Raphael Assibey-Mensah
Raphael Assibey-Mensah (born 31 August 1999) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left winger for TSV Schott Mainz. Assibey-Mensah is a product of the Mainz 05 academy. Following two seasons as a professional with Brentford B in England, he returned to his native Germany. Since 2018, Assibey-Mensah has played lower-league football for TSV Schott Mainz, SC Freiburg II and FSV Zwickau. Club career

Youth years 
A left winger or attacking midfielder, Assibey-Mensah began his career in his native Germany with Fontana Finthen, before entering the Mainz 05 academy. 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. 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. He made 62 B team appearances and scored six goals before his release at the end of the 2017–18 season. 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. During a season interrupted with a pulmonary embolism, he finished with 15 appearances and two goals. He scored prolifically for the reserve team, with 10 goals in seven Bezirksliga Rheinhessen appearances. During the club's 2019–20 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar championship-winning season, which was ended prematurely by the COVID-19 pandemic, Assibey-Mensah made 20 appearances and scored eight goals. 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. Assibey-Mensah departed TSV Schott Mainz at the end of the campaign and made 76 appearances and scored 23 goals during his three-season spell with the club. SC Freiburg II 
In May 2021, Assibey-Mensah agreed to transfer to newly-promoted 3. Liga club SC Freiburg II, on a contract effective 1 July 2021, for a €100,000 fee. During an illness-affected 2021–22 season, he made eight appearances without scoring. In June 2022, Assibey-Mensah joined Swiss Challenge League club FC Schaffhausen on trial, but did not win a contract. Assibey-Mensah departed the club on the penultimate day of the summer transfer window. 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. He made 20 appearances and scored three goals during a 2022–23 season which culminated in the club's relegation to the Regionalliga Nordost. Assibey-Mensah was released when the club neglected to take up the option on his contract. Return to TSV Schott Mainz 
Assibey-Mensah spent time during the 2023 off-season training with the VDV and former club TSV Schott Mainz. Following a failed trial with Regionalliga Südwest club Kickers Offenbach, Assibey-Mensah signed a contract with TSV Schott Mainz on 8 September 2023.

International career 
Assibey-Mensah was named as a standby for a Germany U16 training camp in Barsinghausen in May 2015. Personal life 
Assibey-Mensah is of Ghanaian descent. Career statistics

Honours 
TSV Schott Mainz
 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar: 2019–20

References

External links 
 Raphael Assibey-Mensah at fsv05.de
 

Living people
1999 births
German sportspeople of Ghanaian descent
German men's footballers
Men's association football wingers
Men's association football midfielders
Footballers from Leipzig
3. Liga players
Regionalliga players
Brentford F.C. players
TSV Schott Mainz players
SC Freiburg II players
German expatriate men's footballers
German expatriate sportspeople in England
Expatriate men's footballers in England
FSV Zwickau players