Osei Telesford

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Osei Telesford
Personal information
Full name	Osei Telesford
Date of birth	November 30, 1983 (1983-11-30) (age 24)
Place of birth	San Juan, Trinidad & Tobago
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Puerto Rico Islanders
Number	13
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005-06 2007 2008-	Carolina Dynamo Chicago Fire Puerto Rico Islanders	23 (1) 02 (0) 01 (0)
National team2
2007-	Trinidad & Tobago	013 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 May 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 1 June 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Osei Telesford (born November 11, 1983 in San Juan, Trinidad) is a Trinidadian soccer player who currently plays for the Puerto Rico Islanders of the USL First Division.

Telesford played his collegiate soccer at Liberty University, where he started 65 of 66 matches from 2003 to 2006, scoring 8 goals and assisting on 8 more. He was named to the All Big South Conference Team all four years. While at Liberty he also played for the Carolina Dynamo of the USL Premier Development League.

Telesford earned his first cap for the Trinidad and Tobago national football team in January of 2007 during the Caribbean Digicel Cup. He was previously a regular fixture on the U-23 and U-20 levels.

He was drafted in the 2nd round, 21st overall, by the Chicago Fire in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft, and played 2 games for them, before being transferred to Puerto Rico in early 2008.

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