John Mensah - International Appearances (original) (raw)

The outstanding Ghanaian player obtained 83 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Born: 29-11-1982 Country: Ghana
Caps: 83 (W46-D17-L20 � GF131-GA73 � %65.66) Goals: 3 Age First Cap: 19 yr 6 d 5-12-2001 vs. Algeria 1-1 Age Last Cap: 30 yr 199 d 16- 6-2013 vs. Lesotho 2-0 National Team Career: 11 yr 193 d

Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition

1 5-12-01 Alger Algeria 1-1 2 4- 1-02 Cairo Egypt 0-2 3 21- 1-02 S�gou Morocco 0-0 African Nations Cup 4 24- 1-02 S�gou South Africa 0-0 African Nations Cup 5 30- 1-02 Mopti Burkina Faso 2-1 African Nations Cup 6 3- 2-02 Bamako Nigeria 0-1 African Nations Cup 7 17- 5-02 Ljubljana Slovenia 0-2 8 7- 9-02 Kampala Uganda 0-1 African Cup Qual. 9 8-10-02 Accra Lesotho 2-1 10 13-10-02 Accra Rwanda 4-2 African Cup Qual. 11 27- 3-03 Rad�s Tunisia 2-2 [1] International Tourn. 12 30- 3-03 Rad�s Madagascar 3-3 International Tourn. 13 16-11-03 Accra Somalia 5-0 World Cup Qualifier 14 19-11-03 Kumasi Somalia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 15 5- 6-04 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 16 14- 6-04 Kumasi Togo 0-0 17 20- 6-04 Kumasi South Africa 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 18 25- 6-04 Maputo Mozambique 1-0 19 5- 9-04 Kumasi Cape Verde 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 20 10-10-04 Kumasi Congo-Kinshasa 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 21 23- 3-05 Nairobi Kenya 2-2 22 27- 3-05 Kinshasa Congo-Kinshasa 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 23 5- 6-05 Kumasi Burkina Faso 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 24 18- 6-05 Pretoria South Africa 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 25 17- 8-05 London Senegal 0-0 26 4- 9-05 Kumasi Uganda 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 27 8-10-05 Praia Cape Verde 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 28 14-11-05 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 3-1 29 11- 1-06 Monastir Togo 0-1 30 15- 1-06 Rad�s Tunisia 0-2 31 23- 1-06 Port Said Nigeria 0-1 African Nations Cup 32 27- 1-06 Port Said Senegal 1-0 African Nations Cup 33 31- 1-06 Ismailia Zimbabwe 1-2 African Nations Cup 34 2- 3-06 Frisco Mexico 0-1 35 26- 5-06 Bochum Turkey 1-1 36 29- 5-06 Leicester Jamaica 4-1 37 4- 6-06 Edinburgh South Korea 3-1 38 12- 6-06 Hannover Italy 0-2 World Cup 39 17- 6-06 K�ln Czech Republic 2-0 World Cup 40 22- 6-06 N�rnberg United States 2-1 World Cup 41 27- 6-06 Dortmund Brazil 0-3 World Cup 42 4-10-06 Yokohama Japan 1-0 43 8-10-06 Seoul South Korea 3-1 44 6- 2-07 London Nigeria 4-1 45 24- 3-07 Graz Austria 1-1 46 27- 3-07 Stockholm Brazil 0-1 47 18-11-07 Accra Togo 2-0 48 21-11-07 Accra Benin 4-2 49 20- 1-08 Accra Guinea 2-1 African Nations Cup 50 24- 1-08 Accra Namibia 1-0 African Nations Cup 51 28- 1-08 Accra Morocco 2-0 African Nations Cup 52 3- 2-08 Accra Nigeria 2-1 African Nations Cup 53 9- 2-08 Kumasi Ivory Coast 4-2 African Nations Cup 54 28- 3-08 London Mexico 1-2 55 23- 5-08 Sydney Australia 0-1 56 1- 6-08 Kumasi Libya 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 57 8- 6-08 Bloemfontein Lesotho 3-2 World Cup Qualifier 58 14- 6-08 Libreville Gabon 0-2 World Cup Qualifier 59 22- 6-08 Accra Gabon 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 60 11-10-08 Sekondi-Tak. Lesotho 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 61 31- 5-09 Tamale Uganda 2-1 62 7- 6-09 Bamako Mali 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 63 20- 6-09 Omdurman Sudan 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 64 5- 9-09 Accra Sudan 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 65 9- 9-09 Utrecht Japan 3-4 66 1- 6-10 Rotterdam Netherlands 1-4 67 5- 6-10 Milton Keynes Latvia 1-0 68 13- 6-10 Pretoria Serbia 1-0 World Cup 69 23- 6-10 Johannesburg Germany 0-1 World Cup 70 26- 6-10 Rustenburg United States 2-1 World Cup 71 12- 7-10 Jonannesburg Uruguay 1-1 [2] World Cup 72 10-10-10 Accra Sudan 0-0 African Cup Qual. 73 8- 2-11 Antwerpen Togo 4-1 74 27- 3-11 Brazaville Congo-Brazz. 3-0 African Cup Qual. 75 29- 3-11 London England 1-1 76 3- 6-11 Kumasi Congo-Brazz. 3-1 African Cup Qual. 77 8-10-11 Khartoum Sudan 2-0 African Cup Qual. 78 11-10-11 Watford Nigeria 0-0 79 24- 1-12 Franceville Botswana 1-0 African Nations Cup 80 5- 2-12 Franceville Tunisia 2-1 African Nations Cup 81 8- 2-12 Bata Zambia 0-1 African Nations Cup 82 15- 8-12 Xi'an China 1-1 83 16- 6-13 Maseru Lesotho 2-0 World Cup Qualifier

[1] Ghana lost 7-8 on penalty kicks. [2] Ghana lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.

NB: the match on 15- 1-2012 vs South Africa (in Rustenburg, 1-1) is not considered a full A-international (too many substitutions) and therefore not included here

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 83 46 17 20 131- 73 109 65.66

Types of Matches

Friendlies 32 World Cup Qualifier 20 African Nations Cup 15 World Cup 8 African Cup Qualifier 6 Other Tournaments 2

Total 83

Goals: Cap 77 1 goal Cap 79 1 goal Cap 80 1 goal

Total 3 goals

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Author: Roberto Mamrud (roberto.mamrud@gmail.com) Last updated: 29 Dec 2021