Samuel Tetteh (born 28 July 1996) is a Ghanaian

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who plays as a

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for Turkish club

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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. Asante Kotoko Sporting Club, simply known as Asante Kotoko, is a professional football club founded on 31 August 1935 and based in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Nicknamed the ''Porcupine Warriors'', they compete in the Ghana Premie ...

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

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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 Linz

Due to his impressive displays for

, in January 2017, Tetteh was promoted into the

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.

St. Pölten

On 19 January 2021, Tetth moved on loan to

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side St. Pölten.

International career

Tetteh made his first senior international appearance in a friendly against Congo on 1 September 2015, having substituted

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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 footballers Association football forwards Ghana international footballers Ghana under-20 international footballers Ghanaian expatriate footballers Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate 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 2. Liga (Austria) players Major League Soccer players West African Football Academy players {{Ghana-footy-forward-stub