Alfons Fosu-Mensah (born 4 March 1994), previously known as Alfons Agbolosoo, is a Dutch

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who plays as a

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for

Glossop North End Glossop North End Association Football Club is a football club in Glossop, Derbyshire, England, which competes in the . The club was founded in February 1886. Between 1899 and 1992 the club was officially known as Glossop. Their current home gr ...

Career

Fosu-Mensah's youth career began with

Zeeburgia The Amsterdamse Voetbalvereniging Zeeburgia is a football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. It has been dubbed " royal supplier" as many Dutch professional footballers started at Zeeburgia youth teams. In 2024–25, their first team plays in the ...

, before he had spells with AFC,

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and

Almere City Almere City Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Almere, Netherlands. Founded in 2001, the club currently compete in the Eerste Divisie, following relegation from the Eredivisie in 2024–25 Eredivisie, 20 ...

. After leaving Almere City, he had a trial with

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

club

Oss OSS or Oss may refer to: Places * Oss, a city and municipality in the Netherlands * Osh Airport, IATA code OSS People with the name * Oss (surname), a surname Arts and entertainment * ''O.S.S.'' (film), a 1946 World War II spy film about ...

in 2014 which led to him signing a contract with the team, originally as an amateur before signing a professional deal soon after. He made his professional football debut on 31 January 2015 versus

De Graafschap Vereniging Betaald Voetbal De Graafschap, simply known as De Graafschap () is a professional association football club based in Doetinchem, Netherlands. The team competes in the , the second level of the Dutch football league system. Founded o ...

. Fosu-Mensah made six more appearances in the league for Oss before departing. Upon leaving Oss, he also left Dutch football and moved to the UK to join his brother

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and agreed to sign for English

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side

Southport Southport is a seaside resort, seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. It lies on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain, West Lancashire coastal plain and the east coast of the Irish Sea, approximately north of ...

. After only a few months with Southport, he left to join

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team

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but his spell with them lasted just months again. Further spells with

Ashton United Ashton United Football Club is a football club in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. They are currently members of and play at Hurst Cross. Having been founded as Hurst in 1892, they folded in 1892, before being reformed in 1909. ...

Skelmersdale United Skelmersdale United Football Club is a football club from Skelmersdale, Lancashire. They are currently members of the Liverpool County Premier League and play at The Community Ground, Burscough. The club is a member of both the Liverpool Count ...

and

North Ferriby United North Ferriby United Association Football Club was a semi-professional football club in North Ferriby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. At the time of their demise they were members of the Northern Premier League and played at Grange Lane. F ...

then followed. On 1 February 2017, Fosu-Mensah joined Northern Premier League Premier Division side

Hednesford Town Hednesford Town Football Club is a football club based in Hednesford, Staffordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Keys Park. They won the FA Trophy in 2004. History The club was established in 1880 as a merger of t ...

. His debut came on 5 February in a 1–1 draw against

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. After three appearances for Hednesford, Fosu-Mensah departed to join fellow NPL Premier Division team

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on 3 March. He scored twice in nine matches for Marine in England's level eight. In August 2017, Fosu-Mensah joined Welsh

Cymru Alliance The Cymru Alliance League (known for sponsorship reasons as Huws Gray Alliance) was a association football, football league in North Wales, north and Mid Wales, central Wales which formed the second level of the Welsh football league system. Fro ...

club Airbus UK Broughton. He made his debut on 22 August, coming on as a substitute against Gresford Athletic. On the following Saturday, Fosu-Mensah scored a hat-trick in his first start for Airbus UK versus

Holywell Town Holywell Town Football Club () is a Welsh football club from Holywell, Flintshire. They are nicknamed 'The Wellmen', and play their home games at the Bartons North Wales Stadium (commonly known as 'Halkyn Road'), Holywell. They currently pla ...

in a 2–5 win. During a run of ten goals in his first eight matches for Airbus UK, he signed a new contract with the club on 21 September. He departed on 30 May 2018, after twenty goals in thirty-one fixtures in all competitions for Airbus UK. In August 2018, Fosu-Mensah signed with

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side

Llandudno Llandudno (, ) is a seaside resort, town and community (Wales), community in Conwy County Borough, Wales, located on the Creuddyn peninsula, which protrudes into the Irish Sea. In the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 UK census, the community � ...

. Weeks after signing for Llandudno, Fosu-Mensah was loaned out to Denbigh Town of the Cymru Alliance, before returning to his parent club in September, having scored three goals in all appearances whilst at Denbigh. He was released by Llandudno in November, which preceded him signing for England's NPL Division One West club

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in December. On 27 July 2019, Fosu-Mensah rejoined Llandudno for a second spell, with them now in Welsh football's tier two. He netted the first goal of his second stint in September vs.

Bangor City Bangor City Football Club () was a Welsh football club from the City of Bangor, Gwynedd. Founded in 1876, Bangor City have been founder members of the North Wales Coast League, the Welsh National League, the North Wales Combination, the W ...

. Fosu-Mensah switched Llandudno for

Stalybridge Celtic Stalybridge Celtic Football Club is an English football club based in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. They are currently members of the and play at Bower Fold. The team traditionally plays in a blue and white strip. In 1921, Stalybridge Celti ...

in February 2020. In September 2020, Fosu-Mensah signed with Northern Premier League team

. He made his debut in an

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preliminary round defeat to City of Liverpool on 12 September, before scoring his first goal against Cleethorpes Town on 26 September.

Personal life

Fosu-Mensah was born in the Netherlands to Ghanaian parents. He is the brother of fellow footballers

and

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fosu-Mensah, Alfons 1996 births Living people Footballers from Amsterdam Dutch men's footballers Dutch sportspeople of Ghanaian descent Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England Men's association football forwards Eerste Divisie players National League (English football) players Northern Premier League players Cymru Alliance players AVV Zeeburgia players Amsterdamsche FC players SV Argon players Almere City FC players TOP Oss players Southport F.C. players Colwyn Bay F.C. players Ashton United F.C. players Skelmersdale United F.C. players North Ferriby United A.F.C. players Hednesford Town F.C. players Marine A.F.C. players Airbus UK Broughton F.C. players Llandudno F.C. players Widnes F.C. players Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players Glossop North End A.F.C. players Denbigh Town F.C. players 21st-century Dutch sportsmen