Raphael Assibey-Mensah
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 | 10 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:52, 17 August 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.
Club career
[edit]Youth years
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Assibey-Mensah was named as a standby for a Germany U16 training camp in Barsinghausen in May 2015.[28]
Personal life
[edit]Assibey-Mensah is of Ghanaian descent.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 17 August 2024
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[a] | 0 | 21 | 8 | |
2020–21[9] | Regionalliga Südwest | 39 | 12 | 1[a] | 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[b] | 1 | 20 | 3 |
TSV Schott Mainz | 2023–24[20] | Regionalliga Südwest | 15 | 2 | 1[a] | 2 | 15 | 4 |
1. FC Bocholt | 2023–24[20] | Regionalliga West | 7 | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | |
2024–25[20] | Regionalliga West | 3 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | ||
Total | 10 | 3 | — | 10 | 3 | |||
Career total | 132 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 136 | 43 |
- ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Southwestern Cup
- ^ Appearances in Saxony Cup
Honours
[edit]TSV Schott Mainz
References
[edit]- ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/08/2016 and 31/08/2016". The Football Association. p. 1. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ a b Raphael Assibey-Mensah at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b c d "German attacker Raphael Assibey-Mensah signs for Brentford B". Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Spieler". SC Freiburg (in German). Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ Raphael Assibey-Mensah at DFB (also available in German)
- ^ "Brentford B squad update". Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ ""Damals war ich nicht so klar wie heute"". tsvschott.de (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ^ "TSV Schott Mainz" (PDF). p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Raphael Assibey-Mensah". FSV 05.de – Online-Archiv des 1. FSV Mainz 05. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Raphael Assibey-Mensah | Spieler Einsätze". kicker (in German). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Tables – Oberliga – Germany". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Ein Regionalliga-Aufstieg ist schon fix – Bericht von Torben Schröder in der Liga Verbandsliga Südwest" (in German). Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ "15 Mann plus x bleiben an Bord". FuPa. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Tabelle | 41. Spieltag | Regionalliga Südwest 2020/21". kicker (in German). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ a b Kaufhold, Matthias (7 May 2021). "Gelingt dem SC Freiburg II auf Kunstrasen der nächste Schritt? – SC Freiburg". Badische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Willkommen und Abschied bei der U23". SC Freiburg (in German). Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "Exclusive: Freiburg sign free-scoring Ghanaian youngster for €100,000". Ghana Sports Online. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Englische Woche endet in Westsachsen". SC Freiburg (in German). Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "Sportvorschau – USC Eisvögel". Badische Zeitung (in German). 4 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Raphael Assibey-Mensah at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Der FC Schaffhausen testet einen Stürmer des SC Freiburg". sport.ch. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ a b "FSV Zwickau verpflichtet Probespieler Assibey-Mensah". FSV Zwickau (in German). Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ "FSV Zwickau – TSV 1860 München 2:2 (0:0) [38. Spieltag]". FSV Zwickau (in German). Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ "25 Abgänge! Riesiger Umbruch beim FSV Zwickau". www.fussball.de (in German). Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ a b Schröder, Torben (8 September 2023). "Ein "Riesen-Gewinn": Schott Mainz holt Ex-Torjäger zurück". Mittelhessen (in German). Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ a b Haidinger, Peter. "1. FC Bocholt verpflichtet Angreifer Raphael Assibey-Mensah". MSPW – Media Sportservice (in German). Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "1. FC Bocholt suspendiert zwei Angreifer". BBV (in German). Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "U16 Nationalmannschaft – Kader U16 Lehrgang Barsinghausen – 03-06.05.2015" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
External links
[edit]- Raphael Assibey-Mensah at fsv05.de
- Raphael Assibey-Mensah at DFB (also available in German)
- Living people
- 1999 births
- German sportspeople of Ghanaian descent
- German men's footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Footballers from Leipzig
- 3. Liga players
- Regionalliga players
- Brentford F.C. players
- TSV Schott Mainz players
- SC Freiburg II players
- German expatriate men's footballers
- German expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- FSV Zwickau players
- 1. FC Bocholt players