Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 10 March 1997 | ||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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]
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | Cup [nb 1] | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Werder Bremen II | 2014–15 | Regionalliga Nord | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
2015–16 | 3. Liga | 28 | 3 | — | — | 28 | 3 | |||
2016–17 | 20 | 4 | — | — | 20 | 4 | ||||
2017–18 | 17 | 5 | — | — | 17 | 5 | ||||
2019–20 | Regionalliga Nord | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 69 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 12 | ||
Werder Bremen | 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 6 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 1 | ||
Career total | 75 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 13 |
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