Edmund Arko-Mensah

Edmund Arko-Mensah
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-09-09) 9 September 2001[1]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Gnistan
Number 12
Youth career
–2018 Legon Cities
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Legon Cities
2018 → Berekum Chelsea (loan) 8 (1)
2020 Honka II 2 (1)
2020–2023 Honka 91 (8)
2024 Dinamo Batumi 4 (0)
2025– Gnistan 39 (3)
International career‡
2017 Ghana U17 7 (0)
2023– Ghana U23 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 July 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 June 2023

Edmund Arko-Mensah (born 9 September 2001) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a left-winger for Veikkausliiga club IF Gnistan.

Club career

Mensah was transferred to Berekum Chelsea on loan on 4 February 2018.[2]

Mensah joined Veikkausliiga team Honka in October 2019, starting in the 2020 season.[3] He spent four seasons with Honka, making 91 league appearances and scoring eight goals, plus winning the Finnish League Cup.

Mensah joined Georgian club Dinamo Batumi on 9 February 2024.[4] His time in Georgia was limited to just four appearances from the bench.

Mensah returned to Finland and joined Veikkausliiga club Gnistan in November 2024 on a two-year deal.[5] A landmark game for his new club came on 10 May 2025 as he scored twice and made an assist in a 3-2 away win over AC Oulu before being sent off in the final minutes of the game.

International career

In 2017, Arko-Mensah made his international debut for the Ghana U17 national team.

In June 2023, Arko-Mensah was named in the squad of the Ghana under-23 national team, for the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations final tournament, where he played in all three of Ghana's group stage matches.[6]

Career statistics

As of 24 June 2024
Club Season League Cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Berekum Chelsea (loan) 2018 Ghana Premier League 8100——81
Honka Akatemia 2020 Kakkonen 2100——21
Honka 2020 Veikkausliiga 17050—00220
2021 Veikkausliiga 23250—4[c]0322
2022 Veikkausliiga 2531041—304
2023 Veikkausliiga 26330201[c]0323
Total 91814061501169
Dinamo Batumi 2024 Erovnuli Liga 4000——40
Gnistan 2025 Veikkausliiga 000030–30
Career total 10610140915013311
Notes

Honours

Honka

References

  1. ↑ Edmund Arko-Mensah at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Berekum Chelsea announce Arko-Mensah switch until 2019". goal.com. 4 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Ex-Ghana U-17 star Edmund Mensah completes FC Honka switch". ghanaweb.com. 12 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "განელი მცველი დაიმატეს" (in Georgian). 1tv.ge. 9 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "EDMUND ARKO-MENSAH VAHVISTAA GNISTANIN HYÖKKÄYSTÄ". Gnistan.
  6. ↑ Ghanalle tappio Afrikan U23-mestaruusturnauksessa – Arko-Mensah ja Yegbe urakoivat, veikkausliiga.com, 28 June 2023
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