Alfons Fosu-Mensah

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Alfons Fosu-Mensah
Personal information
Full name Alfons Fosu-Mensah
Date of birth (1994-03-04) 4 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Glossop North End
Youth career
Zeeburgia
2010–2011 AFC
2011–2014 Argon
2014 Almere City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2015 Oss 7 (0)
2015 Southport
2015 Colwyn Bay
2015–2016 Ashton United
2016 Skelmersdale United
2016–2017 North Ferriby United 4 (0)
2017 Hednesford Town 3 (0)
2017 Marine 9 (2)
2017–2018 Airbus UK Broughton 22 (16)
2018 Llandudno 4 (1)
2018 → Denbigh Town (loan) 4 (2)
2018–2019 Widnes 2 (0)
2019–2020 Llandudno 4 (1)
2020 Stalybridge Celtic 2 (0)
2020– Glossop North End 9 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:51, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Alfons Fosu-Mensah (born 4 March 1994), previously known as Alfons Agbolosoo, [1] [2] is a Dutch footballer who plays as a forward for Glossop North End. [2]

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Career

Fosu-Mensah's youth career began with Zeeburgia, before he had spells with AFC, Argon and Almere City. [3] [4] [5] After leaving Almere City, he had a trial with Eerste Divisie club Oss in 2014 which led to him signing a contract with the team, originally as an amateur before signing a professional deal soon after. [4] [6] He made his professional football debut on 31 January 2015 versus De Graafschap. Fosu-Mensah made six more appearances in the league for Oss before departing. [2] Upon leaving Oss, he also left Dutch football and moved to the UK to join his brother Timothy and agreed to sign for English National League side Southport. [4]

After only a few months with Southport, he left to join Northern Premier League Premier Division team Colwyn Bay but his spell with them lasted just months again. [2] [7] Further spells with Ashton United, Skelmersdale United and North Ferriby United then followed. [8] On 1 February 2017, Fosu-Mensah joined Northern Premier League Premier Division side Hednesford Town. [9] His debut came on 5 February in a 1–1 draw against Barwell. [10] After three appearances for Hednesford, Fosu-Mensah departed to join fellow NPL Premier Division team Marine on 3 March. [11] [12] He scored twice in nine matches for Marine in England's level eight. [12]

In August 2017, Fosu-Mensah joined Welsh Cymru Alliance club Airbus UK Broughton. [13] He made his debut on 22 August, coming on as a substitute against Gresford Athletic. [13] [14] On the following Saturday, Fosu-Mensah scored a hat-trick in his first start for Airbus UK versus Holywell Town in a 2–5 win. [15] During a run of ten goals in his first eight matches for Airbus UK, he signed a new contract with the club on 21 September. [16] He departed on 30 May 2018, after twenty goals in thirty-one fixtures in all competitions for Airbus UK. [17] In August 2018, Fosu-Mensah signed with Welsh Premier League side Llandudno. [18]

Weeks after signing for Llandudno, Fosu-Mensah was loaned out to Denbigh Town of the Cymru Alliance, before returning to his parent club in September, having scored three goals in all appearances whilst at Denbigh. [19] He was released by Llandudno in November, which preceded him signing for England's NPL Division One West club Widnes in December. [20] [21] On 27 July 2019, Fosu-Mensah rejoined Llandudno for a second spell, with them now in Welsh football's tier two. [22] He netted the first goal of his second stint in September vs. Bangor City. [23] Fosu-Mensah switched Llandudno for Stalybridge Celtic in February 2020. [24] [25]

In September 2020, Fosu-Mensah signed with Northern Premier League team Glossop North End. [26] He made his debut in an FA Cup preliminary round defeat to City of Liverpool on 12 September, before scoring his first goal against Cleethorpes Town on 26 September. [27] [28]

Personal life

Fosu-Mensah was born in the Netherlands to Ghanaian parents. [29] He is the brother of fellow footballers Timothy and Paul. [30]

Career statistics

As of 5 November 2020. [2] [12] [13] [27] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
North Ferriby United 2016–17 National League 4000——0040
Hednesford Town 2016–17 NPL Premier Division 30———0030
Marine 2016–17 92———0092
Airbus UK Broughton 2017–18 Cymru Alliance 22163032—3 [lower-alpha 1] 23120
Llandudno 2018–19 Premier League 410000—0041
Denbigh Town (loan) 2018–19 Cymru Alliance 420011—0053
Widnes 2018–19 NPL Division One West 20———1 [lower-alpha 2] 030
Llandudno 2019–20 Cymru North 410000—0041
Stalybridge Celtic 2019–20 NPL Premier Division 200000—1 [lower-alpha 3] 030
Glossop North End 2020–21 NPL Division One South East 921000—00102
Career total63244043—527629
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the NEWFA Challenge Cup and Cymru Alliance League Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Liverpool Senior Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in the NPL League Cup

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