'Kevin' was a birth certificate mistake, says footballer Boateng

Ghana midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng has revealed that he dislikes his colourful first name because of a small mistake on the birth certificate which stopped him being called Kelvin-Prince

Ghana midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng has revealed that he dislikes his colourful first name because of a small mistake on the birth certificate which stopped him being called Kelvin-Prince.

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"I don't like my first name. I should have been called Kelvin," the Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder told local station HIT Radio FFH while explaining why he only has the name 'Prince' on his shirt. 

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