Former Ghana midfielder Derek Boateng reveals best moment in playing career
Former Ghana Black Stars midfielder Derek Boateng has disclosed that representing the Black Stars of Ghana at the World Cup was a dream come true, and the best moment in his football career.
Boateng said he was able to fulfilled his childhood dream by playing at the biggest tournament in football on two occasions.
The former Getafe CF and Fulham FC midfielder represented Ghana at two different World Cup — 2006 and 2010 — editions despite making only three appearances. He made no appearance for Ghana when the Black Stars reached the quarter-finals stage of the World Cup in 2010.
However, the 39-year-old reiterated that earning a place to represent his country at the mundial remains the biggest moment of his career.
“It’s a dream come true for me and I cannot ask [for] anything more than that,” Boateng told CNN Sports.
“Playing the World Cup is everything to me, as a football player”
“It means the whole world is watching you … there will be somebody that’s never seen me play before so I have to give that person something to take home, I have to give my best.”
Sometimes you’ve been doing a lot of things that are not working for you, but it doesn’t mean that you have to stop — you have to keep on going.”
Boateng, who capped 40 times for the senior national team of Ghana with a goal to his credit, has retired from football and now a scout for the Right to Dream Academy in Ghana.
Ghana reached round of 16 of the 2006 World Cup and the quarter-finals of South Africa 2010 World Cup.
Since then, the Black Stars have failed to qualify out of the group stages including the latest one in Qatar following last group game defeat to Uruguay.
