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*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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Playing career

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

Coaching career

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

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]

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References

  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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