2022 Men's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 4
Kwabena Boateng
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Elk Grove, Calif.
- Major:
- Business Economics
2022
Freshman
- Played 527 minutes on the Anteater backline with 14 caps and seven starts
- Played all 20 matches starting 19 and posting 1,757 minutes
- Played on the backline recording seven clean sheets
- Headed home one goal off a corner resulting in a game-winner against Dixie State; were his first career points
- Added an assist at UNLV
Freshman
- Trained with the U.S. under-20 National Team to begin season traveling to Slovenia to play in friendlies vs. under-20 Croatia and under-23 United Arab Emirates squads
- Played 10 matches for 'Eaters against schools such as at Saint Mary's, at Creighton, and at UCLA
- Made five starts on the back line
- Registered 590 minutes including 90+ efforts at Utah Valley, vs. USD, vs. Gonzaga, at UCLA, and finished with a clean sheet vs. Pacific
- Did not record a point or shot
- Played club soccer with FC Elk Grove and Sac Republic Academy
- Spent time with the PDP regional team and U.S. under-18 National Team
- Developmental Academy Playoffs Top Drawer Soccer u16/17 Best XI
- Group winners at 2018 DA Academy Playoffs
- Played two years of high school soccer at Franklin High School
- Pronounced kwah-BENN-uh BWA-teng
- Born in Stockton, resides in Elk Grove
- Parents are Sampson and Bridget
- Sampson attended Cal State Stanislaus, Bridget attended Grand Canyon University
- Older sibling, Abena, played basketball in high school and attends Santa Clara University
- Family is Ghanaian, and has traveled to Ghana, England, and Mexico
- Majoring in business economics aspiring to change lives through the game of soccer while understanding how money rotates in our economy in the hopes of applying what he learns to start his own business in that smartest, most efficient way possible
- Selected UC Irvine because he saw it as a place where his mind could grow to its full potential, the location, and the energy Coach Raz gave during the recruiting process
- Trained with U.S. under-20 National Team in September 2019 playing friendlies in Slovenia vs. u20 Croatia and u23 UAE
- Fan of Asamoah Gyan, Chelsea FC, and the Sacramento Kings
- Enjoys watching his favorite movie, Friday, would love to meet Donald Glover from his favorite TV show Atlanta
- Favorite food is chinese food
- Enjoys producing hip hop and rap beats and listening to NBA Youngboy, Wizkid, Drake, and his friends, Lil Jube and Sleepychi
Great moments to recall from 2025 💭
Saturday, January 17
Got some debate going 🤣 #TogetherWeZot | #Shorts
Friday, October 17
Anteater Spotlights | Ep. 1 | Agaton Pourshahidi
Thursday, October 02
Right place. Right time. 😤 #TogetherWeZot | #Shorts
Tuesday, September 16
