Personal information | |||
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Full name | Raphael Assibey-Mensah [1] | ||
Date of birth | 31 August 1999 | ||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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.
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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Assibey-Mensah was named as a standby for a Germany U16 training camp in Barsinghausen in May 2015. [28]
Assibey-Mensah is of Ghanaian descent. [2]
Club | Season | League | Other | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
TSV Schott Mainz | 2018–19 [9] | Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
2019–20 [9] | Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar | 20 | 8 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 21 | 8 | |
2020–21 [9] | Regionalliga Südwest | 39 | 12 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 40 | 13 | |
Total | 74 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 76 | 23 | ||
TSV Schott Mainz II | 2018–19 [10] | Bezirksliga Rheinhessen | 7 | 10 | — | 7 | 10 | |
SC Freiburg II | 2021–22 [20] | 3. Liga | 8 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
FSV Zwickau | 2022–23 [20] | 3. Liga | 18 | 2 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 20 | 3 |
TSV Schott Mainz | 2023–24 [20] | Regionalliga Südwest | 15 | 2 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 2 | 15 | 4 |
1. FC Bocholt | 2023–24 [20] | Regionalliga West | 7 | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | |
2024–25 [20] | Regionalliga West | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 8 | 1 | — | 8 | 1 | |||
Career total | 130 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 134 | 41 |
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