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Ghanaian footballer (born 1998)

Gideon Mensah
Mensah with Red Bull Salzburg in 2019
Personal information
Full name Gideon Mensah
Date of birth (1998-07-18) 18 July 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left-back
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 62 (0)
International career
2019– Ghana 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 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 Ligue 1 club Auxerre and the Ghana national team.

Club career

Red Bull Salzburg

Mensah (middle) during a friendly match in July 2019

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

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.

Auxerre

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

International career

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

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.

He was selected for the Ghanaian 2022 FIFA World Cup squad and started in the Group H match against South Korea.

Honours

Auxerre

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. 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. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. 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.
  11. Ames, Nick (28 November 2022). "Kudus doubles up to edge Ghana past South Korea in World Cup thriller". The Guardian. Education City Stadium. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  12. "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

Gideon Mensah – French league stats at Ligue 1

AJ Auxerre – current squad
Ghana squads
Ghana squad – 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
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Ghana squad – 2022 FIFA World Cup
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Ghana squad – 2023 Africa Cup of Nations
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