Gideon Mensah (footballer, born 1998)

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Gideon Mensah
Mensah in Liefering training in 2016
Personal information
Full name Gideon Mensah[1]
Date of birth (1998-07-18) 18 July 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Left-back[3]
Team information
Current team
 Auxerre
Number 14
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 WAFA 8 (0)
2016–2017 Liefering 47 (0)
2017–2022 Red Bull Salzburg 0 (0)
2019 → Sturm Graz (loan) 15 (0)
2019–2020 → Zulte Waregem (loan) 19 (0)
2020–2021 → Vitória de Guimarães (loan) 13 (0)
2021–2022 → Bordeaux (loan) 23 (0)
2022– Auxerre 42 (0)
International career‡
2019– Ghana 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:10, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Gideon Mensah (born 18 July 1998) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for French Ligue 2 club Auxerre, and the Ghana national team.

Club career[edit]

FC Red Bull Salzburg[edit]

In January 2019, Mensah joined Sturm Graz on loan until the end of the season.[4] On 29 August 2019, he was then loaned out to Belgian club Zulte Waregem for the 2019–20 season.[5]

Loan to Bordeaux[edit]

On 3 August 2021, Mensah joined Bordeaux on a season-long loan with an option to buy until the end of the 2021–22 Ligue 1 season.[6]

Auxerre[edit]

On 12 August 2022, Mensah signed a three-year contract with Auxerre.[7]

International career[edit]

Mensah made his debut for the Ghana national team in the 2021 AFCON qualifier against South Africa in 2019.[8]

He was part of the Ghana national team in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations that suffered elimination at the group stage of the competition.[9][10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Ghana (GHA)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 14. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ Gideon Mensah at Soccerway
  3. ^ Profile at WorldFootball, worldfootball.net
  4. ^ "GIDEON MENSAH JOINS STURM GRAZ". Red Bull Salzburg. 10 November 2023.
  5. ^ Gideon Mensah: Ghanaian fullback joins Zulte Waregem from Red Bull Salzburg, goal.com, 29 August 2019
  6. ^ "Gideon Mensah rejoint le Club". Girondins.com. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  7. ^ "GIDEON MENSAH EST AUXERROIS !" (in French). Auxerre. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  8. ^ Sienu, Sheikh Tophic (6 September 2021). "WCQ 2022: Gideon Mensah earns Ghana start against South Africa". Football Made In Ghana. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Gideon Mensah returns to Bordeaux after Ghana's exit from Afcon". Footballghana. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Ghana dumped out of Afcon by Comoros". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

External links[edit]

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