Ousman Manneh

Ousman Manneh (born 10 March 1997) is a Gambian professional footballer who last played as a striker for SV Werder Bremen II.[1]

Ousman Manneh
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-03-10) 10 March 1997
Place of birth Ginak Kajata, Gambia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
2004–2014 Rush Soccer Academy
2014–2015 Blumenthaler SV
2015– Werder Bremen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2020 Werder Bremen II 69 (12)
2016–2020 Werder Bremen 6 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:25, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

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]

He made his return from a 21-month injury layoff 8 December 2019, coming on as a substitute for Werder Bremen II.[10]

Manneh was released by Werder Bremen when his contract expired in summer 2020.[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of 15 September 2020[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[nb 1] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Werder Bremen II 2014–15 Regionalliga Nord 30——30
2015–16 3. Liga 283——283
2016–17 204——204
2017–18 175——175
2019–20 Regionalliga Nord 10——10
Total 691200006912
Werder Bremen 2016–17 Bundesliga 61——61
Career total 751300007513
  1. Includes Czech Cup, DFB-Pokal

References
  1. "Gambia - O. Manneh - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  2. Ceesay, Alieu (23 January 2015). "Gambia: Ousman Manneh Signs With Werder Bremen". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  3. "Lauf Ousman, lauf!". Spox (in German). 26 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  4. Camara, Baboucarr (1 July 2015). "Ousman Manneh's rise to stardom with Werder Bremen". The Daily Observer. Archived from the original on 3 August 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  5. "Hansa Rostock vs. Werder Bremen II - 25 July 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  6. Sander, Carsten (29 July 2015). "Die Manneh-Show". Kreiszeitung (in German). Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  7. "Malli und De Blasis vermiesen Nouri das Debüt". kicker Online (in German). 21 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  8. Meile, Ralf (22 September 2016). "Werders Ousman Manneh – in zwei Jahren vom Flüchtling zum Bundesliga-Profi". Watson.ch (in German). Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  9. Fahey, Ciaran (15 October 2016). "Bayern held again in Bundesliga, now 3 games without a win". Washington Post. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  10. Niemeyer (8 December 2019). "Tabellenführer Wolfsburg zu stark". Weser Kurier (in German). Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  11. Knips, Björn (16 July 2020). "Märchen ohne Happy End: Ousman Manneh ohne Zukunft bei Werder Bremen". Kreiszeitung (in German). Retrieved 15 September 2020.
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