Christian Bassogog’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Cameroonian footballer
Is Athlete
Football player
Association football player
From Cameroon
Type Sports
Gender male
Birth

18 October 1995, Douala, Wouri, Littoral, Cameroon

Age 25 years
Star sign Libra
Stats
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 58 kg

Christian Mougang Bassogog (born October 18, 1995) is a Cameroonian footballer who currently plays for Henan Jianye in the Chinese Super League.

Club career

Rainbow FC

Bassogog began his career in his native Cameroon at second division side Rainbow FC, graduating from the youth system.

Wilmington Hammerheads

On April 29, 2015, Bassogog joined the United Soccer League club Wilmington Hammerheads. Christian played 16 games and made two assists for the American club before he moved to the Danish club AaB. On August 28, he signed a four-year contract with his new club.

AaB

On September 29, 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 February 11, 2016, in the Danish Superliga winter break, Bassogog was chosen to play the forward-position in a friendly match against FC 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.

On February 29, 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. On February 19, 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.

International career

Christian Bassogog had a stellar Africa Cup of Nations 2017, scoring twice en route to their victory, and was named as the Best Player at AFCON 2017.

International goals

No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 5 January 2017 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon  DR Congo 2–0 2–0 Friendly
2. 2 February 2017 Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon  Ghana 2–0 2–0 2017 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Country

  • Africa Cup of Nations: 2017

Individual

  • Best player of the Africa Cup of Nations: 2017
  • CAF Team of the Tournament: 2017
  • 2017 Africa Cup of Nations tournament MVP
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