Sellas Tetteh Teivi was born on 12 December 1956 and is a Ghanaian professional football coach and former player.
18 Facts About Sellas Tetteh
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Sellas Tetteh Teivi was born on 12 December 1956 in Adabraka.
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Sellas Tetteh's father was Mensah Teivi, a mechanic, and his mother was Elizabeth Dablah; he was the eldest of eight children.
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Sellas Tetteh began his coaching career in 1995 with Kotobabi Powerlines, before joining Liberty Professionals a year later.
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Sellas Tetteh later became an Assistant to the full national team.
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Sellas Tetteh was appointed caretaker manager of the Ghana national team in June 2008, a position he held until August 2008.
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Sellas Tetteh was the head coach for the Ghana under-20 team at the 2009 African Youth Championship, leading them to win the championship, the first time since 1999 when they won, with that qualifying them to the World Cup.
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Sellas Tetteh guided the Ghana under-20 team to the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, becoming the first African team to win the competition.
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Sellas Tetteh was honoured by veteran coach Cecil Jones Attuquayefio, who 'knighted' Tetteh.
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Sellas 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.
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Sellas Tetteh was put in charge of the Ghana U20 team again in December 2012 ahead of the 2013 African Youth Championship in Algeria.
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Sellas Tetteh led the team to a 2nd place losing to Egypt in the finals after a penalty shootout.
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Sellas Tetteh was again in charge of Ghana U20 at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
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Sellas Tetteh led the team to a third-place finish at the end of the competition.
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On 14 August 2015, Sellas Tetteh was given a temporary contract for three months, to become caretaker of the Sierra Leone national team.
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Sellas Tetteh was replaced as Sierra Leone manager by John Keister in May 2017.
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Sellas Tetteh quit as Sierra Leone manager in March 2020.
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Sellas Tetteh's appointment came after the club sacked their head coach David Ocloo due the club's poor performance in the first round which had caused them lavishing at the bottom of the league and in the relegation zone.