Sierra Leone News: Sellas Tetteh Gets Second Chance as Head Coach
By Desmond Tunde Coker
The Sierra Leone Football Association has on Tuesday August 13, appointed Sellas Tetteh Teivi as Sierra Leone National Team Head Coach for the second time.
“After a thorough interview process by the Sierra Leone Football Association Head Coach Recruitment Committee and based on scores earned by the various candidates, the Executive Committee of the Football Association wishes to announce to the general public and the football family the appointment of Sellas Tetteh Teivi as the Head Coach of the *National Senior Team (Leone Stars),” the Sierra Leone Football Association said in a statement on Tuesday.
The newly appointed coach is expected to assume office and take up his duties within the next 48 hours.
The responsibility of Mr. Tetteh, as Head Coach, is to appoint his backroom coaching staff.
Sellas Tetteh will take over from John Keister who was the Head Coach of the senior national team Leone Stars before FIFA /CAF suspension. His contract has not been mention yet but according to information reaching this medium, he will sing a three year contract which will see him taken care of the African Cup of Nation and world Cup preliminary qualifiers.
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 was married to Elizabeth Idun Teivi until her death on 26 January 2017, 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 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, Julius Berger, Bendel United and Iwuanyanwu; 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 in 2001 — taking full control a year later — before moving to the Ghana under-23 team in 2003.
He later became an Assistant to the full national team. He was appointed caretaker manager of the Ghanaian national team in June 2008, a position he held until August 2008. Tetteh was appointed manager of the Rwandan national side in February 2010, leaving his dual position as manager of the Ghana under-20 national team and Ghanaian club side Liberty Professionals. Tetteh guided the Ghana under-20 team to the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, becoming the first African team to win the competition. As a consequence, Tetteh was nominated for the CAF Coach of the Year Award. He was also honoured by veteran coach Cecil Jones Attuquayefio, who ‘knighted’ Tetteh.
On September 6, 2011, Tetteh resigned as Rwanda’s manager.
Tetteh was again in charge of Ghana U20 at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
On August 14,2015, Tetteh was given a temporary contract for three months, to become caretaker of the Sierra Leone national team. In March 2016, he left his position as Ghana under-20 manager in order to continue as Sierra Leone caretaker manager. He was replaced as Sierra Leone manager by John Keister in May 2017.
