Overview

• Boateng confirmed his decision in a short video posted to Instagram on Friday, calling time on nearly two decades in professional football.
• He won nine Bundesliga titles and two Champions League trophies during a decade at Bayern Munich and earned 76 caps for Germany, starting the 2014 World Cup final.
• His final club was LASK in Austria, where his contract was ended by mutual consent in mid-August after an injury-hit spell that included groin surgery and a five-month layoff.
• Boateng intends to begin a coaching career, holding a UEFA B licence from November 2024 and stating he plans to pursue the A licence and start as an assistant.
• Late-career coverage also noted a 2024 court warning and suspended fine related to domestic-violence allegations, which he denied, with prosecutors later dropping certain charges reported in March.