Fortune Bassey

Fortune Akpan Bassey (born 6 October 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ferencváros.

Fortune Bassey
Personal information
Full name Fortune Akpan Bassey
Date of birth (1998-10-06) 6 October 1998
Place of birth Benin City, Nigeria
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Ferencváros
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) 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:09, 11 November 2022 (UTC)

Club career

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 Czechia on a loan with Viktoria Plzeň on 12 April 2022.[2] After half year Bassey returned back to Ferencváros.[4]

Honours

Ferencváros

References
  1. "Bassey už není k smíchu. Exbudějovický fotbalista jde za snem". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 19 January 2022.
  2. Á, D. (12 August 2022). "FTC: a Qarabag BL-ellenfeléhez távozott kölcsönbe a támadó – hivata". NSO.hu.
  3. percre), BORBOLA BENCE (összefoglaló), BACSKAI JÁNOS (percről (24 April 2022). "NB I: Ferencváros–Újpest rangadó - NSO". NSO.hu.
  4. Neumann, Robert (14 February 2023). "Plzeň opouští útočník. Bassey se vrací do Ferencvárose". sport.cz (in Czech).
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