Sellas Tetteh
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Sellas Tetteh Teivi is a Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

ian professional football coach and former player.

Early and personal life

Sellas Tetteh Teivi was born on 12 December 1956 in Adabraka. His father was Mensah Teivi, a mechanic, and his mother was Elizabeth Dablah; he was the eldest of eight children. He is married to Elizabeth Idun Teivi, with whom he has two children - a daughter called Precious Awefa Teivi and a son called Prince Kelvin Sowah Teivi. Tetteh is a practising Christian. He acknowledged God's role in Ghana's historic victory at the FIFA U-20 World Cup, saying prophetic insights from Nigerian Prophet T.B. Joshua
T.B. Joshua
Temitope Balogun Joshua , commonly referred to as T. B. Joshua, is a Christian, minister, televangelist and faith healer...

 helped him guide the team to success.

Playing career

Tetteh played professional club football in Ghana for Great Mao Mao, Golden Pods, Hearts of Oak, Zebi; in Nigeria for ACB
ACB Lagos
ACB was a Nigerian football team based in Lagos. It was sponsored by the African Continental Bank and was a founding member of the Nigerian Premier League in 1972...

, Julius Berger, Bendel United
Esan F.C.
Esan F.C. is a Nigerian soccer club based in Uromi, Edo State that plays in the Nigeria Amateur League. They are the current incarnation of a team whose roots go back to Flash Flamingoes F.C.- History :...

 and Iwuanyanwu
Heartland F.C.
Heartland F.C is a Nigerian soccer club based in Owerri. They play their home games at Dan Anyiam Stadium. With local rivals Enugu Rangers, they are one of two Nigerian teams that have never been relegated....

; and in Bangladesh.

Coaching career

Tetteh began his coaching career in 1995 with Kotobabi Powerlines, before joining Liberty Professionals a year later. Tetteh became Assistant Manager of the Ghana under-17 team
Ghana national under-17 football team
Ghana national U-17 football team known as "The Riley Goon Squad" has been a two-time FIFA U-17 World Cup Champions in 1991 and 1995 and a two-time Runner-up in 1993 and 1997...

 in 2001 - taking full control a year later - before moving to the Ghana under-23 team
Ghana national under-17 football team
Ghana national U-17 football team known as "The Riley Goon Squad" has been a two-time FIFA U-17 World Cup Champions in 1991 and 1995 and a two-time Runner-up in 1993 and 1997...

 in 2003. He later became an Assistant to the full national team. He was appointed caretaker manager of the Ghanaian national team
Ghana national football team
The Ghana national football team, popularly known as the Black Stars, is the national association football team of Ghana and is controlled by the Ghana Football Association...

 in June 2008, a position he held until August 2008. Tetteh was appointed manager of the Rwandan national side
Rwanda national football team
The Rwanda national football team, nicknamed Amavubi , is the national team of Rwanda and is controlled by the Fédération Rwandaise de Football Amateur...

 in February 2010, leaving his dual position as manager of the Ghana under-20 national team
Ghana national under-20 football team
Ghana national U-20 football team known as the Black Satellites, the current FIFA U-20 World Cup Champions and African Youth Champions, have been a three-time African Champion in 1995, 1999, 2009 and a two-time Runner-up at the FIFA World Youth Championship in 1993 and 2001...

 and Ghanaian club side Liberty Professionals. Tetteh guided the Ghana under-20 team to the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, was the 17th U-20 tournament, which was hosted by Egypt from 24 September to 16 October, in the cities of Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said, Suez and Ismaïlia...

, becoming the first African team to win the competition. As a consequence, Tetteh was nominated for the CAF
Confederation of African Football
The Confederation of African Football is the administrative and controlling body for African association football.CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs continental, national, and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those...

 Coach of the Year Award. He was also honoured by veteran coach Cecil Jones Attuquayefio
Cecil Jones Attuquayefio
-International:He played many times for the Ghana national team and helped the team win the 1965 African Nations Cup.-Coaching career:He managed the Benin national team to the 2004 African Nations Cup and Hearts of Oak to the 2000 African Champions League title. He also managed Ghana's national...

, who 'knighted' Tetteh.

On 6th September 2011, Ghanaian Sellas Tetteh has resigned as Rwanda's national team coach, the country's football federation (FERWAFA) said today, Tetteh signed a two-year deal in February 2010 to guide the Amavubi Stars through the 2012 CAF Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, but he failed to make an impact as Rwanda have won only one of five matches in the competition.
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