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| Sebastien Bassong, mittback. | ||||||
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| Sébastien Bassong (born 9 July 1986 in Paris) is a French-born Cameroonian football defender who currently plays for Tottenham Hotspur of the Premier League. Contents [hide] 1 Club career 1.1 Early career 1.2 Newcastle United 1.3 Tottenham Hotspur 2 International career 3 References 4 External links [edit]Club career [edit]Early career Bassong is a graduate of the famous Clairefontaine youth academy. It has a high reputation of producing some of the world's most gifted players, including the likes of Thierry Henry, Nicolas Anelka, William Gallas and Louis Saha. Bassong's first professional contract was with FC Metz where he made 87 appearances over three seasons.[1] [edit]Newcastle United In July 2008 Bassong was offered a one week trial at Newcastle United, and made his debut in a pre-season friendly against Doncaster Rovers.[2] On 30 July it was confirmed that Newcastle had agreed a fee of £500,000 with FC Metz for Bassong.[3] He made his professional debut for Newcastle on 26 August in a Football League Cup game away to Coventry City, before making his first league game for Newcastle away to Arsenal when he came on as a sub for José Enrique. He received his first red card for the club away to Wigan Athletic on 26 December. Another came on 16 May 2009 as part of 0–1 home defeat to Fulham in the penultimate game of the season. Bassong was named the Newcastle player of the season for the 08-09 season. [edit]Tottenham Hotspur Following Newcastle's relegation to the Coca-Cola Championship, Bassong expressed his desire to leave the club, with Manchester City, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur linked with him. On 6 August 2009, it was confirmed that Spurs had won the race to sign the 23-year old and he completed an £8million move to the Spurs side.[4] [edit]International career Bassong played at centre back for the French under 21 national team, playing in two matches against the Netherlands and Japan in the summer of 2007 before joining Newcastle. On 25 May 2009 though he was called up by the Cameroon national team for their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Morocco. He is eligible for Cameroon due to having not played in a competitive Under-21 match for the France team.[5] |
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