Ousman Manneh

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Ousman Manneh
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-03-10) 10 March 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Ginak Kajata, Gambia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
2004–2014 Rush Soccer Academy
2014–2015 Blumenthaler SV
2015– Werder Bremen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2020 Werder Bremen II 69 (12)
2016–2020 Werder Bremen 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:25, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Ousman Manneh (born 10 March 1997) is a Gambian professional footballer who last played as a striker for SV Werder Bremen II. [1]

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Club career

Early career

In 2004 Manneh started training at the Rush Soccer Academy, a United States soccer franchise for children and youth in Bakau. [2] [3]

At the age of 17 he fled the dictatorship in his home country Gambia reaching Bremen and living in the refugee camp of Lesum. [3] [4] Following a trial he joined the Blumenthaler SV U-18 team before playing for the U-19 side in the youth regional league, the second-tier youth league in Germany, where he scored 15 goals in 11 matches. These performances earned him trials with FC St. Pauli, Hamburg, Schalke 04 and Wolfsburg. [3] [4]

Werder Bremen

Having chosen to stay in Bremen and play for Werder Bremen, Manneh initially played for the club's youth team. [2] On 10 March 2015, he signed a three-year contract with the club running until summer 2018. [3] [4]

On 25 July 2015, he made his 3. Liga debut for the reserves against Hansa Rostock scoring the winning goal in a 1–2 away win. [5] Four days later, he made his first appearance for the first team; having entered the pitch after 60 minutes he scored four goals in 15 minutes in a 7–0 friendly match win against SV Wilhelmshaven. [3] [6]

After scoring and assisting two goals each in his first seven appearances for the reserves in the 2016–17 season, Manneh made his full Bundesliga debut on 21 September 2016 in a 1–2 home defeat to Mainz 05 before being replaced by Lennart Thy in the 55th minute. [3] [7] [8] He also started in the following match three days later, a 2–1 win against VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen's first victory of the season, being substituted off after 73 minutes. [3]

Manneh scored his first Bundesliga goal on 15 October, in Werder Bremen's 2–1 win against Bayer Leverkusen. [9]

He made his return from a 21-month injury layoff 8 December 2019, coming on as a substitute for Werder Bremen II. [10]

Manneh was released by Werder Bremen when his contract expired in summer 2020. [11]

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 September 2020 [1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [nb 1] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Werder Bremen II 2014–15 Regionalliga Nord 30——30
2015–16 3. Liga 283——283
2016–17 204——204
2017–18 175——175
2019–20 Regionalliga Nord10——10
Total691200006912
Werder Bremen 2016–17 Bundesliga 61——61
Career total751300007513

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