Christian Mougang Bassogog (born 18 October 1995) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua and the Cameroon national team as a winger or forward.
![]() Bassogog with Cameroon at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup | |||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Christian Mougang Bassogog | ||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1995-10-18) 18 October 1995 (age 26) | ||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Douala, Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger, forward | ||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Shanghai Shenhua | ||||||||||||||||||
Number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||
0000–2013 | Rainbow FC | ||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||
2013–2015 | Rainbow FC | ||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Wilmington Hammerheads | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | AaB | 30 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | Henan Jianye | 84 | (26) | ||||||||||||||||
2021– | Shanghai Shenhua | 24 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Cameroon U23[1] | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
2016– | Cameroon | 41 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 August 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:59, 6 February 2022 (UTC) |
Bassogog began his career in his native Cameroon at second division side Rainbow FC, graduating from the youth system.[2]
On 29 April 2015, Bassogog joined the United Soccer League club Wilmington Hammerheads, in the United States.[3] Christian played 16 games and made two assists for the American club before he moved to the Danish club AaB.[4] On 28 August, he signed a four-year contract with his new club.
On 29 September 2015, Bassogog got his debut for his new club AaB in the Danish Cup against the Aarhus-located team Lystrup IF. He came on the pitch in the second half with a half hour left.
On 11 February 2016, in the Danish Superliga winter break, Bassogog was chosen to play the forward-position in a friendly match against Sioni Bolnisi from Georgia. He scored two goals in the match, and former head coach Lars Søndergaard talked afterwards about, that Bassogog in the future could be used on the forward-position instead of the wing.[5]
On 29 February 2016, he got his debut in the Danish Superliga against FC Midtjylland. He came on the pitch with 10 minutes left.
Following a string of impressive performances for Cameroon at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, AaB sporting director Allan Gaarde commented that Bassogog was the subject of multiple queries regarding potential moves away from AaB in the 2017 January transfer window.[6]
On 19 February 2017, AaB officially announced the departure of Bassogog for a reported fee of 45 million Danish kroner (approx. £5 million) to join the Chinese side Henan Jianye FC. This was a recording-breaking transfer fee for AaB, surpassing that of Jesper Grønkjær when he signed for the Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam for £3.5 million in October 1997.[7]
On 31 July 2020, Bassogog tested positive for COVID-19 in Guangzhou.[8]
On 26 February 2021, Bassogog signed with Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua.[9]
Christian Bassogog had a stellar Africa Cup of Nations 2018, scoring once en route to their victory, and was named as the Best Player at AFCON 2017.
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Wilmington Hammerheads | 2015 | USL Championship | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0 | ||
AaB | 2015–16 | Danish Superliga | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 4 | ||||
Total | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4 | ||
Henan Jianye | 2017 | Chinese Super League | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 10 | ||
2018 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 6 | ||||
2019 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 8 | ||||
2020 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 2 | ||||
Total | 84 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 26 | ||
Shanghai Shenhua | 2021 | Chinese Super League | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 4 | ||
Career total | 144 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 34 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Cameroon | 2016 | 1 | 0 |
2017 | 16 | 1 | |
2018 | 3 | 2 | |
2019 | 9 | 1 | |
2020 | 2 | 0 | |
2021 | 5 | 2 | |
2022 | 5 | 0 | |
Total | 41 | 6 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 2 February 2017 | Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations |
2 | 25 March 2018 | Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
3 | 3–0 | |||||
4 | 23 March 2019 | Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
5 | 13 November 2021 | Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa | ![]() | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
6 | 4–0 |
Cameroon
Individual
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