Alexander Michael Bass (born 1 April 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Sunderland.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexander Michael Bass[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1998-04-01) 1 April 1998 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Eastleigh, England[2] | ||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Sunderland | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2016 | Portsmouth | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2022 | Portsmouth | 18 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Salisbury (loan) | 37 | (0) |
2018 | → Torquay United (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2021 | → Southend United (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2022 | → Bradford City (loan) | 21 | (0) |
2022– | Sunderland | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:04, 7 May 2022 (UTC) |
Born in Eastleigh, Bass progressed through Portsmouth's youth categories. He first appeared on the first team bench on 7 March 2015 at the age of 16, he went onto feature on the Portsmouth bench a further 36 times before making his debut in a 3–2 defeat at Coventry City in the EFL Cup on the 9 August 2016.[4]
On 16 August 2016, Bass was loaned to Southern League South & West side Salisbury in an initial one-month deal, before returning to Portsmouth at the end of the season.
On 5 May 2018, Bass made his first league start for Pompey, keeping a clean sheet in the 2–0 home win in their final League One game of the season against Peterborough.[5] Four days later, the club took up the option of extension on his contract and renewed it for a further year.[6][7]
On 9 July 2018, Bass signed a new three-year contract at Portsmouth and moved on loan to National League South side Torquay United for their 2018–19 title winning season.[8]
He moved on loan to Bradford City in January 2022.[9]
On 27 February 2021, Bass joined Southend United on an emergency loan, for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[10]
On 26 July 2022, Bass signed for Sunderland on a three-year deal. [11]
Portsmouth
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Portsmouth | 2016–17 | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2017–18 | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Total | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
Salisbury (loan) | 2016–17 | SFL - Division One S&W | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
Torquay United (loan) | 2018–19 | National League South | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Southend United (loan) | 2020–21 | League Two | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Bradford City (loan) | 2021–22 | League Two | 21 | 0 | — | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||
Career total | 85 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 117 | 0 |
Right-back Davies and midfielder Oxlade-Chamberlain (below) hail from Portsmouth, while goalkeeper Bass is from Eastleigh.
Sunderland A.F.C. – current squad | |
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