Bernard Tekpetey

Bernard Tekpetey is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ludogorets Razgrad in Bulgaria. He has won five Bulgarian league titles with the club and was named the best foreign player in Bulgarian football in 2022.

Early life and youth career

Tekpetey was born in Accra on 3 September 1997. He developed at the UniStar Soccer Academy from 2012 to 2016 before moving to Germany.

Club career

He joined Schalke 04 in 2016, playing first for the reserve team and then making Bundesliga appearances. He was loaned to SCR Altach in Austria in 2017, then joined SC Paderborn for 2018-19, scoring 11 goals in 36 games. After returning to Schalke he went on loan to Fortuna Dusseldorf (2019-20) and Ludogorets (2020-21), and signed permanently for the Bulgarian club on 29 June 2021.

At Ludogorets he won the Bulgarian First League every season from 2020-21 to 2024-25, five Bulgarian Supercups and two Bulgarian Cups. He obtained a Bulgarian passport in June 2022. In early November 2026 he came off the bench to score in Ludogorets' 3-0 win over Lokomotiv Plovdiv.

International career

Tekpetey was called up for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations and made his Ghana debut in a 1-0 loss to Egypt on 25 January 2017. He has two caps. In June 2025 he said he would consider playing for Bulgaria under FIFA's rules for players with fewer than three senior caps.