Ousman Manneh

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

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. 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. 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.

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. 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.

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

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

Career statistics

Club

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2014–15 Regionalliga Nord

2015–16

2016–17

2017–18

2019–20 Regionalliga Nord

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