{{short description|Gambian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ousman Manneh | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|3|10}} | birth_place = Ginak Kajata, Gambia | height = 1.89 m | position = Striker | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2004–2014 | youthclubs1 = Rush Soccer Academy | youthyears2 = 2014–2015 | youthclubs2 = Blumenthaler SV | youthyears3 = 2015– | youthclubs3 = Werder Bremen | years1 = 2015–2020 | caps1 = 69 | goals1 = 12 | clubs1 = Werder Bremen II | years2 = 2016–2020 | caps2 = 6 | goals2 = 1 | clubs2 = Werder Bremen | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | club-update = 12:25, 15 September 2020 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = | medaltemplates = }}
'''Ousman Manneh''' (born 10 March 1997) is a Gambian professional footballer who last played as a striker for SV Werder Bremen II.<ref name="sw">{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/ousman-manneh/299584/|title=Gambia - O. Manneh - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|publisher=soccerway.com|access-date=24 September 2015}}</ref>
==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.<ref name="signs">{{cite news|last1=Ceesay|first1=Alieu|title=Gambia: Ousman Manneh Signs With Werder Bremen|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201501231803.html|access-date=28 September 2016|work=The Daily Observer|date=23 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="spox"/>
At the age of 17 he fled the dictatorship in his home country Gambia reaching Bremen and living in the refugee camp of Lesum.<ref name="spox">{{cite news|title=Lauf Ousman, lauf!|url=http://www.spox.com/de/sport/fussball/bundesliga/1609/Artikel/spieler-im-fokus-5-spieltag-ousman-manneh-werder-bremen.html|access-date=28 September 2016|work=Spox|date=26 September 2016|language=de}}</ref><ref name="rise">{{cite news|last1=Camara|first1=Baboucarr|title=Ousman Manneh’s rise to stardom with Werder Bremen|url=http://observer.gm/ousman-mannehs-rise-to-stardom-with-werder-bremen/|access-date=28 September 2016|work=The Daily Observer|date=1 July 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803104101/http://observer.gm/ousman-mannehs-rise-to-stardom-with-werder-bremen/|archive-date=3 August 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref name="spox"/><ref name="rise"/>
===Werder Bremen=== Having chosen to stay in Bremen and play for Werder Bremen, Manneh initially played for the club's youth team.<ref name="signs"/> On 10 March 2015, he signed a three-year contract with the club running until summer 2018.<ref name="spox"/><ref name="rise"/>
On 25 July 2015, he made his 3. Liga debut for the reserves against Hansa Rostock scoring the winning goal in a 1–2 away win.<ref name="soccerway2">{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/07/25/germany/3-liga/fc-hansa-rostock-ev/sv-werder-bremen-ii/2062853/|title=Hansa Rostock vs. Werder Bremen II - 25 July 2015 - Soccerway|publisher=soccerway.com|access-date=24 September 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref name="spox"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Sander|first1=Carsten|title=Die Manneh-Show|url=http://www.kreiszeitung.de/werder-bremen/werder-bremen-manneh-show-testspiel-gegen-wilhelmshaven-5299612.html|access-date=28 September 2016|work=Kreiszeitung|date=29 July 2015|language=de}}</ref>
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.<ref name="spox"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Malli und De Blasis vermiesen Nouri das Debüt|url=https://www.kicker.de/bremen-gegen-mainz-2016-bundesliga-3317286/analyse|access-date=28 September 2016|work=kicker Online|date=21 September 2016|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Meile|first1=Ralf|title=Werders Ousman Manneh – in zwei Jahren vom Flüchtling zum Bundesliga-Profi|url=http://www.watson.ch/Sport/Bundesliga/801251979-Werders-Ousman-Manneh-–-in-zwei-Jahren-vom-Flüchtling-zum-Bundesliga-Profi-|access-date=28 September 2016|work=Watson|date=22 September 2016|language=de}}</ref> 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.<ref name="spox"/>
Manneh scored his first Bundesliga goal on 15 October, in Werder Bremen's 2–1 win against Bayer Leverkusen.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fahey|first1=Ciaran|title=Bayern held again in Bundesliga, now 3 games without a win|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/dcunited/bayern-held-again-in-bundesliga-now-3-games-without-a-win/2016/10/15/34bca1c4-92f1-11e6-bc00-1a9756d4111b_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018203200/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/dcunited/bayern-held-again-in-bundesliga-now-3-games-without-a-win/2016/10/15/34bca1c4-92f1-11e6-bc00-1a9756d4111b_story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2016|access-date=15 October 2016|work=Washington Post|date=15 October 2016}}</ref>
He made his return from a 21-month injury layoff 8 December 2019, coming on as a substitute for Werder Bremen II.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Niemeyer |title=Tabellenführer Wolfsburg zu stark |url=https://www.weser-kurier.de/werder/werder-ii_artikel,-tabellenfuehrer-wolfsburg-zu-stark-_arid,1881466.html |access-date=15 September 2020 |work=Weser Kurier |date=8 December 2019 |language=de}}</ref>
Manneh was released by Werder Bremen when his contract expired in summer 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Knips |first1=Björn |title=Märchen ohne Happy End: Ousman Manneh ohne Zukunft bei Werder Bremen |url=https://www.kreiszeitung.de/werder-bremen/werder-bremen-ousman-manneh-abschied-kein-neuer-vertrag-transfer-wechsel-bundesliga-13831380.html |access-date=15 September 2020 |work=Kreiszeitung |date=16 July 2020 |language=de}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
===Club=== {{updated|15 September 2020}}<ref name="sw"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup<ref group="nb">Includes Czech Cup, DFB-Pokal</ref> !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="6"|Werder Bremen II |2014–15 |Regionalliga Nord |3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||3||0 |- |2015–16 |rowspan="3"|3. Liga |28||3||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||28||3 |- |2016–17 |20||4||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||20||4 |- |2017–18 |17||5||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||17||5 |- |2019–20 |Regionalliga Nord |1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !69!!12!!0!!0!!0!!0!!69!!12 |- |Werder Bremen |2016–17 |Bundesliga |6||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||6||1 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !75!!13!!0!!0!!0!!0!!75!!13 |} <references group="nb" />
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Manneh, Ousman}} Category:Living people Category:1997 births Category:Gambian men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Bundesliga players Category:3. Liga players Category:Regionalliga players Category:SV Werder Bremen II players Category:SV Werder Bremen players Category:Gambian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Category:Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Category:Refugees in Germany