# David Telfer

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{{short description|Ghanaian footballer (born 1988)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| image = 
| name= David Telfer
| fullname = David Telfer
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1988|12|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Obuasi](/source/Obuasi), [Ghana](/source/Ghana)
| height = 
| currentclub  = [Ashanti Gold SC](/source/Ashanti_Gold_SC)
| clubnumber = 4
| position = [defensive Midfielder](/source/Midfielder_(association_football))
| youthyears1= 
| youthclubs1= [AshantiGold Soccer Academy](/source/Ashanti_Gold_SC)
| years1 = 2006–2014 | years2 =2008| years3 = 2010–2011
| clubs1 = [Ashanti Gold SC](/source/Ashanti_Gold_SC) | clubs2 =→ [Free State Stars](/source/Free_State_Stars) ''(loan)''
| clubs3 = → [CSCA–Rapid Chişinău](/source/CSCA%E2%80%93Rapid_Chi%C5%9Fin%C4%83u) ''(loan)''
| caps1= | goals1 = | caps2 = | goals2 =  | caps3 = 4| goals3 = 0
| nationalyears1 =2009
|nationalteam1 =[Ghana](/source/Ghana_national_football_team)<ref>{{NFT player|pid=32809}}</ref>
| nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| pcupdate = 
| ntupdate = 
}}
'''David Telfer''' (born 1 December 1988 in [Obuasi](/source/Obuasi)) is a [Ghana](/source/Ghana)ian [footballer](/source/football_(soccer)), who last played for [Ashanti Gold SC](/source/Ashanti_Gold_SC).

== Career ==
Telfer began his career in the [Ashanti Gold Soccer Academy](/source/Ashanti_Gold_SC)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.modernghana.com/print/56527/1/starlets-begin-camping.html|title=Starlets begin camping|website=www.modernghana.com|access-date=2018-05-21}}</ref> and was promoted to [Ashanti Gold SC](/source/Ashanti_Gold_SC) of the [Ghana Premier League](/source/Ghana_Premier_League) in January 2006.

In August 2008 from [Ashanti Gold SC](/source/Ashanti_Gold_SC) out to [Free State Stars](/source/Free_State_Stars), he joined with teammate [Jonathan Mensah](/source/Jonathan_Mensah).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ghanasoccernet.com/content/view/2358/51/ |title=Ghanasoccernet.com the No.1 Site for Ghana Soccer - Satellites chase third AYC trophy |access-date=2009-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090711233642/http://www.ghanasoccernet.com/content/view/2358/51/ |archive-date=2009-07-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Telfer returned to Ghana and registered for [Ashanti Gold SC](/source/Ashanti_Gold_SC) for the 2009–2010 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/artikel.php?ID=163581|title=Gossip/Transfers: Samuel Yeboah moves to Belgium|website=ghanaweb.com|date=30 November 2001|language=en|access-date=2018-05-21}}</ref> He is an integral member of the team and produced several sterling performances. In September 2010, he signed with the Moldovan side [CSCA-Rapid Chişinău](/source/CSCA-Rapid_Chi%C5%9Fin%C4%83u) and played four matches during the 2010/2011 season in the [Divizia Naţională](/source/Moldovan_National_Division).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220327085920/http://fcdacia.md/en/david_telfer 2010/2011: David Telfer - FCDACIA.MD]</ref> In August 2011 returned to [Ashanti Gold SC](/source/Ashanti_Gold_SC).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sports.peacefmonline.com/soccer/201108/65270.php |title=David Telfer Close To AshGold Return |access-date=2012-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920090029/http://sports.peacefmonline.com/soccer/201108/65270.php |archive-date=2011-09-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== International career ==
 David Telfer was named in the Ghana under-17 squad for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ghanafa.org/news/200509/133.asp|title=Latest News|last=Association|first=Ghana Football|website=www.ghanafa.org|language=en|access-date=2018-05-21|archive-date=7 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907141626/http://www.ghanafa.org/news/200509/133.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 Telfer played for the Meteors<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://on-dsport.blogspot.com/2008/09/gossiptransfers-appiah-snubs-chelsea.html|title=SPORTREAL: Gossip/Transfers: Appiah "Snubs" Chelsea|last=Want|first=All What U.|date=2008-09-16|website=SPORTREAL|access-date=2018-05-21}}</ref> and 2007 for the Black Stars,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ghanafa.org/blackstars/200702/1788.asp |title=50 happy Stars get le Roy call &#124; Ghana Football Association &#124; Ghana Soccer News |access-date=2009-01-12 |archive-date=2008-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081108013429/http://www.ghanafa.org/blackstars/200702/1788.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>  He earned his debut on 14 August 2009 against [Zambia national football team](/source/Zambia_national_football_team) for the [Ghana national football team](/source/Ghana_national_football_team), he came on as a 2nd half substitute in the game.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

== References ==
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Category:1988 births
Category:Living people
Category:Ghanaian men's footballers
Category:Ghana men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa
Category:Ashanti Gold S.C. players
Category:People from Obuasi
Category:Ghanaian expatriates in South Africa
Category:Free State Stars F.C. players
Category:21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen
Category:Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers

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