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Kevin-Prince Boateng dedicates goal to brain-damaged player

Published Sep. 9, 2017 1:13 p.m. ET

MOENCHENGLADBACH, Germany (AP) Kevin-Prince Boateng dedicated his first goal in the Bundesliga since 2014 to a player who suffered brain damage after collapsing in a friendly game.

Boateng, who was playing for Schalke when he last scored in the league before spells at AC Milan and Las Palmas, fired home early to give Eintracht Frankfurt a hard-fought 1-0 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday.

The Ghana midfielder celebrated by revealing a shirt with ''Nouri'' written on the front, a tribute to Abdelhak Nouri. The Ajax midfielder was diagnosed with severe and permanent brain damage five days after he collapsed in July due to an irregular heartbeat during a friendly against Werder Bremen in Austria.

Boateng says, ''I don't know him but the story really moved me.''

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