Bernard Kyere
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bernard Kyere Mensah[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1 July 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Victoria Rosport | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2010 | Blau-Weiss Wiehre Freiburg | ||
2010–2012 | Offenburger FV | ||
2012–2014 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2017 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern II | 32 | (2) |
2017–2019 | Fortuna Köln | 57 | (1) |
2019–2021 | Viktoria Köln | 31 | (0) |
2021–2023 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 7 | (0) |
2023– | Victoria Rosport | 26 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 October 2024 |
Bernard Kyere Mensah (born 1 July 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Luxembourg National Division club Victoria Rosport.[2] Born in Ghana, he grew up in Germany.
Career
[edit]Kyere grew up in Kumasi, Ghana, before moving to Freiburg in Germany at age five.[1] There he started playing football with local club Blau-Weiss Wiehre Freiburg at the age of eight.[1] Later he played for the under-17 team of Offenburger FV and was called up for the Southern Baden youth team.[1] In 2012, he was admitted to the 1. FC Kaiserslautern youth academy, and made his debut in the Regionalliga for the reserve team in the 2014–15 season.[1] He made 34 league appearances during the following three seasons, scoring two goals.[3]
On 21 June 2017, Kyere joined 3. Liga club Fortuna Köln after having left Kaiserslautern as a free agent.[4] He made his debut for the side on the opening day of the season, coming on as a late substitute for Daniel Keita-Ruel in a 1–0 victory against VfR Aalen.[5]
After suffering relegation from the 3. Liga with Fortuna Köln in the 2018–19 season, Kyere moved to Cologne city rivals Viktoria Köln on 7 June 2019.[6]
On 23 August 2021, Kyere signed a two-year contract with Regionalliga Bayern club SpVgg Unterhaching.[7] He made his debut for the club on 11 September in a 5–4 shoot-out win against TSV 1860 Rosenheim.[8]
In August 2023, Kyere joined Luxembourg National Division club Victoria Rosport.[9]
Personal life
[edit]He is fluent in German, English and Twi.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f ""Unger Fründe" – Bernard Kyere Mensah: "Ich traue uns alles zu"". SC Fortuna Köln (in German). 16 February 2018. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ Bernard Kyere at kicker (in German)
- ^ "Bernard Kyere » Club matches". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ "Fortuna Köln: Bernard Kyere verpflichtet". Liga-Drei (in German). 20 June 2017. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ "Boss und ein Eigentor sichern Fortuna den Auftaktsieg". kicker (in German). 22 July 2017. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ "Bernard Kyere unterschreibt bei der Viktoria". Viktoria 1904 (in German). Viktoria 1904 e.V. 7 June 2019. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ "Haching schnappt sich Kyere". kicker (in German). 23 August 2021. Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ "SpVgg Unterhaching – TSV 1860 Rosenheim 5:4 (Regionalliga Bayern 2021/2022, 13. Round)". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ "News". FC Victoria Rosport (in Luxembourgish). Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "Schule und Training erfordern Leistung" (PDF). Berufsbildende Schule II Wirtschaft und Soziales, Kaiserslautern. December 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
External links
[edit]- Bernard Kyere at Soccerway
- 1995 births
- Living people
- German sportspeople of Ghanaian descent
- Ghanaian men's footballers
- German men's footballers
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern II players
- SC Fortuna Köln players
- FC Viktoria Köln players
- SpVgg Unterhaching players
- FC Victoria Rosport players
- 3. Liga players
- Regionalliga players
- Men's association football central defenders
- Footballers from Accra
- German expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Luxembourg
- German expatriate sportspeople in Luxembourg
- 21st-century German sportsmen
- 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen