Bernard Mensah

Bernard Ayitey Mensah Jnr (born 29 December 1994) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Gloucester City.

This article is about the English footballer. For the Ghanaian footballer, see Bernard Mensah (footballer, born October 1994).

Bernard Mensah
Personal information
Full name Bernard Ayitey Mensah Jnr[1]
Date of birth (1994-12-29) 29 December 1994[2]
Place of birth Hounslow, England
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Gloucester City
Youth career
2011–2013 Watford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Watford 2 (0)
2014 → Braintree Town (loan) 9 (2)
2014–2015 → Barnet (loan) 8 (1)
2015 → Braintree Town (loan) 13 (1)
2016–2018 Aldershot Town 56 (14)
2018–2020 Bristol Rovers 9 (0)
2018–2019 → Lincoln City (loan) 4 (0)
2019 → Aldershot Town (loan) 16 (4)
2019–2020 → Maidenhead United (loan) 25 (1)
2020– Gloucester City 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:29, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Watford

Mensah was named in April 2011 as one of a group of seven young players who would take up a two-year scholarship with Watford at the start of the 2011–12 season.[3] In July 2011, Mensah signed a professional contract that would activate on his 17th birthday and keep him at the club until the end of the 2013–14 season.[4][5] Later on that year, Mensah had surgery on his knee, ruling him out of playing contention for the remainder of the season.[6]

In January 2013, Mensah signed an extension to his contract, committing to Watford until 2016.[5] He scored 14 goals in 19 appearances for the under-18 side during the 2012–13 season before becoming a full professional at the end of the campaign.[7]

On 23 November 2013, Mensah made his Watford debut as a 78th-minute substitute for Javier Acuña against Bolton Wanderers.[8]

On 10 January 2014, Mensah joined Conference side Braintree Town on a one-month loan.[9] Due to bad weather which limited his playing time, Mensah's loan was extended for a further month until 16 March. Mensah again extended his loan at Braintree Town, this time until the end of the season on 11 March 2014.[10]

On 6 November 2014, Mensah joined Barnet on loan until 5 January 2015.[11]

Mensah re-joined Braintree on loan on 11 February 2015 until the end of the 2014–15 season.[12]

On 3 June 2016, it was announced that Mensah would leave Watford upon his contract expiry.[13]

Aldershot Town

On 10 June 2016, Mensah joined National League side Aldershot Town on a one-year deal,[14] which was renewed at the end of the season until June 2018

Bristol Rovers

On 11 January 2018, Mensah joined League one side Bristol Rovers for an undisclosed fee.[15] He made his first appearance for the club as an 80th-minute substitute in their 3–1 win against Bradford City on 20 January 2018.[16] After loan spells at Lincoln City and a return to Aldershot in the 2018–19 season, Mensah joined Maidenhead United on a season-long loan in July 2019.[17]

Gloucester City

In January 2020, Mensah's loan spell with Maidenhead was terminated early and he joined Gloucester City permanently on an 18-month contract for an undisclosed fee.[18]

International career

Mensah is eligible to play for Ghana or England but has yet to represent either country at any level.

In 2011, Mensah trained with the Ghana squad ahead of their friendly against Nigeria at Vicarage Road. However, he was not called up by Ghana and was asked to join the squad for training due to their depleted squad.[19]

Career statistics
As of 21 January 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Watford 2013–14[20] Championship 100000—10
2014–15[21] Championship 100000—10
2015–16 Premier League 000000—00
Total 2000000020
Braintree Town (loan) 2013–14[20] Conference Premier 9200—0092
Barnet (loan) 2014–15[22] Conference Premier 8110—2[lower-alpha 1]1112
Braintree Town (loan) 2014–15[21] Conference Premier 13100—00131
Aldershot Town 2016–17[22] National League 421010—4[lower-alpha 2]34713
2017–18[22] National League 14420—1[lower-alpha 1]0174
Total 551430—536317
Bristol Rovers 2017–18[22] League One 80—0 0—80
2018-19[23] League One 1000000010
Total 9000000090
Lincoln City (loan) 2018-19[23] League Two 4000004[lower-alpha 3]080
Aldershot Town (loan) 2018-19[23] National League 164——00164
Maidenhead United (loan) 2019-20[22] National League 25120—2[lower-alpha 1]0291
Gloucester City 2019-20[22] National League North 0000—0000
Career total 14123600013416127
  1. Appearances in the FA Trophy
  2. Two appearances and two goals in the FA Trophy; two appearances and a goal in the National League play-offs
  3. Four appearances in the EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Professional Retain List & Free Transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 3 June 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  2. "Bernard Mensah". 11v11. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  3. "Seven new scholars announced by Watford". Watford Observer. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  4. "Mensah signs new Hornets deal". Football League. 5 July 2011. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  5. "Academy striker signs new deal at Vicarage Road". Watford F.C. 9 January 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  6. "Watford striker Bernard Mensah out for the season with knee injury". Watford Observer. 21 December 2011. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  7. "Player Profile". Watford F.C. 26 July 2013. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  8. "First-year professional Bernard Mensah reacts to his Hornets debut". Watford F.C. 23 November 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  9. "OFFICIAL: Mensah Moves To Braintree". Watford F.C. 10 January 2014. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  10. "Watford youngsters agree Braintree Town loan deals". BBC Sport. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  11. Mensah joins the Bees on loan
  12. Bernard Mensah: Watford striker re-joins Braintree Town
  13. "OFFICIAL: Hornets Confirm Retained & Released Players". Watford F.C. 3 June 2016.
  14. "BERNARD MENSAH JOINS THE SHOTS". Aldershot Town F.C. 10 June 2016.
  15. Rovers, Bristol (11 January 2018). "SIGNING: We are pleased to announce the signing of Bernard Mensah from Aldershot Town for an undisclosed fee". @Official_BRFC. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  16. "Bristol Rovers vs Bradford City on 20 Jan 18 - Match Centre - Bristol Rovers". bristolrovers.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  17. SIGNING | Welcome to Maidenhead, Bernard!
  18. Welcome Bernard Mensah!
  19. "Watford scholar and former Tottenham target Bernard Mensah trains with Ghana squad ahead of Vicarage Road game". Watford Observer. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  20. "Games played by Bernard Mensah in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  21. "Games played by Bernard Mensah in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  22. Bernard Mensah at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  23. "Games played by Bernard Mensah in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
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