Christian Bassogog

Christian Mougang Bassogog (born 18 October 1995) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for Henan Jianye in the Chinese Super League as a winger or forward

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)
Position(s) 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 16 (0)
2015–2017 AaB 30 (4)
2017– Henan Jianye 84 (26)
National team‡
2016– Cameroon U23[1] 2 (0)
2016– Cameroon 26 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:01, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

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, in the United States.[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 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]

Henan Jianye

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]

On 31 July 2020, Bassogog tested positive for COVID-19 in Guangzhou.[8]

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.

Career statistics

Club career
As of 1 November 2020.[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wilmington Hammerheads 2015 USL Championship 16010--170
AaB 2015–16 Danish Superliga 9020--110
2016–1721400--214
Total 304200000324
Henan Jianye 2017 Chinese Super League 241000--2410
201827600--276
201925800--258
20208210--92
Total 84261000008526
Total 1303040000013430

International
As of matches played on 12 July 2019[10]
Cameroon
YearAppsGoals
201610
2017161
201832
201961
Total264

International goals
Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first.[11]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.2 February 2017Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon Ghana2–02–02017 Africa Cup of Nations
2.25 March 2018Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait2–03–1Friendly
3.3–0
4.23 March 2019Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon Comoros2–03–02019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

International

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). Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "AaB-profil er brandvarm: 'Der er mange klubber der gerne vil købe ham'". www.bt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  7. "Officielt: AaB sælger Bassogog for rekordtransfer". Tipsbladet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  8. "河南建业外援巴索戈新冠检测阳性 为无症状感染者". Sina Sports (in Chinese). 31 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  9. "Christian Bassogog". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  10. Christian Bassogog at National-Football-Teams.com
  11. "Bassogog, Christian". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  12. "Christian Bassogog named AFCON 2017 Most Valuable Player - Daily Post Nigeria". Daily Post Nigeria. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  13. "Bassogog named Player Total Man of 2017 Africa Cup of Nations | Goal.com". Retrieved 6 April 2018.
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