Mansour Gueye

Servette

Mansour was born on 30 December 1985 in Dakar, Senegal, but moved to Switzerland in 1999 at age 14 and signed with Servette. He played mainly for the club's youth center, with his last season culminating in a promotion to the satellite team.

Politehnica Timișoara and loans

In 2004, Mansour was transferred to Romanian team Politehnica Timișoara, making his Divizia A debut on 11 August under caretaker coach Călin Zanc who sent him in the 80th minute to replace Cristian Silvășan in a 2–1 away loss to FCM Bacău. In the following game, he was used by new coach Gheorghe Mulțescu as a starter, scoring his first two goals in a 2–1 home win over FC Brașov. Afterwards he scored three goals against each of the Bucharest giants, Rapid, Dinamo and Steaua, including a scissors kick against Dinamo that left goalkeeper Bogdan Stelea without a reaction. By the end of the season, Mansour scored the only goal of a 1–0 home victory over Farul Constanța. Subsequently, in the last round of the season he opened the score after a spectacular combination with Viorel Moldovan in a 2–1 loss at the Ghencea Stadium against the eventual champions, Steaua. Thus, he netted a total of seven goals scored in the 2004–05 season. In the following season, Mansour was coached by Gheorghe Hagi for a while, scoring only two goals in two wins over Politehnica Iași and FCM Bacău. In the 2006–07 season, Mansour helped the team reach the Cupa României final, where coach Valentin Velcea used…

Mansour has three brothers and four sisters, and two of his brothers were also footballers: Azis played at junior level in Italy for Fiorentina, Juventus and A.S. Roma, while Ousmane played mostly for clubs in the Romanian lower leagues. In 2008 he married Adelina Ziele, but got divorced after a few months. Around 2010 he met Ramona Popa who gave birth about one year later to his first child, Mouhamed.

Politehnica Timișoara

Cupa României runner-up: 2006–07 Ordabasy

Kazakhstan Super Cup: 2012