John Mensah - International Appearances


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	Ségou   	Morocco 	0-0	African Nations Cup
 4   24- 1-02	Ségou   	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	Radès   	Tunisia  	2-2 [1]	International Tourn.
12   30- 3-03	Radès   	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	Radès   	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	Köln    	Czech Republic	2-0	World Cup
40   22- 6-06	Nürnberg	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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