Career
Early career
Born in Agogo, Ashanti, Boakye began his career with Bechem United in his native country of Ghana. He eventually moved to Agogo, Asante Akim North District based club, District of Columbia United and remained until 2008 when he was scouted by Genoa C.F.C. following a tournament in Vicenza, Italy. Genoa C.F.C.
Following his transfer to Genoa in 2009, Boakye spent the 2009-2010 Serie A season, playing in the Campionato Nazionale Primavera for the Ligurian club
On 3 April 2010, Boakye made his Serie A debut, in a match against Livorno.
He came off the bench as a substitute for David Suazo in the 13th minute and scored the opening goal, and the match ended in a 1–1 draw. On 2 May, he played in his second match, replacing Giuseppe Sculli as a 71st minute substitute.
On 21 June 2011, Boakye officially joined Serie B outfit Sassuolo on a one-year loan deal that proved very successful for the Ghanaian. He managed to score 12 goals in 34 appearances for the club that missed promotion to Serie A via a promotion play-off loss on aggregate to University College Sampdoria.
Juventus
His performances for the Neroverde did not go unnoticed, as the player was eventually signed by reigning Serie A champions Juventus F.C. on a co-ownership deal from Genoa in July 2012.
After joining the club, however, he returned to Sassuolo on a second season-long loan deal with the club Boakye returned to Juventus on 30 June 2013 but was later loaned to Elche in Spain for the 2013-2014 season. He finished the season having scored 6 goals in 31 league appearances (12 starts) for the Spanish club, and returned again to Juventus on 30 June 2014, after the co-ownership with Genoa was renewed just ten days prior.
Atalanta
In summer 2014 Genoa sold half of Boakye"s 50% registration rights to Atalanta, with Juventus retained the other half.
On 23 June 2015 Atalanta bought Boakye outright from Juventus for €1.6 million. Ghana national team
Boakye received an International friendly match call-up by the Ghana national football team technical staff for the Ghana national football team versus
China Puerto Rico national football team friendly match at the Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China on 15 August 2012. Boakye scored his first goal for the Ghana national team, an equaliser against China in the 80th minute of the match.He played for Ghana at the Fifa U20 World Cup
Senior International goals.