Ousman Manneh
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ousman Manneh | ||
| Date of birth | 10 March 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Ginak Kajata, Gambia | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Werder Bremen | ||
| Number | 47 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2014 | Rush Soccer Academy | ||
| 2014–2015 | Blumenthaler SV | ||
| 2015– | Werder Bremen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015– | Werder Bremen II | 36 | (5) |
| 2016– | Werder Bremen | 4 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 October 2016. | |||
Ousman Manneh (born 10 March 1997) is a Gambian footballer who plays as a striker for SV Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga.[1]
Club career
Early career
In 2004 Manneh started training at the Rush Soccer Academy, a United States soccer franchise for children and youth in Bakau.[2][3]
At the age of 17 he fled the dictatorship in his home country Gambia reaching Bremen and living in the refugee camp of Lesum.[3][4] Following a trial he joined the Blumenthaler SV U-18 team before playing for the U-19 side in the youth regional league, the second-tier youth league in Germany, where he scored 15 goals in 11 matches. These performances earned him trials with FC St. Pauli, Hamburg, Schalke 04 and Wolfsburg.[3][4]
Werder Bremen
Having chosen to stay in Bremen and play for Werder Bremen, Manneh initially played for the club's youth team.[2] On 10 March 2015, he signed a three-year contract with the club running until summer 2018.[3][4]
On 25 July 2015, he made his 3. Liga debut for the reserves against Hansa Rostock scoring the winning goal in a 1–2 away win.[5] Four days later, he made his first appearance for the first team; having entered the pitch after 60 minutes he scored four goals in 15 minutes in a 7–0 friendly match win against SV Wilhelmshaven.[3][6]
After scoring and assisting two goals each in his first seven appearances for the reserves in the 2016–17 season, Manneh made his full Bundesliga debut on 21 September 2016 in a 1–2 home defeat to Mainz 05 before being replaced by Lennart Thy in the 55th minute.[3][7][8] He also started in the following match three days later, a 2–1 win against VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen's first victory of the season, being substituted off after 73 minutes.[3]
Manneh scored his first Bundesliga goal on 15 October, in Werder Bremen's 2–1 win against Bayer Leverkusen.[9]
References
- ↑ "Gambia - O. Manneh - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
- 1 2 Ceesay, Alieu (23 January 2015). "Gambia: Ousman Manneh Signs With Werder Bremen". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Lauf Ousman, lauf!". Spox (in German). 26 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 Camara, Baboucarr (1 July 2015). "Ousman Manneh's rise to stardom with Werder Bremen". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ↑ "Hansa Rostock vs. Werder Bremen II - 25 July 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
- ↑ Sander, Carsten (29 July 2015). "Die Manneh-Show". Kreiszeitung (in German). Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ↑ "Malli und De Blasis vermiesen Nouri das Debüt". kicker Online (in German). 21 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ↑ Meile, Ralf (22 September 2016). "Werders Ousman Manneh – in zwei Jahren vom Flüchtling zum Bundesliga-Profi". Watson.ch (in German). Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ↑ Fahey, Ciaran (15 October 2016). "Bayern held again in Bundesliga, now 3 games without a win". Washington Post. Retrieved 15 October 2016.