Fortune_Bassey
Fortune Bassey
Nigerian association footballer
Fortune Akpan Bassey (born 6 October 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Israeli club Hapoel Petah Tikva on loan from the Hungarian club Ferencváros.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fortune Akpan Bassey | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-10-06) 6 October 1998 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Benin City, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hapoel Petah Tikva | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Eagle's Wing | |||
| 2018 | Bohemians 1905 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Olympia Radotín | 33 | (24) |
| 2019–2020 | Ústí nad Labem | 28 | (5) |
| 2020–2022 | České Budějovice | 25 | (9) |
| 2021 | → Vlašim (loan) | 14 | (4) |
| 2022– | Ferencváros | 13 | (2) |
| 2022 | → Viktoria Plzeň (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2023 | → Degerfors (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2023– | → Hapoel Petah Tikva (loan) | 28 | (5) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2024 | |||
Bassey is a youth product of the Nigerian academy Eagle's Wing and the Czech club Bohemians 1905. He began his senior career in the Czech Republic in the third division with Olympia Radotín, scoring 24 goals in 33 games. He then had a stint with Czech National Football League side Ústí nad Labem in 2019-20, before moving to the first division with České Budějovice.
On 17 January 2022, Bassey moved to the Hungarian side Ferencváros in a record sale from České Budějovice.[1] He finished his debut season in Hungary with 5 goals in 23 matches in all competitions.[2] In his debut season with Ferencváros he won the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and Magyar Kupa.[3] He returned to the Czech Republic on a loan with Viktoria Plzeň on 12 April 2022.[2] After half year Bassey returned back to Ferencváros.[4]
On 4 March 2023, Bassey moved on a new loan to Degerfors in Sweden until the end of 2023.[5]
Ferencváros
- "Bassey už není k smíchu. Exbudějovický fotbalista jde za snem". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 19 January 2022.
- Á, D. (12 August 2022). "FTC: a Qarabag BL-ellenfeléhez távozott kölcsönbe a támadó – hivata". NSO.hu.
- percre), BORBOLA BENCE (összefoglaló), BACSKAI JÁNOS (percről (24 April 2022). "NB I: Ferencváros–Újpest rangadó - NSO". NSO.hu.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Neumann, Robert (14 February 2023). "Plzeň opouští útočník. Bassey se vrací do Ferencvárose". sport.cz (in Czech).
- "Fortune Bassey klar för Degerfors" [Fortune Bassey ready for Degerfors] (in Swedish). Degerfors. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- Fortune Bassey at Soccerway
- HLSZ Profile
- Fortune Bassey at BDFutbol