Las Palmas midfielder named in La Liga Team of the Year
The Las Palmas midfielder has been acknowledged by EA Sports in the La Liga Team of The Year
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The 30-year-old joined Las Palmas in the last summer, and has helped the club beat the drop.
Boateng originally signed a one-year contract, but extended his stay with the Spanish outfit after signing for three more years.
The former AC Milan playmaker scored 10 goals in his debut La Liga season to help Las Palmas to a 14th-place finish.
And it appears the midfielder’s outputs have been duly recognized, as he was named in the EA Sports La liga team of the season.
Although Boateng did no make the starting eleven, he made the reserves team together with the likes of Real Madrid’s Isco and Sevilla’s N’Zonzi.
The first team, however, included notable names like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Toni Kroos. Whiles Neymar, Greizmann and Marcelo also made the reserves.
Below is the full EA Sports La liga team of the year.
Starting XI
GK: Jan Oblak – Atlético de Madrid (Spain) – Slovenia
RB: Carvajal – Real Madrid (Spain) – Spain
CB: Piqué – FC Barcelona (Spain) – Spain
CB: Sergio Ramos – Real Madrid (Spain) – Spain
LB: Filipe Luís – Atlético de Madrid (Spain) – Brazil
CM: Toni Kroos – Real Madrid (Spain) – Germany
CM: Bruno – Villarreal CF (Spain) – Spain
LM: Yannick Carrasco – Atlético de Madrid (Spain) – Belgium
RW: Lionel Messi – FC Barcelona (Spain) – Argentina
ST: Luis Suarez – FC Barcelona (Spain) – Uruguay
LW: Cristiano Ronaldo -Real Madrid (Spain) – Portugal
Substitutes
GK: Marc-André Ter Stegen – FC Barcelona (Spain) – Germany
LB: Marcelo – Real Madrid (Spain) – Brazil
CB: Diego Godin – Atlético de Madrid (Spain) – Uruguay
CDM: Casemiro – Real Madrid (Spain) – Brazil
LW: Neymar – FC Barcelona (Spain) – Brazil
ST: Iago Aspas – Real Club Celta (Spain) – Spain
ST: Antoine Griezmann – Atlético de Madrid (Spain) – France
Reserves
CDM: Steven N’Zonzi – Sevilla FC (Spain) – France
CM: Manu Trigueros – Villarreal CF (Spain) – Spain
RM: Pedro Leon – SD Eibar (Spain) – Spain
CM: Isco – Real Madrid (Spain) – Spain
ST: Kevin-Prince Boateng – UD Las Palmas (Spain) – Ghana
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