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
 Mirandés
(on loan from Las Palmas)
Number 26
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– → Mirandés (loan) 2 (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 CD Mirandés, on loan from UD Las Palmas.

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]

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.