Richmond Boakye

Richmond Yiadom Boakye (born 28 January 1993) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a forward for the Ghana national football team.

Richmond Boakye
Boakye with the national team of Ghana in 2015
Personal information
Full name Richmond Yiadom Boakye
Date of birth (1993-01-28) 28 January 1993
Place of birth Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2003–2006 Bechem United
2006–2008 D.C. United (Agogo, Ghana)
2008–2011 Genoa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Genoa 6 (1)
2011–2013 → Sassuolo (loan) 66 (21)
2013–2014 Juventus 0 (0)
2013–2014 → Elche (loan) 31 (6)
2014–2015 Atalanta 19 (3)
2015 → Roda (loan) 9 (0)
2016 Latina 33 (4)
2017 → Red Star Belgrade (loan) 16 (12)
2017–2018 Red Star Belgrade 14 (15)
2018 Jiangsu Suning 15 (3)
2018–2020 Red Star Belgrade 33 (16)
National team‡
2010–2013 Ghana U20 7 (3)
2012– Ghana 14 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 September 2017

Club career

Early career

Born in Accra, Greater Accrai, [2]Boakye began his career with Bechem United in his native country of Ghana.[3] He eventually moved to Agogo, Asante Akim North District based club, D.C. United[4] and remained until 2008 when he was scouted by Genoa C.F.C. following a tournament in Vicenza, Italy.[5]

Genoa

Following his transfer to Genoa in 2009, Boakye spent the 2009–10 Serie A season, playing in the Campionato Nazionale Primavera for the Ligurian club.[6] On 3 April 2010, Boakye made his Serie A debut, in a match against Livorno. He came off the bench as a substitute for David Suazo in the 13th minute and scored the opening goal, and the match ended in a 1–1 draw.[7] On 2 May, he played in his second match, replacing Giuseppe Sculli as a 71st minute substitute.

On 21 June 2011, Boakye officially joined Serie B outfit Sassuolo on a one-year loan deal[8] that proved very successful for the Ghanaian; he managed to score 12 goals in 34 appearances for the club that missed promotion to Serie A via a promotion play-off loss on aggregate to U.C. Sampdoria.

Juventus

His performances for the Neroverde did not go unnoticed, as the player was eventually signed by reigning Serie A champions Juventus F.C. on a co-ownership deal from Genoa in July 2012. After joining the club, however, he returned to Sassuolo on a second season-long loan deal with the club.[9] Juventus paid nothing in cash but cancelled the transfer debt owed to Genoa with the sale of Ciro Immobile on a similar co-ownership deal in January 2012.

Boakye returned to Juventus on 30 June 2013 but was later loaned to Elche in Spain for the 2013–14 season.[10] He finished the season having scored 6 goals in 31 league appearances (12 starts) for the Spanish club, and returned again to Juventus on 30 June 2014, after the co-ownership with Genoa was renewed just ten days prior.[11]

Atalanta

On 21 July 2014 Genoa sold half of Boakye's 50% registration rights to Atalanta[12] for €1.3 million,[13] with Juventus retained the other half. On 23 June 2015 Atalanta bought Boakye outright from Juventus for €1.6 million.[14]

On 31 August 2015 Boakye left for Dutch club Roda JC.[15]

Latina

In January 2016 Boakye was sold to Latina in a temporary deal, with an obligation to sign outright at the end of season for an undisclosed fee.[16]

Red Star Belgrade

In January 2017 he came on a year-and-a-half loan to a Serbian team Red Star Belgrade.[17] Boakye impressed at Red Star Belgrade with his performances based the time he spent from January to May in the club. He scored an impressive 16 goals in 19 games in all competitions, and won the best player of the week on two occasions within the Serbian Superliga.[18]

The season was marked by fierce rivalry between Red Star and Partizan and the owner of the trophy was decided only in the last round of the championship and ended up in Partizan hands, with Red Star finishing second. Boakye made 18 appearances, spent 1375 minutes in game, and scored 16 goals. He was unable to fight for the league topscorer title as he arrived during winter break and missed the first half of the season. His great performances influenced Ghana national team coach James Kwesi Appiah to ask Boakye to join the Ghana national team as soon as he gets released by Red Star for summer holidays.[19] Boakye also became a free agent on 29 May, after the bankruptcy of Latina.[20]

Red Star Belgrade signed Boakye on 27 June 2017.[21] Boakye started the season with 5 goals in the first 3 games of qualifying matches of the club in 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.[22][23][24] He added two more goals in his fifth and sixth games of Europa League qualifying match appearances.

