Raphael Assibey-Mensah

Raphael Assibey-Mensah (born 31 August 1999) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left winger for SC Freiburg II. He is a product of the Mainz 05 academy and began his senior career with TSV Schott Mainz in 2018.

Raphael Assibey-Mensah
Personal information
Full name Raphael Assibey-Mensah[1]
Date of birth (1999-08-31) 31 August 1999
Place of birth Leipzig, Germany
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Left winger, attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 SC Freiburg II
Number 11
Youth career
Fontana Finthen
2008–2016 Mainz 05
2016–2018 Brentford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 TSV Schott Mainz 71 (22)
2018–2019 TSV Schott Mainz II 7 (10)
2021– SC Freiburg II 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:55, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Youth years

A left winger or attacking midfielder,[3] Assibey-Mensah began his career in his native Germany with Fontana Finthen,[4] before entering the Mainz 05 academy.[3] He progressed through the ranks to the club's U17 team and scored three goals in 14 U17 Bundesliga appearances before his release at the end of the 2015–16 season.[3][5] Assibey-Mensah moved to England to sign his first professional contract to be a part of the B team at Championship club Brentford on 31 August 2016.[3] He made 62 appearances and scored six goals before his release at the end of the 2017–18 season.[6]

TSV Schott Mainz

In mid-September 2018, Assibey-Mensah returned to Germany to join Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar club TSV Schott Mainz on a contract running until the end of the 2018–19 season.[7] During a season interrupted with a pulmonary embolism,[8] he finished with 15 appearances and two goals.[5] During the club's 2019–20 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar championship-winning season that was ended prematurely by the COVID-19 pandemic,[9] Assibey-Mensah made 21 appearances and scored eight goals.[5] He was retained for 2020–21 and scored 13 goals in 39 appearances during a Regionalliga Südwest season in which the club narrowly avoided relegation.[5][10][11] Assibey-Mensah departed TSV Schott Mainz at the end of the campaign and made 75 appearances and scored 23 goals during his three-season spell with the club.[5][12]

SC Freiburg II

In May 2021, Assibey-Mensah agreed to transfer to newly-promoted 3. Liga club SC Freiburg II,[12][13] on a contract effective 1 July 2021, for a €100,000 fee.[14] During an illness-affected first half of the 2021–22 season,[15][16] he made seven appearances without scoring.[5]

International career

Assibey-Mensah was named as a standby for a Germany U16 training camp in Barsinghausen in May 2015.[17]

Personal life

Assibey-Mensah is of Ghanaian descent.[2]

Career statistics
As of match played 6 April 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
TSV Schott Mainz 2018–19[5] Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 13 2 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 15 2
2019–20[5] 20 8 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 21 8
2020–21[5] Regionalliga Südwest 38 12 1[lower-alpha 1] 1 39 13
Total 71 22 4 1 75 23
TSV Schott Mainz II 2018–19[5] Bezirksliga Rheinhessen 7 10 — 7 10
SC Freiburg II 2021–22[5] 3. Liga 7 0 — 7 0
Career total 85 32 4 1 89 33
  1. Appearances in Southwestern Cup

Honours

TSV Schott Mainz

References
  1. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/08/2016 and 31/08/2016". The Football Association. p. 1. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  2. Raphael Assibey-Mensah at WorldFootball.net
  3. "German attacker Raphael Assibey-Mensah signs for Brentford B". Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  4. "Spieler". SC Freiburg (in German). Retrieved 14 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Raphael Assibey-Mensah – Spielerprofil". FuPa. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  6. "Brentford B squad update". Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  7. "„Damals war ich nicht so klar wie heute"". tsvschott.de (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  8. "TSV Schott Mainz" (PDF). p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  9. "Ein Regionalliga-Aufstieg ist schon fix – Bericht von Torben Schröder in der Liga Verbandsliga Südwest" (in German). Retrieved 24 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. "15 Mann plus x bleiben an Bord". FuPa. Retrieved 15 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. "Tabelle | 41. Spieltag | Regionalliga Südwest 2020/21". kicker (in German). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  12. Kaufhold, Matthias. "Gelingt dem SC Freiburg II auf Kunstrasen der nächste Schritt? – SC Freiburg". Badische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 8 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. "Willkommen und Abschied bei der U23". SC Freiburg (in German). Retrieved 20 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. "Exclusive: Freiburg sign free-scoring Ghanaian youngster for €100,000". Ghana Sports Online. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. "Englische Woche endet in Westsachsen". SC Freiburg (in German). Retrieved 22 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. "Sportvorschau – USC Eisvögel". Badische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 22 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. "U16 Nationalmannschaft – Kader U16 Lehrgang Barsinghausen – 03-06.05.2015" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  18. "Summary – Oberliga – Germany". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
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