Samuel Tetteh (born 28 July 1996) is a Ghanaian professional

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who plays as a

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for the Ghana national team.

Club career

Early career

Tetteh started playing for the

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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

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and scoring against Asante Kotoko S.C. in his debut match. He started attracting scouts and teams from Europe due to his good form and being seen as a future prospect.

FC Liefering

Tetteh joined

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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.

LASK

Due to his impressive displays for FC Liefering, in January 2017, Tetteh was promoted into the Red Bull Salzburg squad. Tetteh was loaned out to fellow Austrian club

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for one and half season starting from January 2018. He ended the 2017–18 season with 5 goals 6 assists helping the team to a 4th place and qualification into the

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New York Red Bulls

On 11 August 2020, Tetteh moved on loan to

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side

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for the 2020 season with a club option to make the transfer permanent. On 30 November 2020, New York declined to make the deal for Tetteh permanent.

SKN St. Pölten

On 19 January 2021, Tetth moved on loan to

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side SKN St. Pölten.

Gabala

On 5 September 2023, Gabala announced the singing of Tetteh to a two-year contract from

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

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

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Career statistics

Club

International goals

:''Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first.''

References

External links

* 1996 births Living people Ghanaian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Ghana men's international footballers Ghana men's under-20 international footballers Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Austria FC Red Bull Salzburg players FC Liefering players LASK players New York Red Bulls players SKN St. Pölten players 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players Ghana Premier League players 2. Liga (Austria) players Major League Soccer players West African Football Academy players 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen Footballers from Accra {{Ghana-footy-forward-stub