Benjamin Tetteh (born 10 July 1997) is a Ghanaian professional

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who plays for

Slovenian PrvaLiga The Slovenian PrvaLiga (, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Slovenian football league system. Contested by ten clubs, it operates on a system of prom ...

club

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. He can play at various attacking positions, including as a striker,

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Club career

Tetteh joined

Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège ( ; ; ) or simply Standard in Belgium, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Liège. They are one of the most successful clubs in Belgium, having won t ...

in 2015 from

Dreams FC Dreams Football Club is a Ghanaian professional football club founded in 2009 and based in Dawu in the country's Eastern Region that competes in the Ghana Premier League. On 18 June 2023, they won the FA Cup to gain entry into the CAF Confede ...

, signing a three-year deal. On 17 October 2015, he made his

Belgian Pro League The Belgian Pro League (; ; ), officially the Jupiler Pro League () for sponsor Jupiler, is a professional association football league in Belgium and the highest level of the Belgian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023 ...

debut with Standard Liège against K.V.C. Westerlo. In July 2018, Tetteh moved to

Sparta Prague Athletic Club Sparta Praha (), commonly known as Sparta Prague and Sparta Praha, is a professional football club based in Prague. It is the most successful club in the Czech Republic and one of the most successful in central Europe, winning t ...

. He stayed with Sparta for three seasons, before joining Turkish club

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in July 2021. In July 2022, Tetteh signed for

Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. They compete in the , the second level of the English football league system. They play their home ...

. He made his debut as a 64th-minute substitute for

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on 30 July 2022 in the home match against

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. He won his side's

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to equalise the score, coming under criticism after the match for the minimal contact that caused him to go down. He scored his first league goal for Hull on 3 March 2023 in a 2–0 home win over West Brom. On 10 August 2023, Tetteh signed for

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for an undisclosed fee. In September 2024, he joined

club

on a season-long loan.

International career

Tetteh made his debut for the Ghana national team on 9 October 2021 in a

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against

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. On 16 January 2022, Tetteh was sent off in the 94th minute of a 1–1 Africa Cup of Nations group stage draw with

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after punching an opposition player in a brawl at full-time. Tetteh was subsequently handed a three-match ban by the

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Standard Liège *

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (; ; ) is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Royal Belgian FA. The competition started in 1908 with provincial selections as the "Belgian Provinces Cup". Starting from 1912 only actual clubs were allowed ...

: 2015–16 Sparta Prague *

Czech Cup The Czech Cup (), officially known as the MOL Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the major men's football cup competition in the Czech Republic. It is organised by the Czech Football Association. The Czech Cup was first held in 1961. The winner ...

: 2019–20

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tetteh, Benjamin 1997 births Living people Footballers from Accra Ghanaian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Ghana men's under-20 international footballers Ghana men's international footballers Belgian Pro League players Czech First League players Süper Lig players English Football League players Ligue 1 players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Standard Liège players 1. FC Slovácko players Bohemians 1905 players AC Sparta Prague players Yeni Malatyaspor footballers Hull City A.F.C. players FC Metz players NK Maribor players Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen