Issah Abass

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| name = Issah Abass

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|9|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Asokwa, Ghana

| height = {{height|m=1.73}}

| position = Winger, forward

| currentclub = Jedinstvo Ub

| clubnumber = 28

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Asokwa Deportivo

| years1 =

| clubs1 = Asokwa Deportivo

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| years2 = 2017

| clubs2 = → Olimpija Ljubljana (loan)

| caps2 = 9

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2017–2018

| clubs3 = Olimpija Ljubljana

| caps3 = 32

| goals3 = 9

| years4 = 2018–2022

| clubs4 = Mainz 05

| caps4 = 3

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2019–2020

| clubs5 = → Utrecht (loan)

| caps5 = 15

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2019

| clubs6 = → Jong Utrecht (loan)

| caps6 = 2

| goals6 = 3

| years7 = 2021

| clubs7 = → Twente (loan)

| caps7 = 8

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2021–2022

| clubs8 = → Rijeka (loan)

| caps8 = 26

| goals8 = 3

| years9 = 2022–2025

| clubs9 = Chaves

| caps9 = 33

| goals9 = 4

| years10 = 2024–2025

| clubs10 = → Sepahan (loan)

| caps10 = 5

| goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2025–

| clubs11 = Jedinstvo Ub

| caps11 = 15

| goals11 = 3

| nationalyears1 = 2019

| nationalteam1 = Ghana U23

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 15 June 2025

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Issah Abass (born 26 September 1998) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Serbian Superliga club Jedinstvo Ub.https://www.nogomania.com/Novica/Issah-Abass-je-nizko-padel-nekdanji-nogometas-Olimpije-je-podpisal-za-klub-ki-bo-izpadel-iz-srbske-lige#google_vignette

Club career

On 31 August 2018, the last day of the 2018 summer transfer window, Abass joined Bundesliga side 1. FSV Mainz 05.{{cite news |title=Mainz holt ghanaisches Talent Abass |url=https://www.kicker.de/mainz-holt-ghanaisches-talent-abass-730811/artikel |access-date=31 August 2018 |website=Kicker |date=31 August 2018 |language=German}}

On 6 January 2020, Abass joined Dutch club FC Twente on a loan deal until the end of the season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/issah-abass-fc-twente-loan-ghanaian-attacker-from-bundesliga/h5srlawji7b71e4q0oqni1474//|title=Issah Abass: FC Twente loan Ghanaian attacker from Mainz 05 |website=Goal.com|access-date=9 December 2021}}

On 31 August 2022, his contract with Mainz was dissolved by mutual consent.{{cite web|publisher=Mainz|url=https://www.mainz05.de/news/vertrag-mit-issah-abass-aufgeloest/|title=VERTRAG MIT ISSAH ABASS AUFGELÖST|date=31 August 2022|access-date=31 August 2022|language=de|archive-date=31 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831143109/https://www.mainz05.de/news/vertrag-mit-issah-abass-aufgeloest/|url-status=dead}}

In September 2022, Abass moved to Portugal, joining Primeira Liga side Chaves.{{Cite news |date=21 September 2022 |title=Oficial: Issah Abass é reforço do Chaves |trans-title=Official: Issah Abass is a Chaves reinforcement |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/chaves/detalhe/oficial-issah-abass-e-reforco-do-chaves |access-date=10 February 2024 |work=Record |language=pt-pt}}

On 8 February 2024, Chaves sent Abass on loan to Persian Gulf Pro League club Sepahan until the end of the 2023–24 season.{{Cite web |date=8 February 2024 |title=عیسی عباس به سپاهان پیوست |trans-title=Issah Abass joined Sepahan |url=https://sepahansc.ir/%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%d8%b9%db%8c%d8%b3%db%8c-%d8%b9%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b3-%d8%a8%d9%87-%d8%b3%d9%be%d8%a7%d9%87%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%be%db%8c%d9%88%d8%b3%d8%aa-1 |access-date=10 February 2024 |publisher=Sepahan S.C. |language=Persian}}

International career

Whilst playing domestic football in Ghana, Abass represented Ghana U17.{{cite news |title=Mainz manager waxes lyrical about 'magical' Abass |url=http://www.goal.com/en-gh/news/mainz-manager-waxes-lyrical-about-magical-abass/1w0rd276t0dhm1dussc1r4wxt6 |access-date=7 September 2018 |website=Goal.vom |date=6 September 2018}}