Ollie Bassett Explained

Ollie Bassett
Fullname:Oliver Jacob Bassett[1]
Birth Date:1998 3, df=y
Birth Place:Packington, England[2]
Position:Attacking midfielder
Currentclub:Atlético Ottawa
Clubnumber:10
Youthyears1:–2014
Youthclubs1:Aston Villa
Youthyears2:2014–2015
Youthclubs2:Southampton
Youthyears3:2015
Youthclubs3:Yeovil Town
Years1:2015–2017
Clubs1:Yeovil Town
Caps1:2
Goals1:0
Years2:2016–2017
Clubs2:Dorchester Town (loan)
Caps2:18
Goals2:3
Years3:2017–2018
Clubs3:Coalville Town
Caps3:13
Goals3:0
Years4:2017–2018
Clubs4:Gresley (loan)
Caps4:15
Goals4:4
Years5:2018–2019
Clubs5:Waitakere United
Caps5:18
Goals5:4
Years6:2019–2020
Clubs6:Team Wellington
Caps6:10
Goals6:6
Years7:2020
Caps7:5
Goals7:2
Years8:2020
Caps8:4
Goals8:1
Years9:2021
Clubs9:Pacific FC
Caps9:20
Goals9:2
Years10:2022–
Clubs10:Atlético Ottawa
Caps10:66
Goals10:21
Nationalyears1:2016
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0
Club-Update:18:23, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
Nationalteam-Update:11:33, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Oliver Jacob Bassett (born 6 March 1998) is a Northern Irish professional football player who plays as an attacking midfielder for Canadian club Atlético Ottawa.

Club career

Early career

Born in Packington, Leicestershire,[2] Bassett started his football career as a youngster in the Aston Villa Academy and as a teenager played futsal[3] before signing a scholarship at Southampton in the summer of 2014.[4]

Yeovil Town

On 19 September 2015, Bassett made his Football League debut for Yeovil Town in a 1–0 victory against Crawley Town,[5] at the age of just 17 years, 6 months and 13 days he broke the record for the youngest Yeovil player in the Football League.[6] On 3 December 2015, Bassett was awarded his first professional contract with Yeovil Town, committing him to the club until June 2017.[7]

On 13 September 2016, Bassett joined Southern League Premier Division side Dorchester Town on an initial one-month loan deal.[8] Bassett made his debut the following day as a second-half substitute in Dorchester's 4–0 victory against Frome Town, with Bassett providing the assist for the fourth goal.[9] Having made four appearances in his first loan spell with Dorchester, Bassett returned on loan to the Southern League club on 28 October 2016.[10]

On 3 February 2017, Bassett joined Dorchester for a third loan spell.[11]

At the end of the 2016–17 season, Bassett was released by Yeovil having only made two appearances for the club.[12]

Coalville Town

On 9 August 2017, Bassett signed for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Coalville Town on a one-year contract.[13]

Waitakere United

Following his release from Coalville, Bassett secured a contract with New Zealand Football Championship side Waitakere United.[14]

Pacific FC

Following a stint with Nuneaton Borough, Bassett signed with Canadian Premier League side Pacific FC on 29 April 2021.[15] In his season with the Tridents, Bassett contributed with 2 goals and 3 assists as Pacific won the league. After a strong start to the season, Bassett started to see his minutes decrease as the season progressed, and did not play a single minute in the playoffs. Despite interest from the club to trigger his club option for next season, Bassett preferred to move on and find an opportunity to play more regular minutes elsewhere.[16] In January 2022, Pacific confirmed that Bassett had left the club.[17]

Atlético Ottawa

2022

On 26 January 2022, Bassett switched to Canadian Premier League side Atlético Ottawa signing a two-year contract with an option for a third year.[18] On Jun 9, 2022, capping off a hot start to the season, Bassett was named the CPL's Player of the Month for the month of May 2022.[19] Bassett played a crucial role for Ottawa, and led to the team to finish as regular season champions, but they ultimately lost in the final to Forge FC. On October 28, 2022, he was awarded the CPL’s Player of the Year and Player’s Player of the Year awards.[20] [21]

2023

After a strong 2022 season, the 2023 season was very disappointing for Atlético Ottawa, as the team finished in sixth place, failing to make the playoffs. Nevertheless, it was another individually successful season for Bassett, who, along with Cavalry's Myer Bevan, led the league in scoring with 11 goals.[22]

International career

In August 2016, Bassett was called up to the Northern Ireland under-19 side for a training camp.[23] Bassett did enough to impress the Northern Ireland coaching staff to receive a call-up for their 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification matches in October 2016.[24] [25] On 6 October 2016, Bassett made his debut for Northern Ireland under-19s against Slovakia in a 1–0 defeat.[26]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeaguePlayoffsNational CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Yeovil Town2015–16League Two20000020
2016–1700000000
Total200!00020
Dorchester Town (loan)2016–17[27] Southern League Premier Division1830031214
Coalville Town2017–18Northern Premier League Premier Division1301030170
Gresley (loan)2017–18Northern Premier League Division One South15410164
Waitakere United2018–19New Zealand Football Championship184184
Team Wellington2019–20106106
St Albans Saints2020[28] National Premier Leagues Victoria5252
Nuneaton Borough2020–21Southern League Premier Division Central41212082
Pacific FC2021Canadian Premier League2020000202
Atlético Ottawa2022Canadian Premier League2783010318
20232711212912
202412332155
Total6621306375!24
Career total1714330949119248

