Aboubacar Bassinga Explained

Aboubacar Bassinga
Birth Date:13 July 2005
Birth Place:Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Position:Midfielder
Currentclub:Las Palmas C
Youthyears1:2020–2024
Youthclubs1:Las Palmas
Years1:2023–
Caps1:2
Goals1:0
Years2:2024–
Caps2:0
Goals2:0
Club-Update:18 May 2024

Aboubacar Bassinga (born 13 July 2005) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Spanish club UD Las Palmas C.

Career

Born in Abidjan,[1] Bassinga left his country at the age of 14 after boarding a boat; he intended to meet his uncle in France, but ran into authorities upon arriving in Arguineguín on 13 February 2020.[2] He then joined the youth sides of UD Las Palmas,[3] but had to wait until September 2023, when he turned 18, to start to play a competition for the club.[4]

On 7 January 2024, before even having appeared for the reserves, Bassinga made his first team – and professional – debut, starting in a 2–0 away loss to rivals CD Tenerife, for the season's Copa del Rey.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: El sueño que Abou nunca imaginó al subirse a la patera. The dream that Abou never imagined on boarding the boat. Marca. es. 5 December 2023. 10 January 2024.
  2. Web site: Bassinga ‘cooked’ the football that arrived from Abidjan at UD Las Palmas. Today Times Live. 8 January 2024. 7 January 2024.
  3. Web site: La nueva perla de Costa de Marfil está en UD Las Palmas. The new pearl of Ivory Coast is at UD Las Palmas. Mundo Deportivo. es. 17 December 2023. 7 January 2024.
  4. Web site: Aboubacar Bassinga, primer jugador de la UD Las Palmas D en obtener la Licencia Federativa. Aboubacar Bassinga, first player of UD Las Palmas D to obtain a federative license. UD Las Palmas. es. 5 September 2023. 7 January 2024.
  5. Web site: Tenerife, Amo y señor del derbi. Tenerife, lord and master of the derby. Marca. es. 7 January 2024. 7 January 2024.
  6. Web site: Aboubacar Bassinga, de llegar en patera a debutar en un derbi canario 47 meses después. Aboubacar Bassinga, from arriving by boat to debuting in a Canarian derby 47 months later. EFE. es. 8 January 2024. 8 January 2024.