 A strong, confident and aggressive attacking right wingback, with lots of speed and skill, Boakye moved to The Netherlands in 1993, and played for amateur side Zuidvogels (from the town of Huizen) as a child and moved to 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 center of defense, joined the Ajax B1 youth team in 2000.