Evans Mensah (footballer, born 1998)

Evans Mensah

Mensah with HJK in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	(1998-02-09) 9 February 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth	Agona Swedru, Ghana
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
–2014	Right to Dream Academy
2014–2016	Inter Allies
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016	Inter Allies	17	(1)
2016	→ Klubi-04 (loan)	2	(0)
2016	→ HJK (loan)	3	(0)
2016–2020	HJK	70	(19)
2020–2021	Al-Duhail	0	(0)
2020	→ Portimonense (loan)	0	(0)
2020–2021	→ Al-Kharaitiyat (loan)	18	(1)
2021–2022	Ceramica Cleopatra	15	(1)
2023	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	13	(0)
International career
2019	Ghana U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:00, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Evans Mensah (born 9 February 1998) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a winger.

Early life and youth

Born in Agona Swedru and raised in Ghana, Evans Mensah joined Right to Dream Academy after being scouted as a prodigious talent at an academy event. ^[1]

Club career

Mensah was loaned to HJK in Finland after a successful medical analysis, ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} making his Veikkausliiga debut for HJK in 3–2 loss to Inter Turku, coming on as substitute in the 90th minute, on 16 September 2016. ^[6]

International career

Mensah was called up to the Ghana national football team for the first time as a replacement for David Accam ahead of 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Mozambique. ^[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 May 2024 ^[8]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup [a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Inter Allies	2016	Ghana Premier League	17	1	-		-		-		17	1
Klubi 04 (loan)	2016	Kakkonen	2	0	–		–		–		2	0
HJK (loan)	2016	Veikkausliiga	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Klubi 04	2017	Kakkonen	1	1	1	0	–		–		2	1
HJK	2017	Veikkausliiga	29	8	7	2	4 [b]	0	-		36	10
	2018	Veikkausliiga	20	4	7	1	6 [c]	1	–		33	6
	2019	Veikkausliiga	21	7	2	0	6 [c]	0	–		29	7
	Total		70	19	16	3	16	1	-	-	102	23
Al-Duhail SC	2019–20	Qatar Stars League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portimonense (loan)	2019–20	Primeira Liga	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
Al-Kharaitiyat (loan)	2020–21	Qatar Stars League	18	1	5	3	–		2 [d]	0	25	4
Ceramica Cleopatra	2021–22	Egyptian Premier League	15	1	1	0	–		–		16	1
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	2023	Belarusian Premier League	13	0	1	1	2 [e]	0	–		16	1
Career total			139	22	24	8	18	1	2	0	183	31

1. Includes Suomen Cup, Qatar Cup, Egypt Cup and Belarusian Cup
2. Includes UEFA Europa League
3. Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
4. Includes Emir of Qatar Cup
5. Includes UEFA Europa Conference League

References

1. "Evans Mensah: All you need to know about Black Stars' latest player - Sports" (in German). Pulse. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
2. "Ghana's Evans Mensah Flying High in Finland".
3. "Evans Mensah jatkaa HJK:ssa | Uutiset". Veikkausliiga. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
4. "EXCLUSIVE: Ghanaian prodigy Evans Mensah set to join Finland giants HJK Helsinki". GHANAsoccernet.com. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
5. "Inter Allies winger Evans Mensah joins HJK Helsinki on a loan deal". Qatar-soccer.net. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
6. Francis, Pamela. "Evans Mensah debuts for HJK Helsinki". Ghana Live TV. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
7. Osmond, Benji. "Inter Allies CEO Excited With Evans Mensah Call Up | SportsCrusader.com - Ghana Sports & Football News and Updates and around the World". SportsCrusader.com. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
8. "E.Mensah". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 2 March 2017.

External links

Media related to Evans Mensah at Wikimedia Commons