{{Short description|Ghanaian footballer (born 1998)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Issah Abass | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|9|26|df=y}} | birth_place = Asokwa, Ghana | height = {{height|m=1.73}} | position = Winger, forward | currentclub = Jedinstvo Ub | clubnumber = 7 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Asokwa Deportivo | years1 = | clubs1 = Asokwa Deportivo | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2017 | clubs2 = → Olimpija Ljubljana (loan) | caps2 = 9 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 2017–2018 | clubs3 = Olimpija Ljubljana | caps3 = 32 | goals3 = 9 | years4 = 2018–2022 | clubs4 = Mainz 05 | caps4 = 3 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2019–2020 | clubs5 = → Utrecht (loan) | caps5 = 15 | goals5 = 2 | years6 = 2019 | clubs6 = → Jong Utrecht (loan) | caps6 = 2 | goals6 = 3 | years7 = 2021 | clubs7 = → Twente (loan) | caps7 = 8 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2021–2022 | clubs8 = → Rijeka (loan) | caps8 = 26 | goals8 = 3 | years9 = 2022–2024 | clubs9 = Chaves | caps9 = 33 | goals9 = 4 | years10 = 2024 | clubs10 = → Sepahan (loan) | caps10 = 5 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2025– | clubs11 = Jedinstvo Ub | caps11 = 15 | goals11 = 3 | nationalyears1 = 2019 | nationalteam1 = Ghana U23 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | club-update = 15 June 2025 }}
'''Issah Abass''' (born 26 September 1998) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Serbian club Jedinstvo Ub.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nogomania.com/Novica/Issah-Abass-je-nizko-padel-nekdanji-nogometas-Olimpije-je-podpisal-za-klub-ki-bo-izpadel-iz-srbske-lige#google_vignette|title=Issah Abass je nizko padel, nekdanji nogometaš Olimpije je podpisal za klub, ki bo izpadel iz srbske lige|date=16 February 2025|website=NogoMania|language=Slovak}}</ref>
==Club career== On 31 August 2018, the last day of the 2018 summer transfer window, Abass joined Bundesliga side 1. FSV Mainz 05.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mainz holt ghanaisches Talent Abass |url=https://www.kicker.de/mainz-holt-ghanaisches-talent-abass-730811/artikel |access-date=31 August 2018 |website=Kicker |date=31 August 2018 |language=German}}</ref> On 6 January 2020, Abass joined Dutch club FC Twente on a loan deal until the end of the season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/issah-abass-fc-twente-loan-ghanaian-attacker-from-bundesliga/h5srlawji7b71e4q0oqni1474//|title=Issah Abass: FC Twente loan Ghanaian attacker from Mainz 05 |website=Goal.com|access-date=9 December 2021}}</ref>
On 31 August 2022, his contract with Mainz was dissolved by mutual consent.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Mainz|url=https://www.mainz05.de/news/vertrag-mit-issah-abass-aufgeloest/|title=VERTRAG MIT ISSAH ABASS AUFGELÖST|date=31 August 2022|access-date=31 August 2022|language=de|archive-date=31 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831143109/https://www.mainz05.de/news/vertrag-mit-issah-abass-aufgeloest/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In September 2022, Abass moved to Portugal, joining Primeira Liga side Chaves.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 September 2022 |title=Oficial: Issah Abass é reforço do Chaves |trans-title=Official: Issah Abass is a Chaves reinforcement |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/chaves/detalhe/oficial-issah-abass-e-reforco-do-chaves |access-date=10 February 2024 |work=Record |language=pt-pt}}</ref>
On 8 February 2024, Chaves sent Abass on loan to Persian Gulf Pro League club Sepahan until the end of the 2023–24 season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 February 2024 |title=عیسی عباس به سپاهان پیوست |trans-title=Issah Abass joined Sepahan |url=https://sepahansc.ir/%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%d8%b9%db%8c%d8%b3%db%8c-%d8%b9%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b3-%d8%a8%d9%87-%d8%b3%d9%be%d8%a7%d9%87%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%be%db%8c%d9%88%d8%b3%d8%aa-1 |access-date=10 February 2024 |publisher=Sepahan S.C. |language=Persian}}</ref>
==International career== Whilst playing domestic football in Ghana, Abass represented Ghana U17.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mainz manager waxes lyrical about 'magical' Abass |url=http://www.goal.com/en-gh/news/mainz-manager-waxes-lyrical-about-magical-abass/1w0rd276t0dhm1dussc1r4wxt6 |access-date=7 September 2018 |website=Goal.com |date=6 September 2018}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Olimpija Ljubljana''' *Slovenian PrvaLiga: 2017–18 *Slovenian Cup: 2017–18
'''Sepahan''' *Iranian Hazfi Cup: 2023–24
==References== {{Reflist}}
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