Divine Teah
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Divine Roosevelt Teah | ||
| Date of birth | 19 April 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Brewerville, Liberia | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Pardubice (on loan from Slavia Prague) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2024 | Nimba FC | 6 | (2) |
| 2024–2025 | Hammarby IF | 7 | (0) |
| 2025– | Slavia Prague | 10 | (0) |
| 2025 | Slavia Prague B | 2 | (0) |
| 2025– | → Pardubice (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Liberia | 23 | (2) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:24, 4 October 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:21, 13 October 2025 (UTC) | |||
Divine Roosevelt Teah (born 19 April 2006) is a Liberian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Czech side Pardubice on loan from Slavia Prague and the Liberia national team.
Club career
[edit]Nimba and Hammarby
[edit]Teah was called up from the Massa FA to play for Nimba FC.[citation needed] He scored his first two goals for Nimba in the 2021–22 season.[1] On 11 October 2023, he was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2006 worldwide.[2] During his time at Nimba, he was heavily linked with teams like AC Milan, Sporting CP, and Bayer Leverkusen, per Fabrizio Romano.[3][4]
On 19 April 2024, Teah signed a four-year contract with the Swedish club Hammarby, the transfer will become official in the summer transfer window in July 2024.[5] He made his Allsvenskan debut in the 1–0 loss to IFK Göteborg.[6]
Slavia Prague
[edit]On 30 October 2024 it was announced by Hammarby that Teah, after making 7 substitute appearances in the league and a 90-minute appearance in a qualification match against IFK Stocksund in the Swedish Cup, was sold to the Czech club SK Slavia Prague for a sum that could reach close to 50 million Swedish krona. The deal was set to be made official on 1 January 2025.[7][8] He signed a five year contract, up until 31 December 2029. Fellow Liberian player Oscar Dorley, who was already at Slavia, claimed that he would help Teah adapt to the new league.[9]
On 8 September 2025, Teah joined Pardubice on a half-year loan deal without an option.[10]
International career
[edit]Teah made his first cap for the Liberia national team against Benin.[11] After 7 caps, he scored his first goal in the 3–1 loss against Ghana, which was assisted by DZ Harmon.[12][13]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 4 October 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nimba FC | 2023–24 | Liberian Second Division | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | |||
| Hammarby | 2024 | Allsvenskan | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Slavia Prague | 2024–25 | Czech First League | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| 2025–26 | Czech First League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| Slavia Prague B | 2024–25 | Czech National Football League | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2025–26 | Czech National Football League | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Pardubice (loan) | 2025–26 | Czech First League | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | ||
- ^ Includes Svenska Cupen, Czech Cup
References
[edit]- ^ "Divine Teah". 365scores.com. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ Christenson, Marcus; Bloor, Steven; Blight, Garry (11 October 2023). "Next Generation 2023: 60 of the best young talents in world football". theguardian.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Liberian 'Wonder Kid' Divine Teah Named Among 2023 Best Young Talents". FrontPageAfrica. 13 October 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ Says, Divine (27 November 2023). "Romano: Milan among clubs scouting Guardian Top 60 talent in Liberia". SempreMilancom. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "Divine Teah klar för Hammarby" [Divine Teah ready for Hammarby] (in Swedish). Hammarby IF. 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Hammarby vs IFK Göteborg: Allsvenskan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Divine Teah lämnar Hammarby – köps loss av Slavia Prag" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Officiellt: Hammarby säljer Divine Teah". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). 30 October 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Posila pro budoucnost: Divine Teah" (in Czech). SK Slavia Prague. 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Slavia ho vítala s velkou pompou, teď mizí do Pardubic. Obrovský talent, musí hrát, vysvětluje". eFotbal.cz (in Czech). 8 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ^ "ai-score Divine Teah". ai-score.com.
- ^ "Ghana 3-1 Liberia (Sep 12, 2023) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ "Ghana vs Liberia live score, H2H and lineups". sofascore.com. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
External links
[edit]- Divine Teah at National-Football-Teams.com
- 2006 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Monrovia
- Liberian men's footballers
- 21st-century Liberian sportsmen
- Liberia men's international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Hammarby Fotboll players
- Liberian First Division players
- Liberian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Allsvenskan players
- FK Pardubice players
- SK Slavia Prague players
- Liberian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
- Czech First League players
- Czech National Football League players