Richmond Ankrah

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Richmond Ankrah
Personal information
Full name Richmond Tetteh Ankrah
Date of birth (2000-02-22) 22 February 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Ghana
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Selangor
Number 33
Youth career
2020–2021 Accra Lions
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021 Accra Lions 11 (1)
2022– → Selangor II (loan) 0 (0)
2022– → Selangor (loan) 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 November 2022

Richmond Tetteh Ankrah (born 22 February 2000) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Malaysia Super League club Selangor.

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Career

Accra Lions

Ankrah began his career with Accra Lions academy. He was part of the club to win the title in the 2020–21 Ghana Division One and help the club earned promotion to the Ghana Premier League next season. [2]

Selangor

On 23 March 2022, Ankrah was loaned to Malaysia Super League side Selangor for the remainder of their 2022 season, and being initially assigned to the reserve team. [3] [4] On 5 July 2022, he received his first call-up to the senior squad, and made his debut against Melaka United with a 2–0 away loss in the league match. [5] [6] His first goal for Selangor came on 16 November, in a 3–1 home win against Terengganu in the first leg of the Malaysia Cup semi-finals tie. [7]

Career statistics

As of 21 February 2023 [8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Accra Lions 2021–22 Ghana Premier League 111———111
Selangor (loan) 2022 Malaysia Super League 500031—81
2023 Malaysia Super League400000—40
2024–25 Malaysia Super League0000000 [lower-alpha 1] 000
Total90003100121
Career total201003100232

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References

  1. ↑ "Richmond Ankrah: Overview". Goal. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Accra Lions earn maiden promotion to Ghana Premier League less than six years after being founded". myjoyonline.com. Joy Sports. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Selangor FC 2 Welcome Richmond Tetteh To The Team". selangorfc.com. Selangor FC. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Selangor FC complete signing of Accra Lions defender Richmond Tetteh". ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 26 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  5. ↑ Mulup, Amran (6 July 2022). "Melaka 'keletihan', namun masih mampu kalahkan Selangor". utusan.com.my. Utusan Malaysia. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Melaka United vs. Selangor". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Selangor dents Terengganu's M'sia Cup hopes with convincing 3-1 first leg win". themalaysianreserve.com. The Malaysian Reserve. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "R. Ankrah". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 February 2023.


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