On December 14, 2017, he was elected by the direction board as the Red Star player of the year in 2017.[25] His performances with Red Star attracted the interest of numerous foreign teams in the winter of 2017-18. Chelsea and their coach Antonio Conte had scouted him closely over the course of the 2017-18 winter transfer window.[26]

Jiangsu Suning

On 27 February 2018, Boakye was transferred to Jiangsu Suning for a reported € 5.5 million fee.[27]

Return to Red Star Belgrade

On 31 August 2018, Boakye signed a new 2.5-year contract with an optional one-year extension for Red Star in a €2.5 million transfer, just six months after the transfer to Jiangsu Suning.[28] Boakye contributed to Red Star's 2018-19 UEFA Champions League campaign, as the team qualified to the group stage for the first time after 27 years. After becoming the best foreigner goalscorer in the history of the club, Boakye became the first foreigner to wear a Red Star jersey over two separate terms. On 15 September 2018, he scored a brace against Radnik Surdulica in his first match since returning to Red Star.[29] On 23 September 2018, he scored a header against Partizan in the eternal derby, which ended in a 1-1 tie.[30]

International career

Boakye received an international call-up by the Ghana national team for the friendly match against China at the Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou on 15 August 2012.[31] Boakye scored his first goal for Ghana on his debut, an equaliser in the 80th minute of the match.[32] He also played for Ghana at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, winning the bronze medal.

Career statistics

Club
As of 18 December 2020[33]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Genoa 2009–10 Serie A 3100----31
2010–11 4010----50
Total 7110----81
Sassuolo (loan) 2011–12 Serie B 341022----3612
2012–13 321100----3211
Total 662122----6823
Elche (loan) 2013–14 La Liga 31621----337
Atalanta 2014–15 Serie A 19332----225
Roda JC (loan) 2015–16 Eredivisie 9010----100
Latina 2015–16 Serie B 17100----171
2016–17 16300----163
Total 33400----334
Red Star 2016–17 SuperLiga 161244----2016
2017–18 141500148--2823
30 27 4 4 14 8 - - 48 39
Jiangsu Suning 2018 Super League 15310----163
Red Star 2018–19 SuperLiga 15130030--1813
2019–20 SuperLiga 10121134--256
2020–21 SuperLiga 822030--132
Total 331641194--5621
Career total 2438118103312--293103

International
As of 5 September 2017
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ghana 201231
201341
201542
201600
201712
Total126

International goals
Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first.[34]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
115 August 2012Shaanxi Province Stadium, Xi'an, China China PR
1–1
1–1
Friendly
210 January 2013Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Egypt
2–0
3–0
Friendly
328 March 2015Stade Océane, Le Havre, France Senegal
1–2
1–2
Friendly
41 September 2015Stade Municipal de Kintélé, Brazzaville, Congo Congo
1–1
3–2
Friendly
51 September 2017Stade Municipal de Kintélé, Brazzaville, Congo Congo
1–0
5–1
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.5–1

Honours
Red Star Belgrade
Ghana U20

References
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  2. "Richmond Boakye - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
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  4. Yidom Richmond Boakye (1993/Sassuolo) – Iusport Italia
  5. "Da Accra A Genova Tramite Vicenza" [From Accra To Genoa Through Vicenza] (in Italian). Genoa CFC. 27 March 2010. Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  6. Rosa 20 Ufficiale 20 Primavera. www.genoacfc.it. Archived 5 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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  8. Boakye Yiadom loaned to Serie B side Sassuolo. (MTN Group) mtnfootball.com.
  9. "Calciomercato: il Sassuolo ingaggia Boakye, ceduti Albanese e Falcinelli" [Transfer market: Sassuolo hires Boakye, assigned Albanese and Faccinelli] (in Italian). 31 August 2012. Archived from the original on 21 December 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  10. "Richmond Boakye, refuerzo para la delantera" [Richmond Boakye, reinforcement for the front]. Elche CF (in Spanish). elchecf.es. 28 August 2013. Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  11. "UFFICIALE: Tutte le operazioni di giornata della Juventus". Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  12. "Tutti i trasferimenti Estate" (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 3 March 2015. Archived from the original on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
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  16. "Calciomercato, tutte le operazioni dell'Atalanta" (in Italian). Atalanta B.C. 1 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  17. Boakje: Zahvalan sam Bogu što mi je pružio priliku da igram za Zvezdu ("Boakye: I am thankfull to God for the opportunity to play for Red Star") at Sportski žurnal, 30-1-2017 (in Serbian)
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  25. Zvezda obeležila 2017. godinu i proleće u Evropi: Tu smo gde nam je mesto at Sportski žurnal, 14-12-2017 (in Serbian)
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