Ropapa Mensah
_(cropped).jpg) Mensah with Nashville in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ropapa Kwamina Mensah | ||
| Date of birth | 20 August 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Chattanooga Red Wolves | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Inter Allies | 19 | (3) |
| 2017 | → Harrisburg City Islanders (loan) | 19 | (7) |
| 2018 | → Nashville SC (loan) | 30 | (5) |
| 2019 | Nashville SC | 31 | (6) |
| 2020 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 16 | (6) |
| 2021 | Sporting Kansas City II | 14 | (0) |
| 2022 | Port Fouad SC | ||
| 2023– | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 46 | (21) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 22, 2024 | |||
Ropapa Kwamina Mensah (born 20 August 1997) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Chattanooga Red Wolves in the USL League One.
Club career
[edit]Mensah signed with USL Championship side Harrisburg City Islanders on 23 March 2017.[1][2] For the 2018 season, he moved to another USL team, Nashville SC.[3] On 10 February 2018, he scored the first goal in Nashville SC history, in a friendly against Atlanta United FC.[4]
On November 14, 2018, Nashville announced that they had purchased Mensah from Inter Allies following his season-long loan.[5]
On January 29, 2020, Pittsburgh Riverhounds FC announced that they had signed Mensah to a one-year contract for the 2020 season with an option for the 2021 season.[6]
After spending the 2022 season with Egyptian Second Division side Port Fouad FC, Mensah returned to the United States to sign with USL League One side Chattanooga Red Wolves SC on January 27, 2023.[7]
International career
[edit]On November 1, 2019, Mensah was called up to Ghana's U23 squad for the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Islanders Round Out Roster for 2017". CityIslanders.com. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Ghanaian duo Ropapa & Abass unveiled at Harrisburg City Islanders". GhanaWeb.com. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Dynamic Ghanaian Striker, Two Defenders Build on Historic Nashville SC Roster". NashvilleSC.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Torres, Luis (10 February 2018). "Ropapa Mensah scores the first goal for Nashville SC franchise". The Tennessean. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Nashville SC Announces 14 Players Returning for 2019 Season". Nashville SC. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Riverhounds SC signs forward Ropapa Mensah". riverhounds.com. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Chattanooga Red Wolves Announce the Signing of Ropapa Mensah". chattanoogaredwolves-sc.com. 27 January 2023.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Ghana U23 coach Tanko settles on final 21-man squad for CAF U23 Cup of Nations; Ropapa Mensah listed". GhanaSoccernet.
External links
[edit]- Ropapa Mensah at USL Championship
- Ropapa Mensah at Soccerway
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Ghanaian men's footballers
- Penn FC players
- Nashville SC (2018–19) players
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC players
- Sporting Kansas City II players
- Men's association football forwards
- USL Championship players
- International Allies F.C. players
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Ghana Premier League players
- Footballers from Accra
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt
- Expatriate men's footballers in Egypt
- Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
- Chattanooga Red Wolves SC players
- 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen