Samuel Tetteh

Samuel Tetteh (born 28 July 1996) is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays as a forward for FC Red Bull Salzburg.

Samuel Tetteh
Personal information
Full name Samuel Tetteh
Date of birth (1996-07-28) 28 July 1996[1]
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 WAFA 13 (5)
2016–2017 Liefering 26 (12)
2017– Red Bull Salzburg 0 (0)
2018–2020 → LASK Linz (loan) 66 (16)
2020 → New York Red Bulls (loan) 10 (0)
National team‡
Ghana U-20 5 (1)
2015– Ghana 8 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 May 2018

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.[2] 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 FC 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.[3]

LASK Linz

Due to his impressive displays for FC Liefering, in January 2017, Tetteh was promoted into the FC Red Bull Salzburg squad.[4]

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

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.[6] On 30 November 2020, New York declined to make the deal for Tetteh permanent.[7]

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.[8]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played on 27 February 2020[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
WAFA2016Ghanaian Premier League 13500—135
Liefering2016–17Austrian Football First League 201000—2010
2017–18 6200—62
Total 26120000002612
Salzburg2017–18Austrian Football Bundesliga 0010—1020
Total 0010001020
LASK (loan)2017–18Austrian Football Bundesliga 165———165
2018–19 21432—41287
2019–20 29730—100427
Total 661662001418619
Career totals 10533720015112736

International goals
Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first.[8]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.3 September 2016Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana Rwanda1–01–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References
  1. "Samuel Tetteh" (in German). weltfussball.de. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  2. "WAFA star Samuel Tetteh happy to score against Kotoko in league opener". social_image. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  3. "Samuel Tetteh strikes again in Austria". 9 September 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  4. "Samuel Tetteh erhält Vertrag beim FC Red Bull Salzburg" (in German). redbullsalzburg.at. 31 January 2017.
  5. "Samuel Tetteh happy to help LASK Linz to Europa Cup qualification". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  6. https://www.newyorkredbulls.com/post/2020/08/11/new-york-red-bulls-add-samuel-tetteh-loan-red-bull-salzburg
  7. https://www.newyorkredbulls.com/post/2020/11/30/new-york-red-bulls-announce-end-year-roster-decisions
  8. "Congo vs Ghana (2:3)". National Football Teams. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  9. Samuel Tetteh at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2018.


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