Christian Bassila
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christian Bassila | ||
| Date of birth | 5 October 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1996–1999 | Lyon | 44 | (2) |
| 1999–2002 | Rennes | 24 | (1) |
| 2000–2001 | → West Ham United (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → Strasbourg (loan) | 32 | (3) |
| 2002–2005 | Strasbourg | 89 | (7) |
| 2005–2006 | Sunderland | 13 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | AEL 1964 | 27 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | Energie Cottbus | 23 | (3) |
| 2008–2011 | Guingamp | 62 | (2) |
| Total | 317 | (20) | |
| National team | |||
| France U21 | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 April 2010. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Christian Bassila (born 5 October 1977 in Paris) is a former France under-21 international footballer. He played as a defensive midfielder or centre-back.
Club career
Basilla started his career with the reigning Ligue 1 champions Lyon in the 1996–97 season, before joining Rennes. Bassila rarely featured in the Rennes first team and was sent on a season-long loan to West Ham United in August 2000. However, he failed to cement a first-team place at the East London side either and the following season he joined Strasbourg on another season-long loan. After enjoying regular first-team action there he signed permanently and spent the next three seasons there.
Bassila signed a two-year contract with newly promoted Premiership side Sunderland in the last week of the 2005 summer transfer window. After injuries caused him to fail to establish himself in a struggling Sunderland team that was eventually relegated, at the start of the 2006 season he activated a clause in his contract which allowed him to move to another club without a transfer fee being paid to Sunderland, and transferred to Greek side AEL 1964 FC. There he enjoyed more first-team football in a dynamic defensive role in the midfield.
Bassila later transferred to Energie Cottbus and French Ligue 2 club Guingamp. In 2009 he captained Guingamp to victory in the French Cup when they beat his former club Rennes 2–1 in the first ever all-Breton final.
International career
In 2006, Bassila was called up to represent the Congo national football team 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 31 December 2005.[1]
References
- ↑ Reuters (1 September 2006). "FIFA tell Congo they cannot play French-born pair". ESPN. Retrieved 6 December 2006.
External links
- Christian Bassila career statistics at Soccerbase
- Christian Bassila career stats at Yahoo! Sport
- Christian Bassila French league stats at LFP.fr (French)
| Preceded by Corentin Martins |
RC Strasbourg Captain 2004 – September 2004 |
Succeeded by Cédric Kanté |