Ropapa Mensah

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Ropapa Mensah
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Mensah with Nashville in 2018
Personal information
Full name Ropapa Kwamina Mensah
Date of birth (1997-08-20) 20 August 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Greenville Triumph
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2019 Inter Allies 19 (3)
2017Harrisburg City Islanders (loan) 19 (7)
2018Nashville SC (loan) 30 (5)
2019 Nashville SC 31 (6)
2020 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 16 (6)
2021 Sporting Kansas City II 14 (0)
2022 Port Fouad SC
2023–2024 Chattanooga Red Wolves 46 (21)
2025– Greenville Triumph 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 17, 2024

Ropapa Kwamina Mensah (born 20 August 1997) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Greenville Triumph in the USL League One.

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Club career

Mensah signed with USL Championship side Harrisburg City Islanders on 23 March 2017. [1] [2] For the 2018 season, he moved to another USL team, Nashville SC. [3] On 10 February 2018, he scored the first goal in Nashville SC history, in a friendly against Atlanta United FC. [4]

On November 14, 2018, Nashville announced that they had purchased Mensah from Inter Allies following his season-long loan. [5]

On January 29, 2020, Pittsburgh Riverhounds FC announced that they had signed Mensah to a one-year contract for the 2020 season with an option for the 2021 season. [6]

After spending the 2022 season with Egyptian Second Division side Port Fouad FC, Mensah returned to the United States to sign with USL League One side Chattanooga Red Wolves SC on January 27, 2023. [7]

Mensah joined Greenville Triumph in December 2024. [8]

International career

On November 1, 2019, Mensah was called up to Ghana's U23 squad for the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations. [9]

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References

  1. "Islanders Round Out Roster for 2017". CityIslanders.com. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. "Ghanaian duo Ropapa & Abass unveiled at Harrisburg City Islanders". GhanaWeb.com. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  3. "Dynamic Ghanaian Striker, Two Defenders Build on Historic Nashville SC Roster". NashvilleSC.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. Torres, Luis (10 February 2018). "Ropapa Mensah scores the first goal for Nashville SC franchise". The Tennessean. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  5. "Nashville SC Announces 14 Players Returning for 2019 Season". Nashville SC. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  6. "Riverhounds SC signs forward Ropapa Mensah". riverhounds.com. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  7. "Chattanooga Red Wolves Announce the Signing of Ropapa Mensah". chattanoogaredwolves-sc.com. 27 January 2023.
  8. Humphrey, K. "Greenville Triumph Welcomes Ropapa Mensah for 2025 Season". Green. Greenville Triumph . Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  9. "EXCLUSIVE: Ghana U23 coach Tanko settles on final 21-man squad for CAF U23 Cup of Nations; Ropapa Mensah listed". GhanaSoccernet.