Issah Abass (born 26 September 1998) is a Ghanaian professional

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who plays as a winger or

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for

Serbian Superliga The Serbian Super League (), also known as Mozzart SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Serbia and the highest level of the Serbian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a sys ...

club Jedinstvo Ub.

Club career

On 31 August 2018, the last day of the 2018 summer transfer window, Abass joined

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...

side

1. FSV Mainz 05 1. Fußball- und Sport-Verein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05 or simply Mainz 05 (), is a German professional sports club, founded in 1905 and based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Mainz 05 play in the Bundesliga, the top tie ...

. On 6 January 2020, Abass joined Dutch club

FC Twente Football Club Twente (), sometimes known internationally as FC Twente Enschede, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from the city of Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub E ...

on a loan deal until the end of the season. On 31 August 2022, his contract with Mainz was dissolved by mutual consent. In September 2022, Abass moved to Portugal, joining

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side Chaves. On 8 February 2024, Chaves sent Abass on loan to

Persian Gulf Pro League The Persian Gulf Pro League (, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Premier League (, ''Lig-e bartar-e Irân''), is a professional association football league in Iran and the highest level of the Iranian football league s ...

club

Sepahan Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan Sport Club (, ''Bâšgâh-e Farhangi-Varzeši-ye Fulâd-e Mobârake-ye Sepâhân''), commonly known as Sepahan, is an Iranian sports club based in Isfahan. It is best known for their football section that play in the P ...

until the end of the 2023–24 season.

International career

Whilst playing domestic football in Ghana, Abass represented Ghana U17.

Honours

Olimpija Ljubljana *

Slovenian PrvaLiga The Slovenian PrvaLiga (, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Slovenian football league system. Contested by ten clubs, it operates on a system of prom ...

: 2017–18 *

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: 2017–18 Sepahan *

Iranian Hazfi Cup Hazfi Cup (, ) formerly known as Pahlavi Cup () is an Iranian knockout football competition held annually by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran. The Iranian football league was not held during the 1980s, hence the winner of Hazfi ...

: 2023–24

References

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