Mustafa Bassas

Mustafa Mahdi Bassas (Arabic: مصطفى مهدي بصاص‎; born 25 June 1993) is a Saudi professional footballer plays for Pro League clubAl-Faisaly as a winger , who last played for Al-Ahli .

Mustafa Bassas
Personal information
Full name Mustafa Mahdi Bassas
Date of birth (1993-06-02) June 2, 1993
Place of birth Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)[1]
Club information
Current team
 Al-Faisaly
Number 47
Youth career
2005–2012 Al-Ahli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2020 Al-Ahli 89 (18)
2018 → Ohod (loan) 6 (0)
2020– Al-Faisaly 0 (0)
National team‡
2011–2015 Saudi Arabia U-23 6 (0)
2012– Saudi Arabia 15 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:50, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:15, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Club career

Early years

Mustafa began and spent all of his career to date with Al-Ahli. He played for the Al-Ahli academy junior and youth teams. Bassas plays in more than one position: right back, central midfielder, attacking midfielder, winger, and second striker. He is known for his pace, shot power, and leadership skills. Czech coach Karel Jarolím gave him his debut in the Al-Ahli first team.

2012–present

On 7 October 2012, he played his first game with the senior team against Najran club in 2012–13 Saudi Professional League.

In the 2012 AFC Champions League, Bassas played in his first rivalry match in Jeddah against Ittihad, proving to be best player on the pitch, showing a lot of skill and talent when on the ball even though his side lost the first leg 1-0. The second leg, however, was won by Al-Ahli 2-0,[2] with Bassas producing a man of the match display with an assist to Victor Simões, who also scored the second goal in the 83rd minute and to help the team qualify for the final against eventual winners Ulsan Hyundai.[3] Al-Bassas helped Al-Ahli in obtaining Saudi Federation Cup 2012-13. Al-Ahli fans chose Al-Bassas as Player of the Season in 2012-13.[4]

Al-Bassas has played 10 matches and scored 4 goals in the 2013 AFC Champions League. His 4 goals were against Al-Gharafa, He scored twice against Sepahan and once against El-Jaish. Al-Bassas has played 19 matches in the 2012–13 Saudi Professional League this season and scored 5 goals.

International career

Bassas made his debut in the Saudi Arabia national team against Argentina and the result was a draw.

Sponsorship

In 2013, Al-Bassas is featured, alongside Lionel Messi, on the official cover of the video game FIFA 14 as distributed for the Middle East for all platforms except the Wii and Nintendo 3DS versions. He did not appear on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of the game either, although those versions featured a revised cover.

Career statistics

Club
As of 1 October 2019[5]
Club Season League King Cup Crown Prince Cup [lower-alpha 1] Asia Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Al-Ahli 2011–12 Pro League00000030––30
2012–13 Pro League195411074––3110
2013–14 Pro League2245132––––307
2014–15 Pro League205204071––336
2015–16 Pro League152202030––222
2016–17 Pro League1221010101[lower-alpha 2]0152
2017–18 Pro League0000––00––00
2018–19 Pro League0000––000000
2019–20 Pro League1000––00––10
Al-Ahli Total 89181421122151013627
Ohod (loan) 2017–18 Pro League6000––––––60
Career Total 95181421122151014227
  1. Discontinued in September 19, 2017
  2. Appearance in Super Cup

International
Statistics accurate as of match played 10 September 2019.[6]
Saudi Arabia
YearAppsGoals
201210
201350
201480
201510
Total150

Honours

Club
Al-Ahli

International
Saudi Arabia U-23

Individual

References
  1. http://slstat.com/spl2017-2018en/player.php?id=983
  2. "Al Ahli 2-0 Al Ittihad (2-1 agg.)". the-afc. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
  3. "Ulsan Hyundai win 2012 AFC Champions League". the-afc. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
  4. نجم الموسم جماهير الأهلي عبر الإمبراطور تختار [مصطفى بصاص] نجماً للموسم و تتوجه بـ [الكرة الذهبية] (in Arabic). Al-Ahli website. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
  5. "MUSTAFA AL BASSAS".
  6. "( Mustafa ALBASSAS ) Matches Played".
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