{"id":397992,"date":"2017-07-04T02:25:27","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T02:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/04\/derek-boateng-retires-from-international-football\/"},"modified":"2017-07-04T02:25:27","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T02:25:27","slug":"derek-boateng-retires-from-international-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/04\/derek-boateng-retires-from-international-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Boateng retires from international football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday,  4 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Goal.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-07-04<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/88745283.295.jpg\" alt=\"Derek Boateng Retires\" title=\"Derek Boateng Retires\" width=\"295\" height=\"205\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Derek Boateng<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149615265056631\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149615265056631\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1499135127_837_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Ghana international Derek Boateng has bowed out of international football.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old calls time on his Black Stars career after making over 40 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, it\u2019s like I\u2019m old in the game and when it comes to the national team, we have so many good young players who run a lot, so I\u2019ve decided to stay back,\u201d Boateng told Metro TV.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA player like Christian Atsu can run you rugged for 90 minutes. You\u2019ll need to pick a taxi before you can match his speed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Combining national team and club duties is sometimes difficult because it involves a lot of travel. It\u2019s tough to keep up with it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had a lot of games under my belt and I think it\u2019s time I accept reality.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m very proud of my achievements with the team. It\u2019s a joy to have served my country at the highest level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following an impressive performance at the 2001 FIFA Under-20 World Cup, Boateng made Ghana&#8217;s squad for the Africa Cup of Nations in Mali the following year.<\/p>\n<p>He was also selected for the 2012 and 2013 AFCON tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>At the global level, the former Panathinaikos forward represented the Black Stars at the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cup tournaments, albeit he failed to take to the pitch at the second event.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/53372278.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of Goal.com &#8211; the world&#8217;s largest football website.<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Comments:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis article has no comments yet, be the first to comment\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 63 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Tuesday, 4 July 2017 Source: Goal.com 2017-07-04 Derek Boateng &#13; Ghana international Derek Boateng has bowed out of international football. 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