Raphael Assibey-Mensah
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Raphael Assibey-Mensah[1] | ||
Date of birth | 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 14:56, 20 March 2022 (UTC) |
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.
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 season.[7] During a season interrupted with a pulmonary embolism,[8] he finished with 15 appearances and two goals.[5] During the club's 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 19 March 2022
Club | Season | League | Other | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
TSV Schott Mainz | [5] | Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar | 13 | 2 | 2[a] | 0 | 15 | 2 |
[5] | 20 | 8 | 1[a] | 0 | 21 | 8 | ||
2020–21[5] | Regionalliga Südwest | 38 | 12 | 1[a] | 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 |
- ^ a b c Appearances in Southwestern Cup
Honours[]
TSV Schott Mainz
References[]
- ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/08/2016 and 31/08/2016". The Football Association. p. 1. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ a b Raphael Assibey-Mensah at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b c d "German attacker Raphael Assibey-Mensah signs for Brentford B". Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Spieler". SC Freiburg (in German). Retrieved 14 July 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Raphael Assibey-Mensah – Spielerprofil". FuPa. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Brentford B squad update". Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "„Damals war ich nicht so klar wie heute"". tsvschott.de (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ^ "TSV Schott Mainz" (PDF). p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Ein Regionalliga-Aufstieg ist schon fix – Bericht von Torben Schröder in der Liga Verbandsliga Südwest" (in German). Retrieved 24 May 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "15 Mann plus x bleiben an Bord". FuPa. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Tabelle | 41. Spieltag | Regionalliga Südwest 2020/21". kicker (in German). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ a b Kaufhold, Matthias. "Gelingt dem SC Freiburg II auf Kunstrasen der nächste Schritt? – SC Freiburg". Badische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 8 June 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Willkommen und Abschied bei der U23". SC Freiburg (in German). Retrieved 20 June 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Exclusive: Freiburg sign free-scoring Ghanaian youngster for €100,000". Ghana Sports Online. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Englische Woche endet in Westsachsen". SC Freiburg (in German). Retrieved 22 December 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Sportvorschau – USC Eisvögel". Badische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 22 December 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "U16 Nationalmannschaft – Kader U16 Lehrgang Barsinghausen – 03-06.05.2015" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Summary – Oberliga – Germany". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
External links[]
- Raphael Assibey-Mensah at fupa.net
- Raphael Assibey-Mensah at scfreiburg.com
- Living people
- Brentford F.C. players
- 1999 births
- German footballers
- Association football wingers
- Association football midfielders
- Sportspeople from Leipzig
- German expatriate footballers
- German expatriates in the United Kingdom
- German sportspeople of Ghanaian descent
- Regionalliga players
- SC Freiburg II players
- 3. Liga players
- TSV Schott Mainz players
- Expatriate footballers in England