Christian Bassogog

Christian Bassogog
Personal information
Full name Christian Mougang Bassogog
Date of birth (1995-10-18) 18 October 1995
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Winger, forward
Club information
Current team
 Henan Jianye
Number 10
Youth career
0000–2013 Rainbow FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Rainbow FC
2015 Wilmington Hammerheads 14 (0)
2015–2017 AaB 30 (4)
2017– Henan Jianye 43 (14)
National team‡
2016– Cameroon U23[1] 2 (0)
2016– Cameroon 18 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2018

Christian Mougang Bassogog (born 18 October 1995) is a Cameroonian footballer who currently plays for Henan Jianye in the Chinese Super League.

Club career

Rainbow FC

Bassogog began his career in his native Cameroon at second division side Rainbow FC, graduating from the youth system.[2]

Wilmington Hammerheads

On 29 April 2015, Bassogog joined the United Soccer League club Wilmington Hammerheads.[3] Christian played 16 games and made two assists for the American club before he moved to the Danish club AaB.[4] On 28 August, he signed a four-year contract with his new club.

AaB

On 29 September 2015, Bassogog got his debut for his new club AaB in the Danish Cup against the Aarhus-located team Lystrup IF. He came on the pitch in the second half with a half hour left.

On 11 February 2016, in the Danish Superliga winter break, Bassogog was chosen to play the forward-position in a friendly match against FC Sioni Bolnisi from Georgia. He scored two goals in the match, and former head coach Lars Søndergaard talked afterwards about, that Bassogog in the future could be used on the forward-position instead of the wing.[5]

On 29 February 2016, he got his debut in the Danish Superliga against FC Midtjylland. He came on the pitch with 10 minutes left.

Following a string of impressive performances for Cameroon at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, AaB sporting director Allan Gaarde commented that Bassogog was the subject of multiple queries regarding potential moves away from AaB in the 2017 January transfer window.[6] On 19 February 2017, AaB officially announced the departure of Bassogog for a reported fee of 45 million Danish kroner (approx. £5 million) to join the Chinese side Henan Jianye FC. This was a recording-breaking transfer fee for AaB, surpassing that of Jesper Grønkjær when he signed for the Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam for £3.5 million in October 1997.[7]

International career

Bassogog playing for Cameroon in June 2017

Christian Bassogog had a stellar Africa Cup of Nations 2017, scoring once en route to their victory, and was named as the Best Player at AFCON 2017.

International goals

Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first.[8]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 January 2017Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon DR Congo2–02–0Friendly
2.2 February 2017Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon Ghana2–02–02017 Africa Cup of Nations
3.25 March 2018Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait2–03–1Friendly
4.3–0

Honours

Country

Cameroon

Individual

References

  1. ↑ http://fodbold.aabsport.dk/nyheder/2016/09/bassogog-udtaget-til-camerouns-u23-landshold.aspx
  2. ↑ "Nyheder – seneste nyt fra Nordjylland | Nordjyske.dk". nordjyske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  5. ↑ http://www.aabtv.dk/aab-fk-sioni-11-februar-2016
  6. ↑ "AaB-profil er brandvarm: 'Der er mange klubber der gerne vil købe ham'". www.bt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  7. ↑ "Officielt: AaB sælger Bassogog for rekordtransfer". Tipsbladet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Bassogog, Christian". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "Christian Bassogog named AFCON 2017 Most Valuable Player - Daily Post Nigeria". Daily Post Nigeria. 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  10. ↑ "Bassogog named Player Total Man of 2017 Africa Cup of Nations | Goal.com". Retrieved 2018-04-06.
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