Gideon Mensah (footballer, born 1998)

Gideon Mensah

Mensah with Auxerre in 2025
Personal information
Full name	Gideon Mensah [1]
Date of birth	(1998-07-18) 18 July 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth	Accra, Ghana
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [2]
Position(s)	Left-back [3]
Team information
Current team	Auxerre
Number	14
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2016	WAFA	8	(0)
2016–2017	FC Liefering	47	(0)
2017–2022	Red Bull Salzburg	0	(0)
2019	→ Sturm Graz (loan)	15	(0)
2019–2020	→ Zulte Waregem (loan)	19	(0)
2020–2021	→ Vitória de Guimarães (loan)	13	(0)
2021–2022	→ Bordeaux (loan)	23	(0)
2022–	Auxerre	81	(0)
International career‡
2019–	Ghana	31	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 March 2025

Gideon Mensah (born 18 July 1998) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Auxerre and the Ghana national team.

Club career

Red Bull Salzburg

Mensah (middle) during a friendly match in July 2019

In January 2019, Mensah joined Sturm Graz on loan until the end of the season. ^[4] On 29 August 2019, he was then loaned out to Belgian club Zulte Waregem for the 2019–20 season. ^[5]

Loan to Bordeaux

On 3 August 2021, Mensah joined Bordeaux on a season-long loan with an option to buy until the end of the 2021–22 Ligue 1 season. ^[6]

Auxerre

On 12 August 2022, Mensah signed a three-year contract with Auxerre. ^[7]

International career

Mensah made his debut for the Ghana national team in the 2021 AFCON qualifier against South Africa in 2019. ^[8]

He was part of the Ghana national team in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations that suffered elimination at the group stage of the competition. ^{[9] [10]}

He was selected for the Ghanaian 2022 FIFA World Cup squad and started in the Group H match against South Korea. ^[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 May 2024 ^[2]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
WAFA	2016	Ghanaian Premier League	8	0	0	0	—		—		15	0
FC Liefering	2016–17	2. Liga	22	0	—		—		—		22	0
	2017–18		18	0	—		—		—		18	0
	2018–19		7	0	—		—		—		7	0
	Total		47	0	—		—		—		47	0
Red Bull Salzburg	2017–18	Austrian Football Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2019–20		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
Sturm Graz (loan)	2018–19	Austrian Football Bundesliga	15	0	—		—		—		15	0
Zulte Waregem (loan)	2019–20	Belgian First Division A	19	0	4	0	—		—		23	0
Vitória de Guimarães (loan)	2020–21	Primeira Liga	22	0	1	0	0	0	—		23	0
Bordeaux (loan)	2021–22	Ligue 1	23	0	0	0	—		—		23	0
Auxerre	2022–23	Ligue 1	26	0	1	0	—		—		27	0
	2023–24	Ligue 2	26	0	1	0	—		—		27	0
	Total		52	0	2	0	—		—		54	0
Career total			186	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	193	0

International

As of match played 24 March 2025 ^[12]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Ghana	2019	2	0
	2020	2	0
	2021	2	0
	2022	7	0
	2023	7	0
	2024	9	0
	2025	2	0
Total		31	0

Honours

Auxerre

• Ligue 2: 2023–24 ^[13]

References

1. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Ghana (GHA)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 14. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
2. Gideon Mensah at Soccerway
3. Profile at WorldFootball, worldfootball.net
4. "GIDEON MENSAH JOINS STURM GRAZ". Red Bull Salzburg. 10 November 2023.
5. Gideon Mensah: Ghanaian fullback joins Zulte Waregem from Red Bull Salzburg, goal.com, 29 August 2019
6. "Gideon Mensah rejoint le Club". Girondins.com. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
7. "GIDEON MENSAH EST AUXERROIS !" (in French). Auxerre. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
8. Sienu, Sheikh Tophic (6 September 2021). "WCQ 2022: Gideon Mensah earns Ghana start against South Africa". Football Made In Ghana. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
9. "Gideon Mensah returns to Bordeaux after Ghana's exit from Afcon". Footballghana. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
10. "Ghana dumped out of Afcon by Comoros". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
11. Ames, Nick (28 November 2022). "Kudus doubles up to edge Ghana past South Korea in World Cup thriller". The Guardian . Education City Stadium. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
12. Gideon Mensah at National-Football-Teams.com
13. "Football : champion de Ligue 2, l'AJ Auxerre est officiellement de retour dans l'élite". Le Parisien (in French). 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

External links

• Media related to Gideon Mensah at Wikimedia Commons
• Gideon Mensah at AJ Auxerre (in French)
• Gideon Mensah – French league stats at Ligue 1
• Gideon Mensah at Soccerway
• Gideon Mensah at National-Football-Teams.com
• Gideon Mensah on Instagram