Bernard Tekpetey
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bernard Tekpetey | ||
Date of birth | 3 September 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ludogorets Razgrad | ||
Number | 37 | ||
Youth career | |||
2012–2016 | UniStar Soccer Academy | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016 | Schalke 04 II | 16 | (4) |
2016–2018 | Schalke 04 | 2 | (0) |
2017 | → SCR Altach (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2018–2019 | SC Paderborn | 32 | (10) |
2019–2021 | Schalke 04 | 0 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Ludogorets Razgrad (loan) | 25 | (2) |
2021– | Ludogorets Razgrad | 68 | (24) |
International career‡ | |||
2017– | Ghana | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 February 2017 |
Bernard Tekpetey (born 3 September 1997) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bulgarian First League club Ludogorets Razgrad.
Club career
Having successfully undergone a trial period, Schalke 04 signed Tekpetey was signed from Ghanaian second-tier side Unistar Soccer Academy in February 2016. He made his debut for the club on 24 November, starting in a 2–0 win over OGC Nice. He won a penalty, which was converted by Dennis Aogo for Schalke's second goal, before being sent off in the second-half after committing two bookable offences.
After a season-long loan to Ludogorets Razgrad, Tekpetey permanently joined the team on 29 June 2021.
International career
Tekpetey was called up to the Ghana national football team for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. He made his debut for Ghana in a 1–0 loss to Egypt national football team on 25 January 2017.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played on 15 December 2023
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Schalke 04 II | 2015–16 | Regionalliga West | 16 | 4 | — | — | 16 | 4 | ||
Schalke 04 | 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2017–18 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
SCR Altach | 2017–18 | Austrian Bundesliga | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 12 | 3 | |
SC Paderborn | 2018–19 | 2. Bundesliga | 32 | 10 | 4 | 1 | — | 36 | 11 | |
Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
Ludogorets Razgrad | 2020–21 | First League | 25 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 37 | 4 |
2021–22 | First League | 24 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 37 | 10 | |
2022–23 | First League | 27 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 48 | 10 | |
2023–24 | First League | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 32 | 11 | |
Total | 93 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 46 | 5 | 154 | 35 | ||
Career total | 162 | 41 | 22 | 7 | 47 | 5 | 232 | 53 |
International
- As of 17 September 2017
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Ghana | 2017 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 0 |
Honours
Ludogorets Razgrad
- Bulgarian First League: (3) 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
- Bulgarian Supercup: (2) 2021, 2022
- Bulgarian Cup: 2022–23
Individual
- Bulgarian football Best foreign player: 2022
- Bulgarian First League Goal of the Week: 2021–22(v CSKA 1948)
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Accra
- Men's association football forwards
- Ghanaian men's footballers
- Ghana men's international footballers
- FC Schalke 04 players
- FC Schalke 04 II players
- SC Rheindorf Altach players
- SC Paderborn 07 players
- Fortuna Düsseldorf players
- PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Regionalliga players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
- 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players