Christian Bassila

Christian Bassila

Personal information
Full name	Christian Bassila
Date of birth	5 October 1977 (1977-10-05) (age 34)
Place of birth	Paris, France
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Center back
Club information
Current club	Free agent
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996–1999	Lyon	44	(2)
1999–2002	Rennes	24	(1)
2000–2001	→ West Ham United (loan)	3	(0)
2001–2002	→ Strasbourg (loan)	32	(3)
2002–2005	Strasbourg	89	(7)
2005–2006	Sunderland	13	(0)
2006–2007	Larisa	27	(2)
2007–2008	Energie Cottbus	23	(3)
2008–2011	EA Guingamp	62	(2)
National team
	France U21
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 April 2010. † Appearances (Goals).

Christian Bassila (born 5 October 1977 in Paris) is a former France under-21 international footballer.

He prefers to play in the defensive midfield position and started his career with the present French Ligue 1 Champions Lyon in the 1996–97 season. Bassila joined West Ham in August 2000 on a season-long loan deal, moving from French outfit Rennes. After an indifferent 2000–01 season on loan with West Ham United where he rarely featured, he moved on to French league outfit Strasbourg where he enjoyed regular first team football till the 2004–05 season.

Bassila was signed on a two year contract by the premiership side Sunderland on the last week of the 2005 transfer window. By the start of the 2006 season however Basilla activated a free transfer clause in his contract which allowed him to move to another club of his choice, without a transfer fee being paid to Sunderland. His move to Greek side Larisa (now named AEL 1964) came after a season of frequent injury in which Sunderland were relegated from the Premiership. In Larisa he played a dynamic defensive role in the midfield area being one of the best team players.

In 2006 he was called up to represent the national team of the Republic of the Congo by coach Noel Tosi. Since Bassila had represented France at under-21 level, however, FIFA ruled against this as he should have applied for the change in his national status before 31 December 2005.^[1]

In 2009 he captained French second division side En Avant de Guingamp to victory in the French Cup, when they beat Rennes 2–1 in the first ever all Breton final.

References

1. ^ Reuters (1 September 2006). "FIFA tell Congo they cannot play French-born pair". ESPN. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=377765&cc=5739. Retrieved 6 December 2006. 

External links

• Christian Bassila career stats at Soccerbase
• Christian Bassila career stats at Yahoo! Sport
• Christian Bassila French league stats at LFP.fr (French)

Preceded by Corentin Martins

RC Strasbourg Captain 2004 – September 2004

Succeeded by Cédric Kanté

Persondata
Name	Bassila, Christian
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Date of birth	5 October 1977
Place of birth	Paris, France
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