Mansour Gueye was born on 30 December 1985 in
Dakar, Senegal, leaving the country to go to Switzerland in 1999 at age 14, signing with
Servette.[3][4][5][6] He played mainly at the youth center, in his last season being promoted to the satellite team.[3]
Politehnica Timișoara and loans
In 2004 he got transferred in Romania at
Politehnica Timișoara, making his
Divizia A debut on 11 August under
caretaker coachCălin Zanc who sent him in the 80th minute in order to replace
Cristian Silvășan in a 2–1 away loss in front of
FCM Bacău.[3][7] 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.[3][8][9] Afterwards he scored three goals against each of the
Bucharest giants,
Rapid,
Dinamo and
Steaua, the one against Dinamo being from a
scissors kick which left
goalkeeperBogdan Stelea without a reaction.[10] By the end of the season he scored the only goal of a 1–0 home victory with
Farul Constanța and in the final round of the season he opened the score after a superb combination with
Viorel Moldovan in a 2–1 loss on the
Ghencea Stadium with the eventual champions, Steaua, thus having a total of 7 goals scored in the
2004–05 season.[3][11] 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.[3][12] Next
season he helped the team reach the
2007 Cupa României final where coach
Valentin Velcea used him in the first 55 minutes of the 2–0 loss in front of Rapid.[3][13] In the
2007–08 season, Mansour scored only one goal in the league but it was a spectacular one, with a scissors kick after a counter-attack in a 2–0 with Steaua.[3][14]
Mansour started the 2008–09 season, playing for
Liga II club,
CS Buftea, being loaned there by Politehnica, showing an appetite for goal as he scored 8 times in the first half of the season.[3][15] For the second half, he returned to first league football, Politehnica loaning him this time at
Gloria Buzău where he scored seven goals, of which five were in the last four matches of the season, one in a draw
Universitatea Craiova, two in a victory over
Vaslui, one in a 1–1 with Politehnica Iași and the final one was in a 2–1 win with
Gloria Bistrița, these performances helping his side avoid relegation.[3][16]
In the summer of 2009 he returned to Timișoara but in a friendly with
Debrecen from July he suffered an injury which kept him off the field for the whole first half of the season, making only six appearances in the second one, scoring two goals in a 6–0 win over
Unirea Alba Iulia and opening the score in a 1–1 with
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț.[3][17] In the
following season, Mansour made his debut in European competitions, coach
Vladimir Petrović sending him on the field in the 72nd minute in order to replace
Lukáš Magera in a 3–3 with
MyPa from the second leg from the third qualifying round of the
2010–11 Europa League, helping Politehnica advance to the play-offs where they were eliminated by
Manchester City without him playing.[18] On 22 September 2010 he scored one goal in a 3–1 victory from the
Cupa României against second league side,
Juventus București, but in the same match he suffered another serious injury which kept him off the field for a long period of time.[19]
During his years spent at Politehnica, Mansour Gueye had offers from
Premier League side
Newcastle United and
Bundesliga's
Werder Bremen, also from
Bucharest teams, Rapid, Dinamo and Steaua but because of his injuries or failed negotiations, the transfers were never made.[5][20]
For the second half of the
2013–14 Liga I season, Mansour returned to
Timișoara at
ACS Poli, but the spell was unsuccessful as the team relegated at the end of the season with him making only five league appearances, having a total of 101 matches with 24 goals scored in the competition.[3][24]
Mansour has three brothers and four sisters, two of his brothers were also footballers: Azis played at junior level in
Italy for
Fiorentina,
Juventus and
A.S. Roma and Ousmane played mostly for clubs in the Romanian lower leagues.[4] In 2008 he married Adelina Ziele but got divorced after a few months.[29] Around 2010 he met Ramona Popa who gave birth about one year later to his first child, Mouhamed.[30]
^"Scandal - Bataie la Steaua!" [Scandal - Fight at Steaua!] (in Romanian). Jurnalul.ro. 18 May 2005. Retrieved 26 December 2023. "Steaua e campioana Romaniei" [Steaua is the champion of Romania] (in Romanian). Hotnews.ro. 11 June 2005. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
^"Ea este viitoarea sotie a lui Gueye Mansour" [She is the future wife of Gueye Mansour] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 7 December 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2024. "Adelina lui Mansour" [Mansour's Adeline] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 12 December 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2024. "Mansour a divortat" [Mansour has divorced] (in Romanian). Mediafax.ro. 9 April 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2020.