- Simon Mensing
Football player infobox
playername= Simon Mensing
fullname = Simon Ross Mensing
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|6|27
cityofbirth =Wolfenbüttel
countryofbirth =Germany
height = height|ft=6|in=0
currentclub =Hamilton Academical
clubnumber = 27
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2000–2002
2001
2001–2002
2002–2005
2005–2007
2007–2008
2007–2008 2008–
clubs = Wimbledon
→ Stenhousemuir (loan)
→ Clyde (loan)
Clyde
St. Johnstone
Motherwell
→Hamilton Academical (loan)Hamilton Academical
caps(goals) = 000 0(0)
015 0(1)
023 0(1)
096 0(4)
062 0(7)
002 0(0)
005 0(3) 012 0(2)
pcupdate = 18:22, 3 April 2008 (UTC)Simon Ross Mensing (born
June 27 ,1982 inWolfenbüttel ,Lower Saxony ) is a German professional footballer currently playing for Scottish clubHamilton Academical .Career
Clyde
Mensing joined other Wimbledon youths on loan at Clyde in 2001. He quickly became a regular in his right back role, and won the Young Player of the Year award in his first season. Mensing joined Clyde permanently in May 2002. Mensing became a huge fans favourite, with his aggressive style of play and was given the nickname "Gunter" due to his German roots. His versatility was also an important feature of his game, playing in every defensive role, as well as midfield on several occasions, and occasionally as a striker.
t. Johnstone
Mensing scored the only goal of the game in St. Johnstone's win at Queen of the South in the second league game of the 2006-07 season.
On
February 28 2007 , Mensing was named as theBBC 's Man of the Match in St. Johnstone's televised 2-1Scottish Cup win at Motherwell, a result which took the Perth club into their second cup semi-final of the season. [ [http://www.stjohnstonefc.co.uk/newsitem.asp?NewsID=2011 Simon reflects on cup win] - St. Johnstone's official website]Hamilton Academical
Mensing moved from Motherwell to local rivals
Hamilton Academical on a three-month loan deal in September 2007, after finding it difficult to progress beyond being a squad player. After extending the deal for an additional month Hamilton then signed Mensing permanently onJanuary 18 ,2008 . [ [http://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10292~1219299,00.html Mensing leaves for Hamilton] - Motherwell's official website] He won promotion to theScottish Premier League with "the Accies" in 2007-08 as Division One champions.Honours
Hamilton Academical
*Scottish Football League First Division championship: 2007-08ee also
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Clyde F.C. season 2004-05 References
External links
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* [http://www.playerhistory.com/Default.aspx?page=player_details&playerID=47374 Profile at PlayerHistory.com]
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