Bassey Abobo
Personal information
Full name	Bassey Akpan
Date of birth	January 6, 1984 (1984-01-06) (age 25)
Place of birth	Eket, Nigeria
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Bayelsa United F.C.
Number	18
Youth career
1998-2000 2000-2001	Bright Stars Football Academy Bayelsa United F.C.
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2003 2003-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007--present 2008	Shooting Stars F.C. Bayelsa United F.C. Sunshine Stars F.C. Kwara United F.C. Bayelsa United F.C. → Heartland F.C. (loan)	0010 0 (0) 0091 0 (0) 0028 0 (0) 0024 0 (0) 0045 0 (0) 0020 0 (0)
National team
1998-2001 2003	Nigeria U-17 Nigeria U-23	0017 0 (0) 0017 0 (0) 007 0 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Bassey Akpan (born January 6, 1984 in Eket) is a Nigerian football (soccer) player currently with Bayelsa United F.C. of Nigeria.

Contents 1 Early Life 2 Career 3 International career 4 References

[edit] Early Life

Abobo', hails from Eket in Eket local government area of Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria.

[edit] Career

Akpan wears size 7½ or small 8 boot and loves jersey number 18. He has a Nigerian FA Cup bronze medal with the Sunshine Stars F.C. of Akure in 2002. On 3 August 2008 left Bayelsa United F.C. and move on loan to Heartland F.C.^[1], in September 2009 turned back to Bayelsa United^[2].

[edit] International career

Akpan played in the NIKE International Premier Cup in France where he got a bronze medal in 1998 and in the NIKE International Premier Cup in Nigeria, he got a silver medal. In the 1999 edition in Spain, he was voted the best goalkeeper of the tournament in the gold medal winning team. In 2001, he was in the Nigerian U-17 World Youth Championship squad that took place in Trinidad & Tobago that played and lost in the final game to earn a well-deserved silver medal, earning the best goalkeeper award of the tournament;

In 2002, he played the African U-20 qualifiers; in 2003 was also in the national U-23 team squad that attempted the Olympic qualifiers.

Was member of the Nigeria U-20 team by 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship in the Trinidad and Tobago and played 6 games^[3].

[edit] References

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