Gideon Mensah

Mensah's current-season form is down 19% on last season (Season 47→38), while his Rating eased 68→56. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 47).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Auxerre · 15th	30	2	6.81	55	36
2024/25	Auxerre · 11th	29	1	6.86	68	47
2023/24	Auxerre · 1st	26	2	7.12	60	38
2022/23	Auxerre · 17th	28	0	6.86	71	37
2021/22	BordeauxLoan · 20th	23	2	6.55	66	12

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 5 earlier seasons and 1 youth-team spell in the full career.

Ghana · international

Side	Apps	G
Ghana	39	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Solid contributorFull-back

G. Mensah is a 28-year-old full-back at 1. FC Köln, rated 56.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 200th of 322 on scout potential in the Bundesliga. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (81% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.2 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Mensah.

Judged on this season alone, Mensah graded 38 — a strong campaign that ranks top 25% of the 53 full-backs in the Bundesliga, on 7 clean sheets and 3.202 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 47 → 38). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 56, 34th of 53 of the 53 full-backs in the Bundesliga. At 28 Mensah is in his prime years, and a market index of 22.6 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelBreakout: 2022/23Stepped up 2024/25

Current potential34th of 53 full-backs · Bundesliga Current seasonTop 25% full-backs · Bundesliga 13th-best full-back in the Bundesliga 200th in the Bundesliga · potential 34th-highest potential full-back in the Bundesliga

56.3

Ratingi

34th of 53 full-backs

37.9

Seasoni

developing / rotation level

81%

Minutes

near ever-present

3.2

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · 1. FC Köln finished 14th of 18 · a lower-table side

Apps

3.2

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.2 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 7 clean sheets across 30 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (14th of 18) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 81% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

With a Rating of 56.3, Mensah carries the 34th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Bundesliga of 53, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (1. FC Köln finished 14th of 18) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.2 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years). Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %81%

Available fixtures32 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900.077

Goal contribution / 900.077

Defensive actions / 903.202

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Pass accuracy %82

Dribble success %55.2

Cards / 900.309

Foul involvement / 902.739

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~38), then tapers with age. At 28, Mensah sits on 22.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Mensah's projected Rating — 56.3 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Bundesliga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Shots1

Passing

Assists2

Chances created17

Passes1,104

Pass accuracy82%

Possession

Successful dribbles16

Dribble success55.2%

Duels won113

Duels won %50.9%

Fouls won34

Defending

Tackles51

Interceptions28

Blocks4

Fouls committed37

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards8

Red cards0

Transfer history

1. FC KölnJul 2026 – nowFree

AuxerreAug 2022 – Jul 2026

Red Bull SalzburgJul 2022 – Aug 2022Free

BBordeaux(on loan)Aug 2021 – Jul 2022

GGuimaraes(on loan)Aug 2020 – Aug 2021

Red Bull Salzburg(back from loan)Aug 2020 – Aug 2020

Zulte Waregem(on loan)Aug 2019 – Aug 2020

Red Bull Salzburg(back from loan)Jul 2019 – Aug 2019

Sturm Graz(on loan)Jan 2019 – Jul 2019

Red Bull Salzburguntil Jan 2019

About G. Mensah

Gideon Mensah is a 28-year-old full-back who plays for 1. FC Köln, born on July 18, 1998 in Accra, standing 178 cm tall. He is from Ghana. 1. FC Köln currently sit 14th of 18 in the Bundesliga.

This season

In the current season, G. Mensah has made 30 appearances with 0 goals and 2 assists across 2,333 minutes, averaging a 7.01 match rating over his last 10 rated games, with 8 yellow cards. His season has spanned the Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France. Though primarily a full-back, he has also lined up in midfield this season.

When G. Mensah plays, 1. FC Köln's record this season is 7W-10D-14L — and his match ratings average 6.98 at home against 6.67 on the road.

Recent matches

May 17, 2026: 2-0 win away at Lille (90 minutes, 1 assist, 7.9 rating)
May 10, 2026: 2-1 win at home vs Nice (90 minutes, 7.3 rating)
May 3, 2026: 3-1 win at home vs Angers (78 minutes, 6.5 rating)
April 25, 2026: 2-3 loss away at Lyon (90 minutes, 6.2 rating)
April 19, 2026: 2-2 draw away at Monaco (90 minutes, 6.5 rating)
April 11, 2026: 0-0 draw at home vs Nantes (90 minutes, 7.3 rating)
April 5, 2026: 1-1 draw away at Le Havre (90 minutes, 7 rating)
March 21, 2026: 3-0 win at home vs Stade Brestois 29 (84 minutes, 1 assist, 7.3 rating)
March 7, 2026: 0-0 draw at home vs Strasbourg (90 minutes, 6.9 rating)
March 1, 2026: 2-2 draw away at Lorient (90 minutes, 7.2 rating)

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates G. Mensah at 56.3 with a Season form score of 37.9, ranking 200th of 322 full-backs in the Bundesliga. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Availability: G. Mensah has missed 2 matches this season through injury.

His honours include 4 career titles — among them the Ligue 2 and the UEFA Youth League. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 10 recorded seasons, G. Mensah has totalled 254 club appearances with 1 goal and 10 assists for 8 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2025/26, with 30 appearances for Auxerre.

G. Mensah's career has also included time at Auxerre, Red Bull Salzburg, BBordeaux, GGuimaraes, Zulte Waregem and Sturm Graz.

On the international stage, G. Mensah has represented Ghana — 39 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Also this season

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · 1. FC Köln finished 14th of 18 · a lower-table side

Strengths

Watch points