Gideon Mensah (footballer, born 1998)

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.

Gideon Mensah
Mensah in Liefering training in 2016
Personal information
Full name Gideon Mensah[1]
Date of birth (1998-07-18) 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 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 26 (0)
International career‡
2019– Ghana 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:10, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Red Bull Salzburg

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

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

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

International career

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 was eliminated at the group stage of the competition.[9][10]

References
  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.
  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.


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