Photo: Tarillo · Public domain · source
Ghana · 2006–12John Mensah
Rating
Caps
86
Goals
3
Life
1982
Clubs
AC Bellinzona, Genoa CFC, Stade Rennais
#15
Editorial rank of 33 for Ghana
–
The people's rank, live from duel votes
Rock of Gibraltar was the name that stuck, and it held in Rustenburg on 26 June 2010, when he captained Ghana past the United States in extra time and into the World Cup quarter-finals. He finished runner-up at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and third in 2008, made the 2012 team of the tournament, won 86 caps over eleven years, and was voted Ghana's player of the year in 2006. Career record: 86 caps and 3 goals for Ghana; club career at AC Bellinzona, Genoa CFC, Stade Rennais.
Career record
| 2000–2002 | AC Bellinzona |
| 2001–2002 | Genoa CFC |
| 2002–2006 | AC ChievoVerona |
| 2004–2004 | Modena |
| 2005–2006 | US Cremonese |
| 2006–2008 | Stade Rennais |
| 2008–2012 | Olympique Lyonnais |
| 2009–2011 | Sunderland A.F.C. |
| 2012–2013 | Stade Rennais |
| 2013–2013 | Asante Kotoko |
| 2014–2014 | FC Nitra |
| 2016–2016 | AFC Eskilstuna |
| Ghana | 86 caps, 3 goals |
Shared the era
Ghana legends whose careers overlapped Mensah's