Marchisio Boateng
Ghanaian born and former Netherlands international, George Boateng has revealed why he never featured for his country of birth during his playing days.
In an interview with Citi Tv, the midfielder who was born in Nkawkaw in the Eastern region of Ghana said the Ghana Football Association never appraoched when he broke through at Feyenoord.
“As a young star, when I made my debut in the Feyenoord first team, nobody in the GFA ever came to me or sent a letter to express their interest, to say George Boateng is one of our players, he was born in Ghana, he is eligible to play for us,” he told Citi Tv.
“Can we please ask him or invite him for a game? Such a thing never took place,” he added.
“When I was 18 and I debuted, the Dutch national team did that, they invited me to come and play for the under-18 team, which I did
“The player is not the one who is supposed to make the initial approach to the GFA, to ask if I can play for the team, that is the unorthodox way.
“The professional way is that the federation will send an invite because it is supposed to be an honor for you to be invited to play for your country.
“So in that seven years, I could have made my mind up and played for Ghana,” he concluded.
The 45 year old who played for nine different professional is currently a youth coach at Premier League side, Aston Villa.
