Alex Tachie-Mensah

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Alex Tachie-Mensah
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Tachie-Mensah in 2007
Personal information
Full name Alexander Tachie-Mensah [1]
Date of birth (1977-02-15) 15 February 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2000 Ebusua Dwarfs 39 (35)
2000–2002 Neuchâtel Xamax 55 (24)
2002–2009 St. Gallen 133 (48)
Total227(107)
International career
2001–2007 Ghana 11 (1)
Managerial career
2009– FC Frauenfeld Youth
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Tachie-Mensah (born 15 February 1977) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a forward. After his retirement, he became a coach.

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Club career

Tachie-Mensah was born in Accra.

He last played for FC St. Gallen [2] and retired on 9 June 2009.

International career

Tachie-Mensah was a member of the Ghana national team [3] and was called up to the 2006 World Cup.

Coaching career

After his retirement, Tachie-Mensah became the head coach an FC Frauenfeld youth team in August 2009. [4] [5]

He later became assistant coach at fifth-tier side FC Kreuzlingen. [6] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Ghana" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. ↑ FC St Gallen profile Archived 21 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Alex Tachie-Mensah at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ↑ Tachieh Mensah mit neuen Zielen Archived 15 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Hänni, Tobias (27 April 2013). "Alex: Kämpfer auf weichen Sohlen". St.Galler Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  6. ↑ Okai Gyimah, Edmund. "Tachie-Mensah becomes coach at Kreuzlingen". Goal.com. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  7. ↑ D'orazio, Nicole (6 June 2014). "Alex Tachie-Mensah wird Trainer in Kreuzlingen". St.Galler Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2020.


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