Fortune Bassey | |
Full Name: | Fortune Akpan Bassey |
Birth Date: | 6 October 1998 |
Birth Place: | Benin City, Nigeria |
Height: | 1.86 m |
Clubnumber: | 14 |
Position: | Striker |
Youthclubs1: | Eagle's Wing |
Youthyears2: | 2018 |
Youthclubs2: | Bohemians 1905 |
Years1: | 2018–2019 |
Clubs1: | Olympia Radotín |
Caps1: | 33 |
Goals1: | 24 |
Years2: | 2019–2020 |
Clubs2: | Ústí nad Labem |
Caps2: | 28 |
Goals2: | 5 |
Years3: | 2020–2022 |
Caps3: | 25 |
Goals3: | 9 |
Years4: | 2021 |
Clubs4: | → Vlašim (loan) |
Caps4: | 14 |
Goals4: | 4 |
Years5: | 2022– |
Clubs5: | Ferencváros |
Caps5: | 15 |
Goals5: | 2 |
Years6: | 2022 |
Clubs6: | → Viktoria Plzeň (loan) |
Caps6: | 12 |
Goals6: | 1 |
Years7: | 2023 |
Clubs7: | → Degerfors (loan) |
Caps7: | 11 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 2023–2024 |
Clubs8: | → Hapoel Petah Tikva (loan) |
Caps8: | 31 |
Goals8: | 5 |
Years9: | 2024– |
Clubs9: | → DAC 1904 (loan) |
Caps9: | 2 |
Goals9: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 6 October 2024 |
Fortune Akpan Bassey (born 6 October 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Slovak club DAC 1904, on loan from the Hungarian club Ferencváros.
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]
On 7 September 2024, Bassey was loaned by DAC 1904 in Slovakia.[6]
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