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Nelson Mensah
Ghanaian footballer
Nelson Samuel Mensah (born 7 December 1973) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nelson Samuel Mensah | ||
| Date of birth | (1973-12-07) 7 December 1973 (age 50) | ||
| Place of birth | Ghana | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1993 | Dinamo București | 21 | (5) |
| 1993–1994 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||
| International career | |||
| 1993 | Ghana U20[1] | 2 | (0) |
| 1991–1993 | Ghana | 2 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mensah played two seasons with Romanian side Dinamo București, featuring for them in the 1992–93 UEFA Champions League.[2] He was one of the first foreign players that arrived in Romania after the 1989 Revolution and the first African player to play in the Romanian top division Divizia A.[3][4]
Mensah made his debut for Ghana in a 1–0 victory against Nigeria at the 1991 CEDEAO Cup in which he scored the only goal of the match.[5] His second game was a friendly game in which he came as a substitute in a 2–0 victory against Indonesia.[5]
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dinamo București | 1991–92[6] | Divizia A | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| 1992–93[7] | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | ||
- Notes
- Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
Dinamo București
- "Nelson Mensah profile". 11v11. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- Nelson Mensah at WorldFootball.net
- "Liga lui Mitică Africanu', Premieră în campionatul intern: 36 de fotbalişti de pe "Continentul negru"" [Mitică Africanu's League, Premiere in the internal championship: 36 footballers from the "black continent"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 22 September 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- "Totul despre colegii mei! Dinamo 1991–1992. Adi Matei: "Demollari ar fi și acum titular la Dinamo". "China" Jercălău, poliglotul Kadar și calitățile lui Nelson Mensah. Cum i-a scăzut glicemia lui Cadete în meciul cu Sporting" [All about my colleagues! Dynamo 1991–1992. Adi Matei: "Demollari would still be in the first eleven at Dinamo". "China" Jercălău, the polyglot Kadar and the qualities of Nelson Mensah. How Cadete's blood sugar dropped in the match with Sporting] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- Nelson Mensah at National-Football-Teams.com
- "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1991–92". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1992–93". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
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