Boakye pens new deal and joins first squad
03 April: Emmanuel Boakye (21) will officially be part of
Ajax's first squad for the new season. The Ghanaian defender
signed a new contract at the Amsterdam ArenA today, committing
to Ajax until 30 June 2008. He penned his first professional
deal last summer. It would have expired at season's end.
Emmanuel Boakye (pronounced 'Bo-ah-chee') was
born in Ejura, Ghana, on 25 March 1985. He moved to The
Netherlands in 1993 and played for amateur side Zuidvogels as a
child, as well as for the FC Utrecht youth as a
teenager. Ajax scouts discovered him in 2000. The
defender, who can play as a right fullback but also in the
centre, joined the Ajax B1 youth team in 2000.
He started the current season with Young Ajax, but was added
to Danny Blind's first squad in the fall of 2005, as many
Ajax defenders were injured or suspended at the time. Boakye
made his first team début on 24 September 2005 in the
Eredivisie home game against Roda JC. Three more
Eredivisie appearances for Ajax-1 followed. He will start
the 2006-2007 season with the first
squad. (MP)
Source: Ajax.nl
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