Bernard Kyere

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Bernard Kyere
Personal information
Full name Bernard Kyere Mensah [1]
Date of birth (1995-07-01) 1 July 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Victoria Rosport
Number 3
Youth career
2000–2010 Blau-Weiss Wiehre Freiburg
2010–2012 Offenburger FV
2012–2014 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2017 1. FC Kaiserslautern II 32 (2)
2017–2019 Fortuna Köln 57 (1)
2019–2021 Viktoria Köln 31 (0)
2021–2023 SpVgg Unterhaching 7 (0)
2023– Victoria Rosport 18 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024

Bernard Kyere Mensah (born 1 July 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Luxembourg National Division club Victoria Rosport. [2] Born in Ghana, he grew up in Germany.

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Career

Kyere grew up in Kumasi, Ghana, before moving to Freiburg in Germany at age five. [1] There he started playing football with local club Blau-Weiss Wiehre Freiburg at the age of eight. [1] Later he played for the under-17 team of Offenburger FV and was called up for the Southern Baden youth team. [1] In 2012, he was admitted to the 1. FC Kaiserslautern youth academy, and made his debut in the Regionalliga for the reserve team in the 2014–15 season. [1] He made 34 league appearances during the following three seasons, scoring two goals. [3]

On 21 June 2017, Kyere joined 3. Liga club Fortuna Köln after having left Kaiserslautern as a free agent. [4] He made his debut for the side on the opening day of the season, coming on as a late substitute for Daniel Keita-Ruel in a 1–0 victory against VfR Aalen. [5]

After suffering relegation from the 3. Liga with Fortuna Köln in the 2018–19 season, Kyere moved to Cologne city rivals Viktoria Köln on 7 June 2019. [6]

On 23 August 2021, Kyere signed a two-year contract with Regionalliga Bayern club SpVgg Unterhaching. [7] He made his debut for the club on 11 September in a 5–4 shoot-out win against TSV 1860 Rosenheim. [8]

In August 2023, Kyere joined Luxembourg National Division club Victoria Rosport. [9]

Personal life

He is fluent in German, English and Twi. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 ""Unger Fründe" – Bernard Kyere Mensah: "Ich traue uns alles zu"". SC Fortuna Köln (in German). 16 February 2018. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  2. ↑ Bernard Kyere at kicker (in German)
  3. ↑ "Bernard Kyere » Club matches". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Fortuna Köln: Bernard Kyere verpflichtet". Liga-Drei (in German). 20 June 2017. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Boss und ein Eigentor sichern Fortuna den Auftaktsieg". kicker (in German). 22 July 2017. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Bernard Kyere unterschreibt bei der Viktoria". Viktoria 1904 (in German). Viktoria 1904 e.V. 7 June 2019. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Haching schnappt sich Kyere". kicker (in German). 23 August 2021. Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "SpVgg Unterhaching – TSV 1860 Rosenheim 5:4 (Regionalliga Bayern 2021/2022, 13. Round)". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "News". FC Victoria Rosport (in Luxembourgish). Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Schule und Training erfordern Leistung" (PDF). Berufsbildende Schule II Wirtschaft und Soziales, Kaiserslautern. December 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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