Evans Mensah (footballer, born 1998)

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Evans Mensah
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-02-09) 9 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Agona Swedru, Ghana
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
–2014 Right to Dream Academy
2014–2016 Inter Allies
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Inter Allies 17 (1)
2016 → Klubi-04 (loan) 2 (0)
2016 → HJK (loan) 3 (0)
2016–2020 HJK 70 (19)
2020–2021 Al-Duhail 0 (0)
2020 → Portimonense (loan) 0 (0)
2020–2021 → Al-Kharaitiyat (loan) 18 (1)
2021–2022 Ceramica Cleopatra 15 (1)
2023 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 13 (0)
International career
2019 Ghana U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:00, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Evans Mensah (born 9 February 1998) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a winger.

Early life and youth[edit]

Born in Agona Swedru and raised in Ghana, Evans Mensah joined Right to Dream Academy after being scouted as a prodigious talent at an academy event.[1]

Club career[edit]

Mensah was loaned to HJK in Finland after a successful medical analysis,[2][3][4][5] making his Veikkausliiga debut for HJK in 3–2 loss to Inter Turku, coming on as substitute in the 90th minute, on 16 September 2016.[6]

International career[edit]

Mensah was called up to the Ghana national football team for the first time as a replacement for David Accam ahead of 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Mozambique.[7]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 29 May 2024[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Inter Allies 2016 Ghana Premier League 17 1 - - - 17 1
HJK (loan) 2016 Veikkausliiga 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
HJK 2017 Veikkausliiga 29 8 7 2 4[b] 0 - 36 10
2018 Veikkausliiga 20 4 7 1 6[c] 1 – 33 6
2019 Veikkausliiga 21 7 2 0 6[c] 0 – 29 7
Total 70 19 16 3 16 1 - - 102 23
Al-Duhail SC 2019–20 Qatar Stars League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portimonense (loan) 2019–20 Primeira Liga 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
Al-Kharaitiyat (loan) 2020–21 Qatar Stars League 18 1 5 3 – 2[d] 0 25 4
Ceramica Cleopatra 2021–22 Egyptian Premier League 15 1 1 0 – – 16 1
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 2023 Belarusian Premier League 13 0 1 1 2[e] 0 – 16 1
Career total 136 22 23 7 18 1 2 0 179 30
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup, Qatar Cup, Egypt Cup and Belarusian Cup
  2. ^ Includes UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Includes Emir of Qatar Cup
  5. ^ Includes UEFA Europa Conference League

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Evans Mensah: All you need to know about Black Stars' latest player - Sports" (in German). Pulse. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  2. ^ "Ghana's Evans Mensah Flying High in Finland".
  3. ^ "Evans Mensah jatkaa HJK:ssa | Uutiset". Veikkausliiga. 2016-11-03. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  4. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Ghanaian prodigy Evans Mensah set to join Finland giants HJK Helsinki". GHANAsoccernet.com. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  5. ^ "Inter Allies winger Evans Mensah joins HJK Helsinki on a loan deal". Qatar-soccer.net. 2016-08-23. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  6. ^ Francis, Pamela. "Evans Mensah debuts for HJK Helsinki". Ghana Live TV. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  7. ^ Osmond, Benji. "Inter Allies CEO Excited With Evans Mensah Call Up | SportsCrusader.com - Ghana Sports & Football News and Updates and around the World". SportsCrusader.com. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  8. ^ "E.Mensah". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 2 March 2017.

External links[edit]

Media related to Evans Mensah at Wikimedia Commons


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