| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Simon Ross Mensing | ||
| Date of birth | 27 June 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Wolfenbüttel, West Germany | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Hamilton Academical | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kingstonian, Acton Ealing Whistlers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2002 | Wimbledon | 0 | (0) |
| 2001 | → St MirrenStenhousemuir (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2001–2002 | → Clyde (loan) | 23 | (1) |
| 2002–2005 | Clyde | 96 | (4) |
| 2005–2007 | St. Johnstone | 62 | (7) |
| 2007–2008 | Motherwell | 2 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Hamilton Academical (loan) | 5 | (3) |
| 2008– | Hamilton Academical | 120 | (23) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 August 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Simon Ross Mensing (born 27 June 1982 in Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, West Germany) is an English[1] professional footballer playing for Scottish club Hamilton Academical.
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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.
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 28 February 2007, Mensing was named as the BBC's Man of the Match in St. Johnstone's televised 2–1 Scottish Cup win at Motherwell, a result which took the Perth club into their second cup semi-final of the season.[2]
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 on 18 January 2008.[3] He won promotion to the Scottish Premier League with the Accies in 2007–08 as Division One champions.
Mensing was banned for a month in 2011 for testing for a banned substance methylhexaneamine. The positive urine test was taken after the game against Aberdeen on the 29th of December. He missed five games for Hamilton in total. Mensing revealed that the substance was in a dietary supplement he had been taking purchased of the high street and he had taken advise before taking and believed there to be no banned substances in it.[4] Hamilton and Mensing only revealed details of the ban after it had been served. He was banned between the 29th of January and the 28th of February 2011. [5]
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