Ropapa Kwamina Mensah (born 20 August 1997) is a Ghanaian

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who plays for Chattanooga Red Wolves in

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Club career

Mensah signed with

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side

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on 23 March 2017. For the 2018 season, he moved to another USL team,

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. On 10 February 2018, he scored the first goal in Nashville SC history, in a friendly against

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. On November 14, 2018, Nashville announced that they had purchased Mensah from Inter Allies following his season-long loan. On January 29, 2020, Pittsburgh Riverhounds FC announced that they had signed Mensah to a one year contract for the

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season with an option for the 2021 season. After spending the 2022 season with

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side Port Fouad FC, Mensah returned to the

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to sign with

side

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on January 27, 2023.

International career

On November 1, 2019, Mensah was called up to

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's U23 squad for the

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mensah, Ropapa 1997 births Living people Ghanaian footballers Penn FC players Nashville SC (2018–19) players Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC players Sporting Kansas City II players Association football forwards USL Championship players International Allies F.C. players Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Ghana Premier League players Footballers from Accra Expatriate soccer players in the United States Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Expatriate footballers in Egypt Ghanaian expatriate footballers Chattanooga Red Wolves SC players