" />
After three years at Anderlecht, Boateng signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Dutch Eerste Divisie club MVV Maastricht on 15 December 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=MVV legt Gideon Boateng vast |url=http://www.voetbalplus.nl/online/index_artikel.php?pagina=nieuws&actie=nieuwsbericht&nieuwsid=13568 |website=Voetbalplus.nl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181429/http://www.voetbalplus.nl/online/index_artikel.php?pagina=nieuws&actie=nieuwsbericht&nieuwsid=13568 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |language=nl |date=30 December 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In January 2012, Boateng returned to Belgium where he joined CS Visé.<ref>{{cite news |title=MVV krijgt Belg Caracciolo terug na spelersruil |url=https://www.fcupdate.nl/voetbalnieuws/2012/01/mvv-krijgt-belg-caracciolo-terug-na-spelersruil |access-date=6 February 2025 |work=FCUpdate.nl |date=6 January 2012 |language=nl}}</ref> In 2013, he moved to ASV Geel.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gideon Boateng heeft een verleden in Wezet: 'Weer kansen afdwingen en afmaken' |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20131011_00786139 |access-date=6 February 2025 |work=Het Nieuwsblad |date=12 October 2013 |language=nl-BE}}</ref> He then played some time for Bilzen-Waltwilder, where he picked off interest from Lokeren in March 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bilzen-Waltwilder morst met kansen |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20150301_01556370 |access-date=6 February 2025 |work=Het Nieuwsblad |date=2 March 2015 |language=nl-BE}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bekeek Lokeren ex-spits van Anderlecht? |url=https://www.voetbalnieuws.be/news/175473/bekeek-lokeren-exspits-van-anderlecht |access-date=6 February 2025 |work=Voetbalnieuws |date=30 March 2015 |language=nl}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120211210025/http://www.cs-vise.be/fr/gideon-boateng Gideon Boateng] at CS Visé (archived) {{in lang|fr}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110905043328/http://www.mvv.nl/1e-elftal/selectie/boateng Gideon Boateng] at MVV (archived) {{in lang|nl}} *{{RBFA player|PH_5472}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boateng, Gideon}} Category:1991 births Category:Ghanaian men's footballers Category:RSC Anderlecht players Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Accra Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Category:Lierse SK (1906) players Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Royal Antwerp FC players Category:MVV Maastricht players Category:CS Visé players Category:Eerste Divisie players Category:Challenger Pro League players Category:Ghanaian emigrants to Belgium Category:Belgian expatriate men's footballers Category:Belgian men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Category:Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Category:21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen Category:21st-century Belgian sportsmen Category:A.S. Verbroedering Geel players