# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derek-boateng
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:37:34.560Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derek-boateng"
name: "Derek Boateng"
slug: "derek-boateng"
description: "Derek Owusu Boateng is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Born in Ghana, Boateng went on to play professional football in Greece, Sweden, Israel, Germany, Spain, Ukraine, England, and the United States during a career that spanned between 1999 and 2017. A full international between 2001 and 2013, he won 47 caps for the Ghana national team and represented his country at the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups."
tagline: "Ghanaian footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DerekBoateng1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1983-05-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             16.32670781957974
  historical:           22.37365866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump