Alexander Tettey

Alexander Tettey is the kind of footballer I quietly root for. Born in Accra yet capped by Norway, he built a career on the unglamorous defensive midfield work that wins matches without filling highlight reels. What impresses me most is longevity and trust: nine years at Norwich City, eventually wearing the captain's armband, after earlier spells at Rosenborg and Rennes. That tells me teammates and managers leaned on him. Now moving into coaching, he seems intent on passing that discipline along. I have always believed clubs are held together by players like Tettey, and they deserve a louder ovation than they get.

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Name (English)

Alexander Tettey

Name (Japanese)

アレクサンデル・テッテイ

Reading

あれくさんでる・てってい

Born

April 4, 1986 (age 40)

Origin

Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana

Height

180 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Tiger

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Tettey
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%83%83%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q714282

Tags

• Greater Accra Region
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.