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Richmond Ankrah
Ghanaian footballer (born 2000)
Richmond Tetteh Ankrah (born 22 February 2000) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Malaysia Super League club Penang, on loan from Selangor.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richmond Tetteh Ankrah | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-02-22) 22 February 2000 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Penang (on loan from Selangor) | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2020–2021 | Accra Lions | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021 | Accra Lions | 11 | (1) |
| 2022– | Selangor | 9 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Selangor II (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2024– | → Penang (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 November 2022 | |||
Accra Lions
Ankrah began his career with Accra Lions academy. He was part of the club to win the title in the 2020–21 Ghana Division One and help the club earned promotion to the Ghana Premier League next season.[2]
Selangor
On 23 March 2022, Ankrah was loaned to Malaysia Super League side Selangor for the remainder of their 2022 season, and being initially assigned to the reserve team.[3][4] On 5 July 2022, he received his first call-up to the senior squad, and made his debut against Melaka United with a 2–0 away loss in the league match.[5][6] Halfway throughout the season, Ankrah loaned move was made permanent. His first goal for Selangor came on 16 November, in a 3–1 home win against Terengganu in the first leg of the Malaysia Cup semi-finals tie.[7]
Penang (loan)
On 28 March 2024, Ankrah signed for another Malaysia Super League club Penang on loan for the 2024–25 season.[8]
- As of 28 March 2023[9]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Accra Lions | 2021–22 | Ghana Premier League | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| Selangor (loan) | 2022 | Malaysia Super League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 8 | 1 | |
| 2023 | Malaysia Super League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Penang (loan) | 2024–25 | Malaysia Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||
- "Richmond Ankrah: Overview". Goal. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- "Accra Lions earn maiden promotion to Ghana Premier League less than six years after being founded". myjoyonline.com. Joy Sports. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "Selangor FC 2 Welcome Richmond Tetteh To The Team". selangorfc.com. Selangor FC. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- "Selangor FC complete signing of Accra Lions defender Richmond Tetteh". ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 26 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- Mulup, Amran (6 July 2022). "Melaka 'keletihan', namun masih mampu kalahkan Selangor". utusan.com.my. Utusan Malaysia. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- "Melaka United vs. Selangor". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- "Selangor dents Terengganu's M'sia Cup hopes with convincing 3-1 first leg win". themalaysianreserve.com. The Malaysian Reserve. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- Fahmi, Nabil (28 March 2024). "Penang Sambar Khidmat 'Orang Besi' Selangor". makanbola.com. Makanbola. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- "R. Ankrah". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
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