Samuel Tetteh (born 28 July 1996) is a Ghanaian
footballer
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who plays as a
forward for Turkish club
Adanaspor
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.
Club career
Early career
Tetteh started playing for the
West African Football Academy
West African Football Academy (WAFA) Sporting Club is a Ghanaian professional football club based near Sogakope in the Volta Region that was founded by Feyenoord from Rotterdam. They are competing in the Ghana Premier League. The 2016–17 seaso ...
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
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and scoring against
Asante Kotoko S.C.
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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
FC Liefering
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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.
LASK Linz
Due to his impressive displays for
FC Liefering
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, in January 2017, Tetteh was promoted into the
FC Red Bull Salzburg squad.
Tetteh was loaned out to fellow Austrian club
LASK Linz
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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
Europa league
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.
New York Red Bulls
On 11 August 2020, Tetteh moved on loan to
MLS
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side
New York Red Bulls
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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
Austrian Bundesliga side
St. Pölten
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.
International career
Tetteh made his first senior international appearance in a friendly against
Congo on 1 September 2015, having substituted
Solomon Asante
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Early life
Born in ...
in the 90th minute. On 3 September 2016, Tetteh scored his first international goal for
Ghana
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.
Career statistics
Club
International goals
:''Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first.''
References
External links
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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
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