Ollie Bassett

Oliver Jacob Bassett (born 6 March 1998) is a footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for NPL Victoria side St Albans Saints. He has represented Northern Ireland at youth international level.

Ollie Bassett
Personal information
Full name Oliver Jacob Bassett[1]
Date of birth (1998-03-06) 6 March 1998
Place of birth Packington, England[2]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 St Albans Saints
Youth career
0000–2014 Aston Villa
2014–2015 Southampton
2015 Yeovil Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Yeovil Town 2 (0)
2016 → Dorchester Town (loan) 4 (0)
2016 → Dorchester Town (loan) 9 (2)
2017 → Dorchester Town (loan) 5 (1)
2017–2018 Coalville Town 13 (0)
2017–2018 → Gresley (loan) 15 (4)
2018–2019 Waitakere United 18 (4)
2019–2020 Team Wellington 10 (6)
2020– St Albans Saints 0 (0)
National team‡
2016 Northern Ireland U19 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:26, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:33, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Packington, Leicestershire,[2] Bassett started his football career as a youngster in the Aston Villa Academy and as a teenager played futsal.[3] Before signing a scholarship at Southampton in the summer of 2014.[4]

On 19 September 2015, Bassett made his Football League debut for Yeovil Town in a 1–0 victory against Crawley Town,[5] at the age of just 17 years, 6 months and 13 days he broke the record for the youngest Yeovil player in the Football League.[6] On 3 December 2015, Bassett was awarded his first professional contract with Yeovil Town, committing him to the club until June 2017.[7]

On 13 September 2016, Bassett joined Southern League Premier Division side Dorchester Town on an initial one-month loan deal.[8] Bassett made his debut the following day as a second-half substitute in Dorchester's 4–0 victory against Frome Town, with Bassett providing the assist for the fourth goal.[9] Having made four appearances in his first loan spell with Dorchester, Bassett returned on loan to the Southern League club on 28 October 2016.[10]

On 3 February 2017, Bassett joined Dorchester for a third loan spell.[11]

At the end of the 2016–17 season, Bassett was released by Yeovil having only made two appearances for the club.[12]

On 9 August 2017, Bassett signed for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Coalville Town on a one-year contract.[13]

Following his release from Coalville, Bassett secured a contract with New Zealand Football Championship side Waitakere United.[14]

International career

In August 2016, Bassett was called up to the Northern Ireland under-19 side for a training camp.[15] Bassett did enough to impress the Northern Ireland coaching staff to receive a call-up for their 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification matches in October 2016.[16][17] On 6 October 2016, Bassett made his debut for Northern Ireland under-19s against Slovakia in a 1–0 defeat.[18]

Career statistics
As of match played 16 April 2018.[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Yeovil Town 2015–16[20] League Two 2000000020
2016–17[21] League Two 0000000000
Dorchester Town (loan) 2016–17 SL Premier Division 18300—3[lower-alpha 1]1214
Coalville Town 2017–18 NPL Premier Division 13010—3[lower-alpha 2]0170
Gresley (loan) 2017–18 NPL Division One South 154——1[lower-alpha 3]0164
Career totals 477100071558
  1. Two appearances and one goal in FA Trophy, one appearance in Dorset Senior Cup
  2. One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance in Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, one appearance in Leicestershire and Rutland Senior Cup
  3. Appearance in Derbyshire Senior Cup
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References
  1. "Retained List 2016-17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  2. "FootballSquads – Yeovil Town – 2015/16". FootballSquads. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  3. "The Ashbeian – Issue 24 – Spring term 2013" (PDF). Ashby School. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  4. "A Packington teenager has signed for Premiership football club Southampton". Ashby Monitor. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  5. "Crawley Town 0–1 Yeovil Town". BBC Sport. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  6. "Ollie Bassett: Yeovil Town teenager breaks record". BBC Sport. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  7. "Ollie Bassett signs first professional contract". Yeovil Town F.C. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  8. "Academy Graduate Bassett heads out on loan". Yeovil Town F.C. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  9. "Robins grounded by Nathan Walker's treble". Dorchester Town F.C. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  10. "Bassett re-joins Dorchester Town on loan". ytfc.net. Yeovil Town F.C. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  11. "Oliver Bassett Re-joins Dorchester Town on loan from Yeovil Town". Dorchester Town F.C. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  12. "Tom Eaves: Yeovil Town forward among six released by League Two club". BBC Sport. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  13. "Local Lad Bassett Signs Coalville Deal". Coalville Town F.C. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  14. "Big names in ISPS Handa Premiership squads". Newsie. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  15. "Bassett Given International Training Camp Call-Up". Ciderspace (an independent Yeovil Town FC website). 16 August 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  16. "Bassett called up for Northern Ireland under-19 qualifiers". ytfc.net. Yeovil Town F.C. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  17. "Men U19s begin Euro qualifiers on Thursday". irishfa.com. Irish Football Association. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  18. "Under-19 2017 – Northern Ireland–Slovakia". uefa.com. UEFA. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  19. "Ollie Bassett". Soccerbase. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  20. "Games played by Ollie Bassett in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  21. "Games played by Ollie Bassett in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
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