Alexander Tachie-Mensah (born 15 February 1977) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a forward. After his retirement, he became a coach.

Alex Tachie-Mensah
Tachie-Mensah in 2007
Personal information
Full name Alexander Tachie-Mensah[1]
Date of birth (1977-02-15) 15 February 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Ebusua Dwarfs 39 (35)
2000–2002 Neuchâtel Xamax 55 (24)
2002–2009 St. Gallen 133 (48)
Total 227 (107)
International career
2001–2007 Ghana 11 (1)
Managerial career
2009– FC Frauenfeld Youth
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Tachie-Mensah was born in Accra.

He last played for FC St. Gallen[2] and retired on 9 June 2009.

International career

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Tachie-Mensah was a member of the Ghana national team[3] and was called up to the 2006 World Cup.

Coaching career

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After his retirement, Tachie-Mensah became the head coach an FC Frauenfeld youth team in August 2009.[4][5]

He later became assistant coach at fifth-tier side FC Kreuzlingen.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Ghana" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. ^ FC St Gallen profile Archived 21 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Alex Tachie-Mensah at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ^ Tachieh Mensah mit neuen Zielen Archived 15 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Hänni, Tobias (27 April 2013). "Alex: Kämpfer auf weichen Sohlen". St.Galler Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  6. ^ Okai Gyimah, Edmund. "Tachie-Mensah becomes coach at Kreuzlingen". Goal.com. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  7. ^ D'orazio, Nicole (6 June 2014). "Alex Tachie-Mensah wird Trainer in Kreuzlingen". St.Galler Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2020.
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