| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bassey Akpan | ||
| Date of birth | January 6, 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Eket, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Hoang Anh Gia Lai Club | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bright Stars Football Academy | |||
| – | Bayelsa United F.C. | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002-2003 | Shooting Stars F.C. | 10 | (0) |
| 2003-2005 | Bayelsa United F.C. | 91 | (0) |
| 2005-2006 | Sunshine Stars F.C. | 28 | (0) |
| 2006-2007 | Kwara United F.C. | 24 | (0) |
| 2007-2010 | Bayelsa United F.C. | 45 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Heartland F.C. (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2011- | Hoang Anh Gia Lai Club | ||
| National team | |||
| 2001 | Nigeria U-17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2010- | Nigeria | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Bassey Akpan (born January 6, 1984 in Eket, Akwa Ibom State) is a Nigerian football (soccer) player currently with Hoàng Anh Gia Lai in Vietnam.
Akpan wears size 7½ or small 8 boot and loves jersey number 18. He has a Nigerian FA Cup bronze medal with the Sunshine Stars F.C. of Akure in 2002. On 3 August 2008 left Bayelsa United F.C. and move on loan to Heartland F.C.,[1] returning in September to Bayelsa.[2] He rejoined Heartland ahead of the 2010-11 season after Bayelsa was relegated. He signed for Hoang Anh Gia Lai Club in Vietnam on a one year contract in October 2011.[3]
In 2001, he was in the Nigerian U-17 squad at the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship that took place in Trinidad & Tobago which lost in the final game[4] to earn a well-deserved silver medal, earning Akpan the best goalkeeper award of the tournament.
He made his full senior debut on March 3, 2010 as a late substitute in the 5-2 win over Congo DR. He was also Nigeria's number one goalkeeper in the 2010 WAFU Cup and won the Gold Medal[5]