Gideon Mensah (footballer, born 1998)
Gideon Mensah (born 18 July 1998) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Ligue 1 club Bordeaux, on loan from Red Bull Salzburg. He represents the Ghana national team.
![]() Mensa in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 18 July 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Left back[2] | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
Bordeaux (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg) | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2016 | WAFA | 8 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Liefering | 47 | (0) |
2017– | 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– | → Bordeaux (loan) | 9 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2019– | Ghana | 4 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 December 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2019 |
Career
Red Bull Salzburg
In January 2019, Mensah joined Sturm Graz on loan until the end of the season.[3] On 29 August 2019, he was then loaned out to Belgian club Zulte Waregem for the 2019–20 season.[4]
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.[5]
International career
Mensah made his debut for the Ghana national team in the 2021 AFCON qualifier against South Africa in 2019[6]
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.[7][8]
References
- Gideon Mensah at Soccerway
- Profile at WorldFootball, worldfootball.net
- "GIDEON MENSAH JOINS STURM GRAZ". Red Bull Salzburg.
- 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.
- Sienu, Sheikh Tophic (6 September 2021). "WCQ 2022: Gideon Mensah earns Ghana start against South Africa". Football Made In Ghana. 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.
External links
Media related to Gideon Mensah at Wikimedia Commons
- Gideon Mensah at Soccerway
- Gideon Mensah at National-Football-Teams.com