Kenny Tete

Kenny Tete

Personal information
Full name	Kenny Tete
Date of birth	9 October 1995[1]
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current team	Ajax
Number	23
Youth career
0000–2005	Zeeburgia
2005–2013	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2013–	Ajax	25	(0)
2013–	→ Jong Ajax	50	(2)
National team^‡
2011–2012	Netherlands U17	5	(0)
2013–2014	Netherlands U19	4	(0)
2014–	Netherlands U20	2	(0)
2015–	Netherlands U21	1	(0)
2015–	Netherlands	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 April 2016 (UTC). † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:36, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Kenny Tete (born 9 October 1995) is a Dutch-Mozambican professional footballer who plays as a right back for Ajax in the Dutch Eredivisie, and for the Netherlands national team.

Club career

Ajax

Tete was born in Amsterdam where he grew up and played for AFC DWS and AVV Zeeburgia before he was recruited into the Ajax Academy in 2005 at age 10.^[2] The 2011–12 season saw Tete playing for the Ajax B1 team, the second highest youth level in the academy, as a right back, and helping his side to clinch the B-Juniors Eredivisie title.^[3] He signed his first professional contract with Ajax on 20 July 2012, binding him to the Amsterdam club until 30 June 2015. He spent his first year as a professional playing for the Ajax A1 youth team, without receiving any call-ups to the first team.^[4] The following season saw Tete, alongside fellow academy player Riechedly Bazoer, receive his first call-up to the first team which participated in the pre-season training camp in Austria.^[5] Tete appeared in his first match for the first team in a pre-season friendly match against SDC Putten on 29 June 2013.^[6] The match ended in a 4–1 away victory for Ajax, with Tete coming on as a substitute for Ruben Ligeon in the 45th minute.^[7]

He made his professional debut that season in the Eerste Divisie, the 2nd tier of professional football in the Netherlands, playing for the recently promoted reserves team Jong Ajax, in what would be the team's first-ever appearance in that division, against Telstar on 5 August 2013. The match ended in a 2–0 victory for Jong Ajax at the Amsterdam ArenA.^[8] Having appeared on the bench for the first team during the 2013–14 season, it wasn't until the second half of the 2014–15 season that Tete would make his debut for the first team in an official match, appearing in the 1–0 home loss to AZ Alkmaar on 5 February 2015 as a 69th-minute substitute.^[9]

International career

On 25 October 2011, Tete made his debut for the Netherlands national under-17 team in a UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying match against Bosnia and Herzegovina, which ended in a 3–0 win for the Dutch.^[10] He made two further appearances during the qualifying rounds but was not included in the final 22-man squad which clinched the 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Slovakia.^[11]

Tete received his first under-19 call-up when he was named in the squad for the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. He appeared in all three group stage matches. The team defeated hosts Lithuania 3–2 in the opening match^[12] but lost their next two matches against Portugal and Spain, failing to advance past the group stage.^[13]

Tete received his first call up to the senior Netherlands team in August 2015.^[14] Tete played his first cap for the Dutch national team on October 10th against Kazakhstan.^[15]

Personal life

Tete was born and raised in Amsterdam to a father from Mozambique and a mother from India. He is the nephew of Mixed martial arts fighter André Tete. His father Miguel Tete had relocated to the Netherlands with his family at age 5 during the Mozambican War of Independence, and is a former European heavyweight kickboxing champion, who works at The Bulldog coffeeshop on the Leidseplein in downtown Amsterdam.^[16][17] In December 2015 Tete was arrested after a brawl at an Amsterdam coffee-shop and charged with alleging police officers and resisting arrest.^[18]

Career Statistics

Club performance

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Netherlands			League		KNVB Cup		Europe		Other		Total
2013–14	Ajax	Eredivisie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014–15			5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2015–16			20	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	30	0
Total	Netherlands		25	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	35	0
Career total			25	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	35	0

Statistics accurate as of last match played on 20 April 2016.^[19]

Reserve team performance

Club performance			League		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2013–14	Jong Ajax	Eerste Divisie	26	0	26	0
2014–15			24	2	24	2
Career total			50	2	50	2

International performance

Statistics accurate as of matches played on 13 November 2015,^[20][21]

Dutch national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2015	2	0
Total	2	0

References

1. "Kenny Tete profile". Soccerway.com. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
2. "Ajax legt jeugdspeler Kenny Tete vast". Ajaxinside.nl. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
3. "B junioren Eredivisie seizoen 2011/'12" (PDF). KNVB.nl. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
4. "Jeugdspeler Tete tekent contract". Ajax Showtime. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
5. "Ajax op weg naar Oostenrijk". AT5. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
6. "Kenny Tete: "Moet niet te hard van stapel lopen"". Ajax1.nl. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
7. "Ajax wint eerste oefenwedstrijd van SDC Putten: 1-4". Ajax F-Side. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
8. "Jong Ajax 2-0 Telstar". ESPN.com. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
9. "Ajax 0-1 AZ". Soccerway.nl. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
10. "Oranje onder-17 verslaat Frankrijk 1-0". KNVB.nl. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
11. "Stan Bijl en Kenny Tete vallen af". OnsOranje. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
12. "Onder 19 wint in Blessuretijd". KNVB.nl. 20 July 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
13. "Wijzigingen voorlopige EK Selectie Onder 19". KNVB.nl. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
14. "Blind names first Netherlands squad: Tete, Riedewald and Anita included". football-oranje.com. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
15. "Kazakhstan 1-2 Netherlands". BBC. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
16. "'Met donkere jongens heb ik altijd een snelle klik'". de Volkskrant. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
17. "Vader geeft Tete veilig gevoel: "Als ik in de stad uitga, weet hij waar ik ben"". Ajax Primeur. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
18. "Ajax defender Kenny Tete arrested after Amsterdam brawl". The Times of India. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
19. "Kenny Tete - Voetbal International profile". Voetbal International.
20. "Kenny Tete International". Voetbalstats.nl.
21. Kenny Tete at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

• Netherlands U17 stats at UEFA.com
• Netherlands U19 stats at UEFA.com