Sellas Tetteh

Sellas Tetteh Teivi (born 12 December 1956) is a Ghanaian professional football coach and former player.

Sellas Tetteh
Personal information
Full name Sellas Tetteh Teivi
Date of birth (1956-12-12) 12 December 1956
Place of birth Adabraka, Ghana
Youth career
Great Mao Mao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Golden Pods
Hearts of Oak
Zebi
ACB
Julius Berger
Bendel United
1994–1995 Iwuanyanwu
Teams managed
1995–1996 Kotobabi Powerlines
1996–2001 Liberty Professionals
2001–2002 Ghana U17 (Assistant)
2002–2003 Ghana U17
2003–2004 Ghana U23
2004–2008 Ghana (Assistant)
2008 Ghana
2008–2010 Ghana U20
2009–2010 Liberty Professionals
2010–2011 Rwanda
2013–2016 Ghana U20
2015–2017 Sierra Leone
2019–2020 Sierra Leone
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Early and personal life

Sellas Tetteh Teivi was born on 12 December 1956 in Adabraka. His father was Mensah Teivi, a mechanic, and his mother was Elizabeth Dablah; he was the eldest of eight children.[1]

He was married to Evelyn Idun Teivi until her death on 26 January 2017,[2] with whom he has two children – a daughter called Precious Awefa Teivi and a son called Prince Kelvin Sowah Teivi.[1]

Tetteh is a practising Christian.[1] He acknowledged God's role in Ghana's historic victory at the FIFA U-20 World Cup, saying prophetic insights from Nigerian Prophet T.B. Joshua helped him guide the team to success.[3]

Playing career

Tetteh played professional club football in Ghana for Great Mao Mao, Golden Pods, Hearts of Oak, Zebi; in Nigeria for ACB, Julius Berger, Bendel United and Iwuanyanwu; and in Bangladesh.[1]

Coaching career

Tetteh began his coaching career in 1995 with Kotobabi Powerlines, before joining Liberty Professionals a year later.[1] Tetteh became Assistant Manager of the Ghana under-17 team in 2001 – taking full control a year later – before moving to the Ghana under-23 team in 2003. He later became an Assistant to the full national team.[1] He was appointed caretaker manager of the Ghanaian national team in June 2008,[4] a position he held until August 2008.[5]

Tetteh was the head coach for the Ghana under-20 team at the 2009 African Youth Championship, leading them to win the championship, the first time since 1999 when they won, with that qualifying them to the World Cup.[6][7] Tetteh guided the Ghana under-20 team to the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, becoming the first African team to win the competition.[8] As a consequence, Tetteh was nominated for the CAF Coach of the Year Award.[9] He was also honoured by veteran coach Cecil Jones Attuquayefio, who 'knighted' Tetteh.[10]

Tetteh was appointed manager of the Rwandan national side in February 2010, leaving his dual position as manager of the Ghana under-20 national team and Ghanaian club side Liberty Professionals.[11] On 6 September 2011, Tetteh resigned as Rwanda's manager.[12]

Tetteh was put in charge of the Ghana U20 team again in December 2012 ahead of the 2013 African Youth Championship in Algeria.[13] He led the team to a 2nd place losing to Egypt in the finals after a penalty shootout.[14] Tetteh was again in charge of Ghana U20 at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[15] He led the team to a third place finish at the end of the competition.[16]

On 14 August 2015, Tetteh was given a temporary contract for three months, to become caretaker of the Sierra Leone national team.[17] In March 2016 he left his position as Ghana under-20 manager in order to continue as Sierra Leone caretaker manager.[18] He was replaced as Sierra Leone manager by John Keister in May 2017.[19] In August 2019, Tetteh took the Sierra Leone head coach position.[20] In November 2019, national team captain Kei Kamara retired from international duty, blaming Tetteh in part.[21] Tetteh defended himself.[22] He quit as Sierra Leone manager in March 2020.[23]

Honours

Ghana U20

References
  1. Vance Azu (29 October 2009). "Sellas Tetteh's Hard Road To Fame". Graphic Ghana. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  2. Sarpong, Jeffrey (26 January 2017). "Former Black Stars coach Sellas Tetteh loses wife". Ghana News. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  3. "T. B. Joshua Engineered Our Victory – Sellas Tetteh". Peace FM. 20 October 2009. Archived from the original on 18 June 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  4. Ibrahim Sannie (28 July 2008). "Ghana considers potential coaches". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  5. "Serbian coach for Black Stars". BBC Sport. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  6. "Ghana U20 coach Sellas Tetteh upbeat about Satellites' chances at AYC". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  7. "FINISHED: Ghana U-20 World Cup Coach Inches Close For Rwanda Job | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  8. Matthew Kenyon (17 October 2009). "Ghana thrilled by historic title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  9. "Caf nominees revealed". BBC Sport. 17 February 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  10. Kofi Owusu Aduonum (26 October 2009). "Sellas Tetteh Knighted". All Africa. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  11. "Ghana's Sellas Tetteh agrees a deal to coach Rwanda". BBC Sport. 18 February 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  12. FIFA.com. "Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  13. Association, Ghana Football (17 December 2012). "Sellas Tetteh makes Satellites return". www.ghanafa.org. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  14. Bawuah, Juliet (3 April 2013). "Silver winning Black Satellites are expected back in Ghana on Wednesday | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  15. "U-20 World Cup: Ghana, Mali, Egypt and Nigeria set for finals". BBC Sport. 20 June 2013.
  16. FIFA.com. "FIFA U-20 World Cup 2013 - News - Three A's see Ghana finish third - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  17. "Sellas Tetteh is loaned to be coach of Sierra Leone". BBC Sport. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  18. "Tetteh continues as Sierra Leone coach". BBC Sport. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  19. "John Keister takes over as Sierra Leone head coach". BBC Sport. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  20. "Ghanaian Sellas Tetteh named as Sierra Leone head coach". 14 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  21. "Sierra Leone's Kei Kamara quits international football". 13 November 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  22. "Sierra Leone boss Sellas Tetteh responds to Kei Kamara comments". 14 November 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  23. "Sellas Tetteh: Ghana's U20 World Cup winner quits Sierra Leone ahead of Nigeria showdown | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  24. "African U-20 Championship 2009". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 15 March 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
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