Honours

Pacific FC

2021[29]

Atlético Ottawa

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Retained List 2016-17. English Football League. 13 June 2017.
  2. Web site: FootballSquads – Yeovil Town – 2015/16 . FootballSquads . 1 February 2016 .
  3. Web site: The Ashbeian – Issue 24 – Spring term 2013 . Ashby School . 6 October 2016 .
  4. Web site: A Packington teenager has signed for Premiership football club Southampton . Ashby Monitor . 18 August 2014 . 6 October 2016 .
  5. Web site: Crawley Town 0–1 Yeovil Town . BBC Sport . 19 September 2015 . 30 September 2015 .
  6. Web site: Ollie Bassett: Yeovil Town teenager breaks record . BBC Sport . 21 September 2015 . 30 September 2015 .
  7. Web site: Ollie Bassett signs first professional contract . Yeovil Town F.C. . 3 December 2015 . 20 December 2015 .
  8. Web site: Academy Graduate Bassett heads out on loan . Yeovil Town F.C. . 13 September 2016 . 14 September 2016 .
  9. Web site: Robins grounded by Nathan Walker's treble . Dorchester Town F.C. . 14 September 2016 . 18 September 2016 .
  10. Web site: Bassett re-joins Dorchester Town on loan . ytfc.net . Yeovil Town F.C. . 28 October 2016 . 28 October 2016 .
  11. Web site: Oliver Bassett Re-joins Dorchester Town on loan from Yeovil Town . Dorchester Town F.C. . 3 February 2017 . 3 February 2017 .
  12. Web site: Tom Eaves: Yeovil Town forward among six released by League Two club . BBC Sport . 18 May 2017 . 18 May 2017 .
  13. Web site: Local Lad Bassett Signs Coalville Deal . Coalville Town F.C. . 9 August 2017 . 9 August 2017 .
  14. Web site: Big names in ISPS Handa Premiership squads . Newsie . 11 October 2018 . 11 October 2018 .
  15. Web site: Jack Longo . Pacific FC Sign Northern Irish Midfielder Ollie Bassett . . 30 April 2021 . 29 April 2021.
  16. Web site: Why I Decided To Leave CPL Champions Pacific For Atletico Ottawa . . 9 June 2022 . 28 January 2022.
  17. Web site: Thank you, Ollie Bassett, Isaac Boehmer, Robert Boskovic and Duran Lee!. January 13, 2022. Pacific FC.
  18. Web site: ATO Signing Day: Ollie Basset joins Atlético Ottawa . . 26 January 2022 . 26 January 2022.
  19. Web site: Atlético Ottawa's Ollie Bassett named CanPL Player of the Month for May . . 9 June 2022 . 9 June 2022.
  20. Web site: 2022-10-28 . Atlético Ottawa's Ollie Bassett named 2022 CPL Player of the Year . 2022-11-04 . Canadian Premier League.
  21. Web site: 2022-10-28 . Atlético Ottawa's Ollie Bassett named 2022 Players' Player of the Year . 2022-11-04 . Canadian Premier League.
  22. Web site: 2023-10-07 . Ten players who could win the Canadian Premier League's 2023 Player of the Year Award . 2023-10-09 . Canadian Premier League.
  23. Web site: Bassett Given International Training Camp Call-Up . Ciderspace (an independent Yeovil Town FC website) . 16 August 2016 . 18 September 2016 .
  24. Web site: Bassett called up for Northern Ireland under-19 qualifiers . ytfc.net . Yeovil Town F.C. . 20 September 2016 . 20 September 2016 .
  25. Web site: Men U19s begin Euro qualifiers on Thursday . irishfa.com . Irish Football Association . 3 October 2016 . 6 October 2016 .
  26. Web site: Under-19 2017 – Northern Ireland–Slovakia . uefa.com . UEFA . 6 October 2016 . 6 October 2016 .
  27. Web site: Ollie Bassett Profile . aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk . Aylesbury United F.C. . 23 December 2020.
  28. Web site: Player statistics for Oliver Bassett . National Premier Leagues Victoria . SportsTG . 23 December 2020 .
  29. Web site: Sights & Sounds: Forge FC 0-1 Pacific FC – 2021 CPL Final . CanPL.ca . 9 October 2022.
  30. Web site: Atlético Ottawa win 2022 CPL regular season title . CanPL.ca . 9 October 2022.
  31. Web site: Ollie Bassett wins 2022 CCSG Golden Scarf. CCSG.com. 9 October 2022.
  32. Web site: 2022-10-28 . Atlético Ottawa's Ollie Bassett named 2022 CPL Player of the Year . 2022-11-04 . Canadian Premier League.
  33. Web site: 2022-10-28 . Atlético Ottawa's Ollie Bassett named 2022 Players' Player of the Year . 2022-11-04 . Canadian Premier League.
  34. Web site: 2023-10-07 . Ollie Bassett & Myer Bevan win 2023 Canadian Premier League Golden Boot . 2023-10-09 . Canadian Premier League.