# Issah Abass

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{{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](/source/Asokwa), Ghana
| height = {{height|m=1.73}}
| position = [Winger](/source/Winger_(association_football)), [forward](/source/Forward_(association_football))
| currentclub = [Jedinstvo Ub](/source/FK_Jedinstvo_Ub)
| clubnumber = 7
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = Asokwa Deportivo
| years1 = 
| clubs1 = Asokwa Deportivo
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 2017
| clubs2 = → [Olimpija Ljubljana](/source/NK_Olimpija_Ljubljana) (loan)
| caps2 = 9
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2017–2018
| clubs3 = [Olimpija Ljubljana](/source/NK_Olimpija_Ljubljana)
| caps3 = 32
| goals3 = 9
| years4 = 2018–2022
| clubs4 = [Mainz 05](/source/1._FSV_Mainz_05)
| caps4 = 3
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2019–2020
| clubs5 = → [Utrecht](/source/FC_Utrecht) (loan)
| caps5 = 15
| goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2019
| clubs6 = → [Jong Utrecht](/source/Jong_FC_Utrecht) (loan)
| caps6 = 2
| goals6 = 3
| years7 = 2021
| clubs7 = → [Twente](/source/FC_Twente) (loan)
| caps7 = 8
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2021–2022
| clubs8 = → [Rijeka](/source/HNK_Rijeka) (loan)
| caps8 = 26
| goals8 = 3
| years9 = 2022–2024
| clubs9 = [Chaves](/source/G.D._Chaves)
| caps9 = 33
| goals9 = 4
| years10 = 2024
| clubs10 = → [Sepahan](/source/Sepahan_S.C.) (loan)
| caps10 = 5
| goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2025–
| clubs11 = [Jedinstvo Ub](/source/FK_Jedinstvo_Ub)
| caps11 = 15
| goals11 = 3
| nationalyears1 = 2019
| nationalteam1 = [Ghana U23](/source/Ghana_national_under-23_football_team)
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 15 June 2025
}}

'''Issah Abass''' (born 26 September 1998) is a Ghanaian professional [footballer](/source/Association_football) who plays as a [winger](/source/Winger_(association_football)) or [forward](/source/Forward_(association_football)) for Serbian club [Jedinstvo Ub](/source/FK_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](/source/Bundesliga) side [1. FSV Mainz 05](/source/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](/source/Kicker_(magazine)) |date=31 August 2018 |language=German}}</ref>
On 6 January 2020, Abass joined Dutch club [FC Twente](/source/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](/source/Primeira_Liga) side [Chaves](/source/G.D._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](/source/Record_(Portuguese_newspaper)) |language=pt-pt}}</ref>

On 8 February 2024, Chaves sent Abass on loan to [Persian Gulf Pro League](/source/Persian_Gulf_Pro_League) club [Sepahan](/source/Sepahan_S.C.) until the end of the [2023–24 season](/source/2023%E2%80%9324_Sepahan_S.C._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](/source/Ghana_national_under-17_football_team).<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](/source/Slovenian_PrvaLiga): [2017–18](/source/2017%E2%80%9318_Slovenian_PrvaLiga)
*[Slovenian Cup](/source/Slovenian_Football_Cup): [2017–18](/source/2017%E2%80%9318_Slovenian_Football_Cup)

'''Sepahan'''
*[Iranian Hazfi Cup](/source/Iranian_Hazfi_Cup): [2023–24](/source/2023%E2%80%9324_Hazfi_Cup)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Category:1998 births
Category:Footballers from Kumasi
Category:Living people
Category:21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Men's association football wingers
Category:Ghanaian men's footballers
Category:Ghana men's youth international footballers
Category:NK Olimpija Ljubljana (2005) players
Category:1. FSV Mainz 05 players
Category:FC Utrecht players
Category:Jong FC Utrecht players
Category:FC Twente players
Category:HNK Rijeka players
Category:G.D. Chaves players
Category:Sepahan S.C. footballers
Category:FK Jedinstvo Ub players
Category:Slovenian PrvaLiga players
Category:Bundesliga players
Category:Eredivisie players
Category:Eerste Divisie players
Category:Croatian Football League players
Category:Primeira Liga players
Category:Persian Gulf Pro League players
Category:Serbian SuperLiga players
Category:Serbian First League players
Category:Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia
Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Iran
Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Iran
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia
Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia

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