Christian Bassila
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| Christian Bassila | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christian Bassila | |
| Date of birth | October 5, 1977 | |
| Place of birth | Paris, France | |
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 31⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Energie Cottbus | |
| Number | 3 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1996–1999 1999–2002 2000–2001 2001–2002 2002–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007– |
Lyon Rennes → West Ham United (loan) → Strasbourg (loan) Strasbourg Sunderland Larisa Energie Cottbus |
44 (2) 24 (1) 3 (0) 33 (3) 89 (7) 13 (0) 27 (2) 14 (3) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Christian Bassila (born 5 October 1977 in Paris) is a former France under-21 international footballer.
He prefers to play in the defensive midfield position and started his career with the present French Ligue 1 Champions Lyon in the 96–97 season. Bassila joined West Ham in August 2000 on a season-long loan deal, moving from French outfit Rennes. After an indifferent 2000–01 season on loan with West Ham United where he rarely featured, he moved on to French league outfit Strasbourg where he enjoyed regular first team football till the 2004–2005 season.
Bassila was signed on a two year contract by the premiership side Sunderland on the last week of the 2005 transfer window. By the start of the 2006 season however Basilla activated a free transfer clause in his contract which allowed him to move to another club of his choice, without a transfer fee being paid to Sunderland. His move to Greek side Larisa (now named AEL 1964) came after a season of frequent injury in which Sunderland were relegated from the Premiership. In Larisa he played a dynamic defensive role in the midfield area being one of the best team players.
In 2006 he was called up to represent the national team of the Republic of the Congo by coach Noel Tosi. Since Bassila had represented France at under-21 level, however, FIFA ruled against this as he should have applied for the change in his national status before December 31, 2005.[1]
[edit] Career
- 1996–1999:
Olympique Lyonnais, 45 appearances, 2 goals - 1999–2002: Rennes, 23 appearances, 1 goal
- 2000–2001:
West Ham Utd, 4 appearances - 2001–2005: Strasbourg, 120 appearances, 10 goals
- 2005–2006: Sunderland, 14 appearances
- 2006–2007:
AEL 1964 - 2007–present:
FC Energie Cottbus
[edit] References
- ^ Reuters. "FIFA tell Congo they cannot play French-born pair", 1 September 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-06.
[edit] External links
- Christian Bassila career stats at Soccerbase
- Christian Bassila career stats at Yahoo! Sport
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