Samuel Tetteh

Samuel Tetteh
Tetteh with Liefering in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-07-28) 28 July 1996 (age 28)[1]
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 WAFA 13 (5)
2016–2017 FC Liefering 26 (12)
2017–2021 Red Bull Salzburg 0 (0)
2018–2020 → LASK (loan) 66 (16)
2020 → New York Red Bulls (loan) 10 (0)
2021 → SKN St. Pölten (loan) 17 (1)
2021–2023 Adanaspor 49 (11)
2023 → Bandırmaspor (loan) 12 (1)
2023–2024 Gabala 21 (2)
International career‡
Ghana U-20 5 (1)
2015– Ghana 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 May 2018

Samuel Tetteh (born 28 July 1996) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Ghana national team.[2]

Club career

Early career

Tetteh started playing for the West African Football Academy in 2014. He played in the 2016 season which he scored 5 goals in 13 matches and was labeled as one of the rising stars in the Ghana Premier League and scoring against Asante Kotoko S.C. in his debut match.[3] He started attracting scouts and teams from Europe due to his good form and being seen as a future prospect.

FC Liefering

Tetteh joined FC Liefering the feeder club of Red Bull Salzburg during the summer of 2016. In his debut season for the Austrian side he scored 10 goals and provided assists for 5 goals, meaning he contributed to 15 goals in 20 matches.[4]

LASK

Due to his impressive displays for FC Liefering, in January 2017, Tetteh was promoted into the Red Bull Salzburg squad.[5]

Tetteh was loaned out to fellow Austrian club LASK for one and half season starting from January 2018.[6] He ended the 2017–18 season with 5 goals 6 assists helping the team to a 4th place and qualification into the Europa league.[6]

New York Red Bulls

On 11 August 2020, Tetteh moved on loan to MLS side New York Red Bulls for the 2020 season with a club option to make the transfer permanent.[7] On 30 November 2020, New York declined to make the deal for Tetteh permanent.[8]

SKN St. Pölten

On 19 January 2021, Tetth moved on loan to Austrian Bundesliga side SKN St. Pölten.

Gabala

On 5 September 2023, Gabala announced the singing of Tetteh to a two-year contract from Adanaspor.[9]

On 4 October 2024, Gabala announced the departure of Tetteh by mutual agreement.[10]

International career

Tetteh made his first senior international appearance in a friendly against Congo on 1 September 2015, having substituted Solomon Asante in the 90th minute. On 3 September 2016, Tetteh scored his first international goal for Ghana.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 27 February 2020[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
WAFA 2016 Ghanaian Premier League 13 5 0 0 — 13 5
FC Liefering 2016–17 Austrian Football First League 20 10 0 0 — 20 10
2017–18 6 2 0 0 — 6 2
Total 26 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 12
Red Bull Salzburg 2017–18 Austrian Football Bundesliga 0 0 1 0 — 1 0 2 0
Total 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
LASK (loan) 2017–18 Austrian Football Bundesliga 16 5 — — — 16 5
2018–19 21 4 3 2 — 4 1 28 7
2019–20 29 7 3 0 — 10 0 42 7
Total 66 16 6 2 0 0 14 1 86 19
Career totals 105 33 7 2 0 0 15 1 127 36

International goals

Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first.[11]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 3 September 2016 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana  Rwanda 1–0 1–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References

  1. ^ "Samuel Tetteh" (in German). weltfussball.de. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  2. ^ Samuel Tetteh at Soccerway
  3. ^ "WAFA star Samuel Tetteh happy to score against Kotoko in league opener". social_image. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Samuel Tetteh strikes again in Austria". 9 September 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Samuel Tetteh erhält Vertrag beim FC Red Bull Salzburg" (in German). redbullsalzburg.at. 31 January 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Samuel Tetteh happy to help LASK Linz to Europa Cup qualification". www.ghanaweb.com. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  7. ^ "New York Red Bulls Add Samuel Tetteh on Loan from Red Bull Salzburg | New York Red Bulls".
  8. ^ "New York Red Bulls Announce End of Year Roster Decisions | New York Red Bulls".
  9. ^ "Tetteh "Qəbələ"də". gabalafc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Gabala SC. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  10. ^ "MƏLUMAT". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala SC. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Congo vs Ghana (2:3)". National Football Teams. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  12. ^ Samuel Tetteh at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2018.


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