11 Facts About Kenny Tete

Kenny Joelle Tete was born on 9 October 1995 and is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Premier League club Fulham.

Kenny Tete signed his first professional contract with Ajax on 20 July 2012, binding him to the Amsterdam club until 30 June 2015.

Kenny Tete spent his first year as a professional playing for the Ajax A1 youth team, without receiving any call-ups to the first team.

Kenny Tete appeared in his first match for the first team in a pre-season friendly match against SDC Putten on 29 June 2013.

Kenny Tete made his professional debut that season in the Eerste Divisie, the 2nd tier of professional football in the Netherlands, playing for the recently promoted reserves team Jong Ajax, in what would be the team's first-ever appearance in that division, against Telstar on 5 August 2013.

Kenny Tete went on to make 55 appearances for Ajax, including helping them reach the 2017 Europa League Final.

Kenny Tete made two further appearances during the qualifying rounds but was not included in the final 22-man squad which clinched the 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Slovakia.

Kenny Tete received his first under-19 call-up when he was named in the squad for the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.

Kenny Tete received his first call up to the senior Netherlands team in August 2015.

Kenny Tete was born and raised in Amsterdam to a father from Beira, Mozambique and a mother from Nias, Indonesia.

Kenny Tete's father Miguel Tete had relocated to the Netherlands with his family at age 5 during the Mozambican War of Independence, and is a former European heavyweight kickboxing champion, who works at The Bulldog coffeeshop on the Leidseplein in downtown Amsterdam.