Bibiani Gold Stars striker, Abednego Tetteh, has temporarily quit football after he was overlooked for a Black Stars call-up.
The former Hearts of Oak striker emerged as the top goal scorer with 18 goals during the 2022/23 Ghana Premier League after joining the side from King Faisal.
Despite his exploits, the lanky striker was not part of the Black Stars' squad for the Central African Republic game staged at the Baba Yara Stadium.
He was also ignored once again for the international friendly game against Liberia.
The decision by the technical handlers hasn’t gone down well with Tetteh and has decided to call it a quit for the time being.
“I won the Goal King award but I am very sad. It is the vision of any footballer to do well and earn praise for his hard work but in my case, it is not like that. I am very, very sad and I know many people are sad too. For a football nation like Ghana, the goal king of the league is consistently not given a national call-up but players that he overscored are invited to the national team,” Tetteh said on Fox FM.
“They first called a different striker (Hafiz Wontah of Bechem United) and then for the second time another player that I scored more goals than is called (Jonathan Sowah). What have I done wrong to the GFA people? ” he quizzed.
“Even look at the GFA awards, all the top scorers of the various leagues won the best player of that league but in my case, I was not given the best player award despite being the top scorer of the league season. Have I offended anyone at the GFA? I really do not understand what is going on.”
“Right now I am in the house, I am not playing for any club this season. I will not even play football again for now. It is better to stay in the house than doing myself and not be rewarded. They have started pre-season but I am in the house, I am not playing again for now.”
The 32-year-old has played for Hearts, King Faisal, Bechem United and Gold Stars during his time in Ghana where his stints outside the country also saw him represent Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid and Al-Hilal Omdurman.