In the last ten years he shaped an era at Bayern. Jérôme Boateng was instrumental in the numerous titles in this decade. As a tough two-fighter and technically fine development player from the back four, the central defender played his way into the hearts of the fans. fcbayern.com looks at the numbers of this outstanding time.
1. Invincible central defender
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Boateng remained undefeated in 56 Bundesliga games in a row between November 2012 and December 2014 – longer than any other player in league history!
2. Strong tackle
Boateng won a strong 62% of his duels in the Bundesliga for Bayern – of all the players who have played at least 100 Bundesliga games for Bayern since the beginning of the 2011/12 season, only Javi Martínez has a better duel rate during this period (64%).
3. Double triple
Boateng is one of the five players who managed to win the triple twice with FC Bayern. Next to him are Manuel Neuer, David Alaba, Thomas Müller and Martínez. In Europe, only Gerard Piqué, Dani Alves, Sergio Busquets, Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, Pedro, Lionel Messi (2009 and 2015 with Barcelona) and Samuel Eto’o (2009 with Barcelona, 2010 with Inter Milan) managed to do this.
4. The whole field in view
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Always full of commitment! Not only in the 2013 Champions League final, Boateng did everything for success.
With a precise long ball on Franck Ribéry, Boateng initiated the winning goal in the 2013 Champions League final. Since his Bundesliga debut for Bayern, the 2014 world champion has made 2,477 long passes – only Mats Hummels topped that in the Bundesliga during this period (2,672).
5. A lot of feeling in the foot
Among all Bundesliga players who played at least 1,500 long passes during this period, only Kevin Vogt (68%) had a higher success rate of passes than Boateng (62%, like Naldo).
To say goodbye, we reviewed Jérôme Boateng’s career at FCB:
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