Alexander Michael Bass (born 1 April 1998) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third level of the English football league system. Peterborough United formed in ...

Club career

Portsmouth

Born in

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, Bass progressed through

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in En ...

'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

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in the

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on the 9 August 2016.

Salisbury (loan)

On 16 August 2016, Bass was loaned to Southern League South & West side

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in an initial one-month deal, before returning to Portsmouth at the end of the season.

Return to Portsmouth

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

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. Four days later, the club took up the option of extension on his contract and renewed it for a further year.

Torquay United (loan)

On 9 July 2018, Bass signed a new three-year contract at Portsmouth and moved on loan to

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side

Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the National League South, the sixth level of the English football league system. They have played their ho ...

for their 2018–19 title winning season.

Bradford City (loan)

He moved on loan to

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in January 2022.

Southend United (loan)

On 27 February 2021, Bass joined

Southend United Southend United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, which competes in the National League, the fifth level of English football. The team are known as "The Shrimpers", a reference ...

on an emergency loan, for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.

Sunderland

On 26 July 2022, Bass signed for

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on a three-year deal. In October 2022, he scored a last-minute equaliser for Sunderland U21s against rivals Newcastle United U21s in the

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Division Two.

AFC Wimbledon (loan)

On 12 July 2023, Alex Bass joined

AFC Wimbledon AFC Wimbledon is an English professional association football club based in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton, London. The team competes in , the third tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in ...

on a season long loan.

Notts County

On 18 June 2024, Alex Bass joined

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on a three-year deal.

Peterborough United

On 30 June 2025, Bass joined League One side

for an undisclosed fee, signing an initial three-year contract with the option for a further year.

Career statistics

Honours

Portsmouth *

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: 2018–19

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bass, Alex Living people 1998 births English men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Portsmouth F.C. players Salisbury F.C. players Torquay United F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Sunderland A.F.C. players AFC Wimbledon players Notts County F.C. players Peterborough United F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Southern Football League players 21st-century English sportsmen