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John Mensah is a Ghanaian association football player born in Obuasi on November 29, 1982. He plays the position of centre-back and has represented Ghana in international competition. His club career includes stints with Olympique Lyonnais, Sunderland A.F.C., AC ChievoVerona, and Stade Rennais F.C. He has competed in the Premier League and wore the number 28 shirt.
Mensah participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He also took part in the 2002 African Cup of Nations. He began his professional work period in 1999 and speaks English.
Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Thesportsdb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- 2000
- Bologna
- 2004
- → Modena (loan)
- 2013
- Asante Kotoko
- 2014
- Nitra
- 2016
- AFC Eskilstuna
- Full name
- John Mensah
- Date of birth
- ( 1982-11-29 ) 29 November 1982 (age 43)
- Place of birth
- Obuasi , Ashanti , Ghana
- Height
- 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Position
- Centre back
- 1999 2000
- MBC Accra
- Years
- Team
- 2000 2002
- Bellinzona
- 2001 2002
- → Genoa (loan)
- 2002 2006
- Chievo
- 2005 2006
- → Cremonese (loan)
- 2006 2008
- Rennes
- 2008 2012
- Lyon
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Nationality
- Ghana
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ghana
- Place of birth
- Obuasi
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 2006 Africa Cup of Nations
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Accra Hearts of Oak SC
- Position played
- centre-back
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Ghana
- Mass
- 72
- Image
- John Mensah.jpg
- Height
- 177
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- John Mensah
- date of birth
- 1982-11-29
- sport number
- 28
- start of work period
- 1999-00-00
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
John Mensah (born November 29, 1982) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a defender. A center-half by choice, he is also adept at right-back and has played in both positions for the Ghana national team, also captaining the Black Stars on occasions. Mensah's physique has earned him the moniker "Rock of Gibraltar".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Mensah” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.