Aboubacar Bassinga

Aboubacar Bassinga

Personal information
Date of birth	(2005-07-13) 13 July 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Las Palmas B
Youth career
2020–2024	Las Palmas
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2023–2024	Las Palmas C	2	(0)
2024–	Las Palmas	1	(0)
2024–2025	→ Mirandés (loan)	2	(0)
2025–	Las Palmas B	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2024

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

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]

Bassinga made his La Liga debut on 16 August 2024, replacing Alberto Moleiro late into a 2–2 home draw against Sevilla FC.[7] Fourteen days later, he moved to Segunda División side CD Mirandés on a one-year loan deal.[8]

On 3 February 2025, Bassinga's loan with the Jabatos was cut short, and he was assigned to the B-side in Tercera Federación.[9]

References

1. "El sueño que Abou nunca imaginó al subirse a la patera" [The dream that Abou never imagined on boarding the boat] (in Spanish). Marca. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
2. "Bassinga 'cooked' the football that arrived from Abidjan at UD Las Palmas". Today Times Live. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
3. "La nueva perla de Costa de Marfil está en UD Las Palmas" [The new pearl of Ivory Coast is at UD Las Palmas] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
4. "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] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
5. "Tenerife, Amo y señor del derbi" [Tenerife, lord and master of the derby] (in Spanish). Marca. 7 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
6. "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] (in Spanish). EFE. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
7. "El viaje de Bassinga a Las Palmas: de llegar en patera a jugar en La Liga tras ser 'fichado' por un taxista" [The journey of Bassinga at Las Palmas: from arriving by boat to playing in La Liga after being 'signed up' by a taxi driver] (in Spanish). El Español. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
8. "Aboubacar Bassinga, cedido al Club Deportivo Mirandés" [Aboubacar Bassinga, loaned to Club Deportivo Mirandés] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
9. "Aboubacar Bassinga regresa a la Unión Deportiva Las Palmas" [Aboubacar Bassinga returns to Unión Deportiva Las Palmas] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 4 February 2025.

External links

• Aboubacar Bassinga at BDFutbol
• Aboubacar Bassinga at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
• Aboubacar Bassinga at Soccerway