Raphael Assibey-Mensah

Raphael Assibey-Mensah (born 31 August 1999) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left winger for FSV Zwickau. He is a product of the Mainz 05 academy and began his senior career with TSV Schott Mainz in 2018. He transferred to SC Freiburg II in 2021 and moved to FSV Zwickau in 2022.

Raphael Assibey-Mensah
Personal information
Full name Raphael Assibey-Mensah[1]
Date of birth (1999-08-31) 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
 FSV Zwickau
Number 24
Youth career
Fontana Finthen
2008–2016 Mainz 05
2016–2018 Brentford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 TSV Schott Mainz 74 (22)
2021–2022 SC Freiburg II 8 (0)
2022– FSV Zwickau 14 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:17, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Youth years

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 appearances and scored six goals before his release at the end of the 2017–18 season.[6]

TSV Schott Mainz

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] During the club's 2019–20 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar championship-winning season,[10] which was ended prematurely by the COVID-19 pandemic,[11] 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][12][13] Assibey-Mensah departed TSV Schott Mainz at the end of the campaign and made 74 appearances and scored 22 goals during his three-season spell with the club.[9][14]

SC Freiburg II

In May 2021, Assibey-Mensah agreed to transfer to newly-promoted 3. Liga club SC Freiburg II,[14][15] on a contract effective 1 July 2021, for a €100,000 fee.[16] During an illness-affected 2021–22 season,[17][18] he made eight appearances without scoring.[19] In June 2022, Assibey-Mensah joined Swiss Challenge League club FC Schaffhausen on trial, but did not win a contract.[20] Assibey-Mensah departed the club on the penultimate day of the summer transfer window.[21]

FSV Zwickau

On 31 August 2022, Assibey-Mensah transferred to 3. Liga club FSV Zwickau and signed a one-year contract, with a one-year option.[21]

International career

Assibey-Mensah was named as a standby for a Germany U16 training camp in Barsinghausen in May 2015.[22]

Personal life

Assibey-Mensah is of Ghanaian descent.[2]

Career statistics
As of match played 30 April 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Other Total
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] 20 8 0 0 20 8
2020–21[9] Regionalliga Südwest 39 12 0 0 39 12
Total 74 22 0 0 74 22
SC Freiburg II 2021–22[19] 3. Liga 8 0 — 8 0
FSV Zwickau 2022–23[19] 3. Liga 14 2 0 0 14 2
Career total 96 24 0 0 96 24

Honours

TSV Schott Mainz

References
  1. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/08/2016 and 31/08/2016". The Football Association. p. 1. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  2. Raphael Assibey-Mensah at WorldFootball.net
  3. "German attacker Raphael Assibey-Mensah signs for Brentford B". Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  4. "Spieler". SC Freiburg (in German). Retrieved 14 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Raphael Assibey-Mensah at DFB (also available in German)
  6. "Brentford B squad update". Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  7. "„Damals war ich nicht so klar wie heute"". tsvschott.de (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  8. "TSV Schott Mainz" (PDF). p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  9. "Raphael Assibey-Mensah". FSV 05.de – Online-Archiv des 1. FSV Mainz 05. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  10. "Tables – Oberliga – Germany". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  11. "Ein Regionalliga-Aufstieg ist schon fix – Bericht von Torben Schröder in der Liga Verbandsliga Südwest" (in German). Retrieved 24 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. "15 Mann plus x bleiben an Bord". FuPa. Retrieved 15 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. "Tabelle | 41. Spieltag | Regionalliga Südwest 2020/21". kicker (in German). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  14. Kaufhold, Matthias. "Gelingt dem SC Freiburg II auf Kunstrasen der nächste Schritt? – SC Freiburg". Badische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 8 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. "Willkommen und Abschied bei der U23". SC Freiburg (in German). Retrieved 20 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. "Exclusive: Freiburg sign free-scoring Ghanaian youngster for €100,000". Ghana Sports Online. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. "Englische Woche endet in Westsachsen". SC Freiburg (in German). Retrieved 22 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. "Sportvorschau – USC Eisvögel". Badische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 22 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. Raphael Assibey-Mensah at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  20. "Der FC Schaffhausen testet einen Stürmer des SC Freiburg". sport.ch. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  21. "FSV Zwickau verpflichtet Probespieler Assibey-Mensah". FSV Zwickau (in German). Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  22. "U16 Nationalmannschaft – Kader U16 Lehrgang Barsinghausen – 03-06.05.2015" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
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