Divine Teah

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Divine Teah

| image =

| caption = Teah in 2024

| full_name = Divine Roosevelt Teah

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2006|4|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Brewerville, Liberia

| height = 1.76 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Slavia Prague

| clubnumber = 29

| years1 = 2021–2024

| clubs1 = Nimba FC

| caps1 = 6

| goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2024–2025

| clubs2 = Hammarby

| caps2 = 7

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2025–

| clubs3 = Slavia Prague

| caps3 = 1

| goals3 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2023–

| nationalteam1 = Liberia

| nationalcaps1 = 19

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| club-update = 21:19, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 19:17, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

}}

Divine Roosevelt Teah (born 19 April 2006) is a Liberian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Czech side Slavia Prague and the Liberia national team.

Club career

= Nimba and Hammarby =

Teah was called up from the Massa FA to play for Nimba FC.{{Cite web |title=Divine Teah - Stats and titles won - 22/23 |url=https://www.footballdatabase.eu/en/player/details/484131-divine-teah |access-date=24 September 2023 |website=footballdatabase.eu}} He scored his first two goals for Nimba in the 2021–22 season.{{Cite web |title=Divine Teah| url=https://www.365scores.com/en-us/football/player/divine-teah-138752 |access-date=24 September 2023 |website=365scores.com}} On 11 October 2023, he was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2006 worldwide.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2023/oct/11/next-generation-2023-60-of-the-best-young-talents-in-world-football|title=Next Generation 2023: 60 of the best young talents in world football|first1=Marcus|last1=Christenson|first2=Steven|last2=Bloor|first3=Garry|last3=Blight|date=11 October 2023|access-date=11 October 2023|website=theguardian.com}} During his time at Nimba, he was heavily linked with teams like AC Milan, Sporting CP, and Bayer Leverkusen, per Fabrizio Romano.{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=Contributing |date=2023-10-13 |title=Liberian 'Wonder Kid' Divine Teah Named Among 2023 Best Young Talents. |url=https://frontpageafricaonline.com/sports/liberian-wonder-kid-divine-teah-named-among-2023-best-young-talents/ |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=FrontPageAfrica}}{{Cite web |last=Says |first=Divine |date=2023-11-27 |title=Romano: Milan among clubs scouting Guardian Top 60 talent in Liberia |url=https://sempremilan.com/romano-milan-scouting-divine-teah |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=SempreMilancom}}

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.{{cite web|publisher=Hammarby IF|url=https://www.hammarbyfotboll.se/nyheter/divine-teah-klar-foer-hammarby|title=Divine Teah klar för Hammarby|trans-title=Divine Teah ready for Hammarby|date=19 April 2024|language=sv}} He made his Allsvenskan debut in the 1–0 loss to IFK Göteborg.{{Cite web |title=Hammarby vs IFK Göteborg: Allsvenskan |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/c2v037l22ent |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=BBC Sport}}

= Slavia Prague =

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.{{cite web |title=Divine Teah lämnar Hammarby – köps loss av Slavia Prag |url=https://www.hammarbyfotboll.se/nyheter/divine-teah-laemnar-hammarby-koeps-loss-av-slavia-prag |website=www.hammarbyfotboll.se |access-date=30 October 2024}}{{cite news |title=Officiellt: Hammarby säljer Divine Teah |url=https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/allsvenskan/officiellt-hammarby-saljer-divine-teah/ |access-date=30 October 2024 |work=fotbollskanalen |date=30 October 2024 |language=sv}} He signed a five year contract, up until 31 December 2029. The fellow Liberian player Oscar Dorley, who was already at Slavia, claims that he will help Teah adapt to the new league.{{cite web |title=Posila pro budoucnost: Divine Teah |url=https://www.slavia.cz/article/22465-Posila-pro-budoucnost-Divine-Teah |website=slavia.cz}}

International career

Teah made his first cap for the Liberia national team against Benin.{{Cite web |title=ai-score Divine Teah |url=https://www.aiscore.com/player-divine-teah/edq09i0olowtmqx |website=ai-score.com}} After 7 caps, he scored his first goal in the 3–1 loss against Ghana, which was assisted by DZ Harmon.{{Cite web |title=Ghana 3-1 Liberia (Sep 12, 2023) Final Score |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/match/_/gameId/687825 |access-date=24 September 2023 |website=ESPN }}{{Cite web |title=Ghana vs Liberia live score, H2H and lineups |url=https://www.sofascore.com/liberia-ghana/oVbsJkd |access-date=24 September 2023 |website=sofascore.com}}

Career statistics

= Club =

Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition !rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|National cup{{efn\|Includes Svenska Cupen, Czech Cup}} !colspan="2"\|Europe !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
Nimba FC \|2023–24 \|Liberian Second Division \|6	2	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	6	2
Hammarby \|2024 \|Allsvenskan \|7	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	8	0
Slavia Prague \|2024–25 \|Czech First League \|1	0	0	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	1	0
colspan="3"\|Career total !14	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	2

= International =

National team	Year	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
rowspan="5"\|Liberia \|2021	1	0
2022	5	1
2023	5	1
2024	6	0
2025	2	0
colspan="2"\|Total	19	2