page_title: Kevin-Prince Boateng
section_title: 2010 World Cup
hierarchical_section_title: Kevin-Prince Boateng / International career / Senior international career / 2010 World Cup
caption_attribution_description: English: Kevin-Prince Boateng and Álvaro_Fernández – Teams during the FIFA World Cup 2010 quaterfinal between Uruguay and Ghana, 2 July 2010, Soccer City, JohannesburgУкраїнська: Збірні Уругваю та Гани під час чвертьфінального матчу чемпіонату світу з футболу 2010, 2 липня 2010, стадіон «Соккер-Сіті», Йоганнесбург Español: Uruguay y Ghana durante del cuatro de final de la Copa Mundial de 2010, el 2 de julio de 2010, Estadio Soccer City, Johannesburgo
context_page_description: Kevin-Prince Boateng is a professional footballer who plays for Fiorentina.
  A midfielder who can also play as a forward, Boateng is known for his strength, footspeed and ball-juggling tricks. A 2014 profile on FIFA's official website described Boateng as "blessed with strength, speed, killer instinct in front of goal, and an uncommon flamboyance in the attacking third."
  Throughout his career, Boateng has represented various clubs in Germany and Italy, and also had spells in England and Spain.
  Born in Germany, he represented Germany internationally at youth level, although at senior level he later represented Ghana 15 times between 2010 and 2014, scoring two goals, and took part at the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups with the team.
context_section_description: Boateng was selected as part of the Ghana squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa by head coach Milovan Rajevac, to fill in for the injured Michael Essien alongside defensive midfielder Anthony Annan. On 23 June, he was selected to start in Ghana's game against Germany, whose team included his brother Jérôme Boateng. Ghana held Germany to a 60th-minute lone goal and 1–0 win. It was the first time that two brothers played on opposite teams at the World Cup. Boateng picked up the ball from the half-way line, dribbled it "rapidly bamboozling" his opponents before scoring with a left-footed shot from outside the penalty area in the fourth minute of a 2–1 win over the United States in the round-of-16 in Rustenburg's Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace on 26 June.
caption: Boateng (right) playing for Ghana at the 2010 FIFA World Cup
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