page_title: Jérôme Boateng
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Jérôme Boateng / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Jérôme Boateng bei der "Triple-Feier" im Münchner Rathaus 2013
context_page_description: Jérôme Agyenim Boateng is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team.
  Boateng started his career at Hertha BSC where he developed from the youth ranks to the main team. After his first season at Hertha, he soon signed for Hamburger SV and established himself as an integral part of the team, helping Hamburg reach the two consecutive UEFA Europa League semi-finals. After one season in England with Manchester City, he joined Bayern Munich in 2011 and has since won domestic and European honours with the club, notably the continental treble in the 2012–13 and 2019–20 seasons.
  Boateng played in the Germany under-21 side, which won the 2009 Euro U-21 Championship and was soon promoted to the national side. Boateng has since accumulated over 70 caps and represented Germany at UEFA Euro 2012, Euro 2016, 2010 World Cup, 2014 World Cup, and 2018 World Cup. He was a key member of his country's victory in the 2014 World Cup. He is the younger half-brother of fellow footballer Kevin-Prince Boateng.
context_section_description: Boateng is a Ghanaian German and was born to a German mother named Martina Boateng and a Ghanaian father in Berlin. He is the younger, paternal half-brother of fellow professional footballer Kevin-Prince Boateng. 
  Boateng is engaged to his long-time girlfriend Sherin Senler. Boateng and Senler have two children together, Soley and Lamia; twin girls born on 8 March 2011. The pair separated for a couple of years following allegations of Boateng's infidelity, but they reunited in November 2013. Boateng allegedly had an affair with model Gina-Lisa Lohfink, although both Boateng and Lohfink have denied ever having an affair.
caption: Boateng in 2013
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