Gideon Mensah (born 18 July 1998) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Auxerre and the Ghana national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gideon Mensah[1] | ||
Date of birth | 18 July 1998 | ||
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 | FC 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 | 52 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019– | Ghana | 13 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:10, 10 December 2022 (UTC) |
Club career
editRed Bull Salzburg
editIn 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
editOn 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
editOn 12 August 2022, Mensah signed a three-year contract with Auxerre.[7]
International career
editMensah 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]
He was selected for the Ghanaian 2022 World Cup squad and started vs South Korea.
Honours
editAuxerre
References
edit- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Ghana (GHA)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 14. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Gideon Mensah at Soccerway
- ^ Profile at WorldFootball, worldfootball.net
- ^ "GIDEON MENSAH JOINS STURM GRAZ". Red Bull Salzburg. 10 November 2023.
- ^ Gideon Mensah: Ghanaian fullback joins Zulte Waregem from Red Bull Salzburg, goal.com, 29 August 2019
- ^ "Gideon Mensah rejoint le Club". Girondins.com. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "GIDEON MENSAH EST AUXERROIS !" (in French). Auxerre. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ Sienu, Sheikh Tophic (6 September 2021). "WCQ 2022: Gideon Mensah earns Ghana start against South Africa". Football Made In Ghana. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Gideon Mensah returns to Bordeaux after Ghana's exit from Afcon". Footballghana. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Ghana dumped out of Afcon by Comoros". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Football : champion de Ligue 2, l'AJ Auxerre est officiellement de retour dans l'élite". Le Parisien (in French). 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
External links
edit- Media related to Gideon Mensah at Wikimedia Commons
- Gideon Mensah at Soccerway
- Gideon Mensah at National-Football-Teams.com