Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nelson Samuel Mensah | ||
Date of birth | 7 December 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Ghana | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991–1993 | Dinamo București | 21 | (5) |
1993–1994 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||
International career | |||
1993 | Ghana U20 [1] | 2 | (0) |
1991–1993 | Ghana | 2 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nelson Samuel Mensah (born 7 December 1973) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Mensah played two seasons with Romanian side Dinamo București, featuring for them in the 1992–93 UEFA Champions League. [2] He was one of the first foreign players that arrived in Romania after the 1989 Revolution and the first African player to play in the Romanian top division Divizia A. [3] [4]
Mensah made his debut for Ghana in a 1–0 victory against Nigeria at the 1991 CEDEAO Cup in which he scored the only goal of the match. [5] His second game was a friendly game in which he came as a substitute in a 2–0 victory against Indonesia. [5]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dinamo București | 1991–92 [6] | Divizia A | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
1992–93 [7] | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | ||
Career total | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 |
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