Raphael Assibey-Mensah

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Raphael Assibey-Mensah
Personal information
Full name Raphael Assibey-Mensah [1]
Date of birth (1999-08-31) 31 August 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Leipzig, Germany
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) [2]
Position(s) Left winger, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 1. FC Bocholt
Number 7
Youth career
Fontana Finthen
2008–2016 Mainz 05
2016–2018 Brentford
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2021 TSV Schott Mainz 74 (22)
2018–2019 TSV Schott Mainz II 7 (10)
2021–2022 SC Freiburg II 8 (0)
2022–2023 FSV Zwickau 18 (2)
2023–2024 TSV Schott Mainz 15 (2)
2024– 1. FC Bocholt 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:29, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

Raphael Assibey-Mensah (born 31 August 1999) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Regionalliga West club 1. FC Bocholt.

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Assibey-Mensah is a product of the Mainz 05 academy. Following two seasons as a professional with Brentford B in England, he returned to his native Germany. Since 2018, Assibey-Mensah has played lower-league football for TSV Schott Mainz, SC Freiburg II, FSV Zwickau and 1. FC Bocholt.

Club career

Youth years

A left winger or attacking midfielder, [3] Assibey-Mensah began his career in his native Germany with Fontana Finthen, [4] before entering the Mainz 05 academy. [3] He progressed through the ranks to the club's U17 team and scored three goals in 14 U17 Bundesliga appearances before his release at the end of the 2015–16 season. [3] [5] Assibey-Mensah moved to England to sign his first professional contract to be a part of the B team at Championship club Brentford on 31 August 2016. [3] He made 62 B team appearances and scored six goals before his release at the end of the 2017–18 season. [6]

TSV Schott Mainz

In mid-September 2018, Assibey-Mensah returned to Germany to join Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar club TSV Schott Mainz on a contract running until the end of the 2018–19 season. [7] During a season interrupted with a pulmonary embolism, [8] he finished with 15 appearances and two goals. [9] He scored prolifically for the reserve team, with 10 goals in seven Bezirksliga Rheinhessen appearances. [10] During the club's 2019–20 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar championship-winning season, [11] which was ended prematurely by the COVID-19 pandemic, [12] Assibey-Mensah made 20 appearances and scored eight goals. [9] He was retained for 2020–21 and scored 12 goals in 39 appearances during a Regionalliga Südwest season in which the club narrowly avoided relegation. [9] [13] [14] Assibey-Mensah departed TSV Schott Mainz at the end of the campaign and made 76 appearances and scored 23 goals during his three-season spell with the club. [9] [15]

SC Freiburg II

In May 2021, Assibey-Mensah agreed to transfer to newly-promoted 3. Liga club SC Freiburg II, [15] [16] on a contract effective 1 July 2021, for a €100,000 fee. [17] During an illness-affected 2021–22 season, [18] [19] he made eight appearances without scoring. [20] In June 2022, Assibey-Mensah joined Swiss Challenge League club FC Schaffhausen on trial, but did not win a contract. [21] Assibey-Mensah departed the club on the penultimate day of the summer transfer window. [22]

FSV Zwickau

On 31 August 2022, Assibey-Mensah transferred to 3. Liga club FSV Zwickau and signed a one-year contract, with a one-year option. [22] He made 20 appearances and scored three goals during a 2022–23 season which culminated in the club's relegation to the Regionalliga Nordost. [20] [23] Assibey-Mensah was released when the club neglected to take up the option on his contract. [24]

Return to TSV Schott Mainz

Assibey-Mensah spent time during the 2023 off-season training with the VDV and former club TSV Schott Mainz. [25] Following a failed trial with Regionalliga Südwest club Kickers Offenbach, Assibey-Mensah signed a contract with TSV Schott Mainz on 8 September 2023. [25] After four goals in 15 appearances, [20] he departed the club during the 2023–24 winter break. [26]

1. FC Bocholt

On 5 January 2024, Assibey-Mensah transferred to Regionalliga West club 1. FC Bocholt. [26] He made seven appearances and scored one goal during what remained of the 2023–24 season, [20] prior to being frozen out of the squad in April 2024. [27]

International career

Assibey-Mensah was named as a standby for a Germany U16 training camp in Barsinghausen in May 2015. [28]

Personal life

Assibey-Mensah is of Ghanaian descent. [2]

Career statistics

As of match played 27 July 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
TSV Schott Mainz 2018–19 [9] Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 15200152
2019–20 [9] Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar2081 [lower-alpha 1] 0218
2020–21 [9] Regionalliga Südwest 39121 [lower-alpha 1] 14013
Total7422217623
TSV Schott Mainz II2018–19 [10] Bezirksliga Rheinhessen710—710
SC Freiburg II 2021–22 [20] 3. Liga 80—80
FSV Zwickau 2022–23 [20] 3. Liga1822 [lower-alpha 2] 1203
TSV Schott Mainz 2023–24 [20] Regionalliga Südwest1521 [lower-alpha 1] 2154
1. FC Bocholt 2023–24 [20] Regionalliga West 71—71
2024–25 [20] Regionalliga West10—10
Total81—81
Career total130375413441
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in Southwestern Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in Saxony Cup

Honours

TSV Schott Mainz

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