Evans Mensah (footballer, born 1998)

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Evans Mensah
Evans Mensah 2017.jpg
Mensah with HJK in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-02-09) 9 February 1998 (age 26)
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*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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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
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Inter Allies 2016 Ghana Premier League 171---171
Klubi 04 (loan) 2016 Kakkonen 20–––20
HJK (loan) 2016 Veikkausliiga 3000000030
Klubi 04 2017 Kakkonen1110––21
HJK 2017 Veikkausliiga298724 [b] 0-3610
2018 Veikkausliiga204716 [c] 1–336
2019 Veikkausliiga217206 [c] 0–297
Total7019163161--10223
Al-Duhail SC 2019–20 Qatar Stars League 0000000000
Portimonense (loan) 2019–20 Primeira Liga 0000––00
Al-Kharaitiyat (loan) 2020–21 Qatar Stars League18153–2 [d] 0254
Ceramica Cleopatra 2021–22 Egyptian Premier League 15110––161
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 2023 Belarusian Premier League 130112 [e] 0–161
Career total139222481812018331

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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. 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.

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