Christian Mougang Bassogog (born 18 October 1995) is a Cameroonian professional

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who plays for

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club

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and the Cameroon national team as a

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Club career

Rainbow FC

Bassogog began his career in his native Cameroon at second division side

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, graduating from the youth system.

Wilmington Hammerheads

On 29 April 2015, Bassogog joined the

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club

Wilmington Hammerheads Wilmington Hammerheads FC was a semi-professional American soccer team based in Wilmington, North Carolina. Founded in 1996, the team last competed in the Premier Development League, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid in 2017. Histor ...

, in the United States. Christian played 16 games and made two assists for the American club before he moved to the Danish club AaB. On 28 August, he signed a four-year contract with his new club.

AaB

On 29 September 2015, Bassogog made his debut for his new club AaB in the

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against the

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-located team Lystrup IF. He came on the pitch in the second half with a half hour left. On 11 February 2016, in the

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winter break, Bassogog was chosen to play the forward-position in a friendly match against

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from

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. He scored two goals in the match, and former head coach

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talked afterwards about, that Bassogog in the future could be used on the forward-position instead of the wing. On 29 February 2016, he got his debut in the Danish Superliga against

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. He came on the pitch with 10 minutes left. Following a string of impressive performances for

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at the

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, AaB sporting director

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commented that Bassogog was the subject of multiple queries regarding potential moves away from AaB in the 2017 January transfer window.

Henan Jianye

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

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. This was a recording-breaking transfer fee for AaB, surpassing that of

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when he signed for the Dutch club

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for £3.5 million in October 1997. On 31 July 2020, Bassogog tested positive for

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in Guangzhou.

Shanghai Shenhua

On 26 February 2021, Bassogog signed with Chinese Super League side

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Ankaragücü

On 8 February 2024, Bassogog moved to Ankaragücü in Turkey on a 1.5-year contract.

Al-Okhdood

On 1 September 2024, Bassogog joined

club

International career

Christian Bassogog had a stellar

, scoring once en route to their victory, and was named as the Best Player at AFCON 2017. On 11 November 2022, Bassogog was selected for the

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. On 27 November 2022, Bassogog received a

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from the referee who deemed his celebration for a goal too excessive. He was not on the field that time.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bassogog goal.''

Honours

Shanghai Shenhua *

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Cameroon *

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, third place:

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Individual * Africa Cup of Nations Best Player:

* CAF Team of the Tournament:

References

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