George Boateng

Feyenoord

Boateng was born in Nkawkaw, Ghana. He spent some of his childhood in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, where he played football barefoot despite having boots and rocky pitches. He was raised in the Netherlands from age 10 after his father remarried. At 16, he signed for Feyenoord, where he was a utility player, being used in all positions except goalkeeper, left winger and centre forward.

Coventry City

Boateng watched a 4–3 game between Liverpool and Newcastle United in April 1996, convincing him about English football's quality. With six months left of his Feyenoord contract and a four-year extension being offered, he completed a £250,000 move to Coventry City in December 1997. Manager Gordon Strachan signed him on a 31⁄2-year deal. He scored his first goal for the Sky Blues on 2 May 1998, in a 2–0 home win over Blackburn Rovers. On 27 February 1999, he and John Aloisi scored twice each in a 4–1 win away to fellow West Midlands club Aston Villa – his team's first ever league win at Villa Park.

Aston Villa

In July 1999, Boateng signed for Aston Villa for a £4.5 million fee. The club had previously bid £3 million after he had scored twice against them. Coventry chairman Bryan Richardson accused Villa manager John Gregory of making illegal approaches for Boateng. Gregory said that Richardson approached Villa to tell them they could buy Boateng for £5 million, opening up negotiations again. Boateng played 131 matches for Villa, including the…

Born in Ghana and raised in the Netherlands, Boateng represented the Netherlands internationally, having not been approached by the Ghana Football Association. He was the captain of the under-21 team. Boateng played four senior games for the Netherlands, each in a friendly match in a different year. He debuted on 10 November 2001 in a 1–1 draw away to Denmark, playing the full 90 minutes. On 12 November 2005, he ended 31⁄2 years without a cap by coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 home loss to Italy at the Amsterdam ArenA.

Kelantan

In 2014, Boateng was unveiled as the new head coach of Kelantan, replacing Steve Darby, who had been shown the door after a 4–0 loss to Sime Darby On 6 May 2014, Kelantan came back from 3–0 down to draw 3–3 with Felda United in first leg of the Malaysia FA Cup semi-final in Boateng's first game as head coach. Boateng apologised to the Kelantan fans after Kelantan were knocked out of the Malaysia Cup by Kedah with 4–3 aggregate; reports were saying that he would step down from his role as Kelantan head coach the following season, but that proved to be wrong by Kelantan President, Annuar Musa. He was moved to the Technical Director position on 24 March 2015, and his position as head coach was taken by Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah. Boateng left his post as technical director of Kelantan on 11 May 2015 to work as a coach or manager again.

Blackburn Rovers

On 5 September 2018, Boateng signed on as Under-13s head coach at Championship club Blackburn Rovers, where he coached different age groups at the academy.

Aston Villa

On 29 July 2019, it was announced that Boateng had left Rovers to take up a position as Aston Villa Under-18 Professional Development Coach. In September 2020, Boateng was promoted to become the Professional Development Coach of the under 23 squad at Aston Villa. On 26 August 2022, Boateng announced that he would be leaving his role at Aston Villa to focus on his role with the Ghana national team in the build-up to the 2022 FIFA…

Boateng is a Christian who says his faith affects how he conducts himself. In an interview with Church Times, he stated: "My family and I have become very devoted Christians. Hearing and acting on the Word is very important." George is not related to Jerome and Kevin Prince Boateng.