Maxwell Mensah

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Maxwell Mensah
Personal information
Full name George Maxwell Mensah
Date of birth (1997-01-10) 10 January 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Castelvetro Calcio
Youth career
2015 Sampdoria
2016 Sorrento
2016 FC Santo Agnello
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016 Taranto 0 (0)
2016–2017 Vastese 29 (0)
2018 Temnić Varvarin 15 (0)
2018– Castelvetro Calcio 18 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:13, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

George Maxwell Mensah (born 10 January 1997) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Castelvetro Calcio.

Career

Born in Ghanaian capital city of Accra [1] Mensah grew up with his mother, sister and two brothers. As a child he started playing football at age 14 in the Accra football school. Here he was noticed by a Ghanaian prosecutor, who had contacts with Italian agents. From there began his adventure in Europe. In January 2015, Mensah left his family and Ghana and moved to Italy by plane. His first audition was with the Primavera team of Sampdoria, followed by the transfer to Sorrento. He was registered by Taranto but made no appearances because of bureaucratic problems. In between he was registered for the youth team of Santo Agnello. [2] [1] Pino De Filippis discovered him and brought him to Vastese thus Mensah becoming one of the biggest talents of Group F. [3] He became new player of Vastese at late August 2016. [4] He made 29 appearances for Vastese in 2016–17. [5]

During winter break of 2017–18 season, he joined FK Temnić Lipa Varvarin playing in the Serbian First League. [6]

In summer 2018 he return to Italy and joined Castelvetro Calcio. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Maxwell Mensah at Srbijafudbal.com, retrieved 29-3-2018 (in Serbian)
  2. ↑ Convocazione Rappresentativa Campania, Categoria: Juniores at figc-campania.it, 16-5-2016 (in Italian)
  3. ↑ Mensah, da immigrato a gioiello della Vastese at ilcentro.it, 11-11-2016, retrieved 29-3-2018 (in Italian)
  4. ↑ Mensah Maxwell è ufficialmente della Vastese at ilnuovoonline.it, 28-8-2016, retrieved 29-3-2018 (in Italian)
  5. ↑ George Maxwell Mensah at tuttocalciatori.net
  6. ↑ Maxwell Mensah at prvaligasrbije.com (in Serbian)
  7. ↑ Dilettanti - Castelvetro, arrivano quattro stranieri: Medou, Bevis, Maxwell e Mofardin at parlandodisport.it, 20-8-2018, retrieved 9-10-2018 (in Italian)
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