Sly Tetteh

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Sly Tetteh
Personal information
Full name Alhaji Ibrahim Sly Tetteh
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Date of death (2011-09-03)3 September 2011
Place of death Cape Coast, Ghana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1992 Sekondi Hasaacas
1992–1995 Liberty University
Managerial career
1995–2011 Liberty Professionals F.C.
(Chairman & Technical Director)
2005–2011 Liberty Soccer Academy Togo
(Technical Director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alhaji Ibrahim Sly Tetteh (died 3 September 2011)[1] was a Ghanaian football player and administrator who was the President of Liberty Professionals.

Playing career[edit]

Tetteh won the West African Club Championship with Sekondi Hasaacas in 1982.[2]

Coaching career[edit]

He also ran academies in Ghana, Togo and Kenya and has been credited with discovering the talents of Michael Essien, Sulley Muntari, Asamoah Gyan, Derek Boateng, Kwadwo Asamoah, and John Paintsil.[3][4]

Personal life[edit]

Tetteh was born in Accra and grew up in Sekondi. He attended the Liberty University of Lynchburg, Virginia in the United States from 1992 to 1995.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ CAF mourns Tetteh, owner one of the best football academy in Ghana which produced Essien
  2. ^ "Liberty's Sly Tetteh is dead". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Liberty Professionals :: The Club : Club President - simply the best".
  4. ^ Dogbevi, Emmanuel (7 March 2012). "Late Sly Tetteh was my greatest mentor - Essien".
  5. ^ "'Essien will be world's best footballer' - Sly Tetteh". Archived from the original on 30 September 2011.

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