Terry Ablade (born 12 October 2001) is a professional

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who plays for

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Par ...

, on loan from

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, as a

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. Born in Ghana, he has represented Finland at youth level.

Early life

Ablade was born in

Accra Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...

, Ghana, to Ghanaian parents, and he moved to Finland when he was seven years old. His father is the former footballer

Seth Ablade Seth Ablade (born 30 April 1983 in Teshie) is a Ghanaian retired footballer and a football manager. Ablade played in the premier divisions of Poland, Albania and Finland. He featured for Ghana in the 1999 Under-17 World Cup in New Zealand, winnin ...

Club career

Ablade began his playing career in his native Finland with

FC Jazz FC Jazz is a football club from Pori, Finland. It plays in the Finnish third tier Kakkonen. It was invented in 1934. FC Jazz has won two Finnish championships ( 1993 & 1996 ). History PPT 1934–1991 FC Jazz was established in 1934 as ...

. In July 2018, he moved to English club

, signing his first two-year professional contract with the club a year later. On 7 January 2022, he signed a new two-and-a-half year deal with Fulham before joining

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club

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on loan until the end of the season. He departed the club for a second loan spell in August 2023, joining

International career

Ablade is a Finnish youth international, representing them at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels.

Career statistics

References

2001 births Living people Finnish people of Ghanaian descent Ghanaian emigrants Ghanaian emigrants to Finland Naturalized citizens of Finland Footballers from Accra Finnish men's footballers Men's association football forwards FC Jazz players Fulham F.C. players AFC Wimbledon players Carlisle United F.C. players Kakkonen players English Football League players Finland men's youth international footballers Finland men's under-21 international footballers Finnish expatriate men's footballers Finnish expatriates in England Expatriate men's footballers in England {{Finland-footy-bio-stub