#3Defender - Centre-Back

Calvin Bassey

Calvin Bassey Ughelumba

NigeriaAge26Centre-Back

Market Value€28.00m

Fulham FC· Premier League

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28g

90min blocks

Position

Defender - Centre-Back

Main Position

Centre-Back

Date of Birth

1999-12-31(26)

Height

1,85

Preferred Foot

left

Place of Birth

Aosta

Citizenship

Nigeria

Contract & Agent

Joined

2023-07-28

Contract Until

2027-06-30

Agent

Unique Sports Group ✓

Market Value

€28.00m

Last Updated

2026-06-03

Honours

Scottish championScottish cup winner

Career Achievements

Bassey won the Scottish Premiership and Scottish Cup with Rangers in the 2020-21 season. He also earned individual recognition for his performances in Scotland and has represented Nigeria at the international level.

Biography

Calvin Bassey is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Fulham FC in the Premier League. Born in Aosta, Italy, he began his youth career at Leicester City before moving to Rangers, where he won the Scottish Premiership and Scottish Cup. He later transferred to Ajax and then Fulham, establishing himself as a versatile defender.

Playing Style

Bassey is a strong and physical centre-back known for his aerial ability and tackling. He is comfortable playing out from the back and can also operate as a left-back, offering versatility in defense. However, he can occasionally be prone to lapses in concentration and needs to improve his consistency.

Market Value History

Season Stats (Premier League)

All seasons (58)

Season	Comp	Apps	G	A	YC	RC	Min
25/26	Premier League	30	1	1	5	0	2532
25/26	International Friendlies	1	0	0	0	0	45
25/26	FA Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
25/26	EFL Cup	2	0	0	0	0	116
24/25	Premier League	35	1	0	7	0	3074
24/25	International Friendlies	0	0	0	0	0	0
24/25	FA Cup	2	1	0	0	0	210
24/25	EFL Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
24/25	Africa Cup of Nations Qualification	4	0	0	1	0	333
23/24	World Cup Qualification Africa	12	1	0	0	0	1140
23/24	Premier League	29	1	0	4	0	2300
23/24	International Friendlies	3	0	0	0	0	122
23/24	FA Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
23/24	EFL Cup	3	0	0	0	0	263
22/23	Johan Cruijff Schaal	1	0	0	0	1	16
22/23	KNVB Beker	5	0	0	0	0	262
22/23	Eredivisie	25	1	3	0	0	1799
22/23	International Friendlies	2	0	0	1	0	180
22/23	UEFA Europa League	2	0	0	0	0	180
22/23	UEFA Champions League	6	0	2	1	0	540
21/22	Scottish FA Cup	3	0	0	2	0	330
21/22	Scottish Premiership Top Six Split	3	0	1	0	0	239
21/22	Scottish League Cup	3	0	2	1	0	190
21/22	Scottish Premiership	26	0	2	4	0	2340
21/22	International Friendlies	2	0	1	0	0	180
21/22	UEFA Europa League Qualifying	1	0	0	0	0	90
21/22	UEFA Europa League	14	0	1	1	0	1175
21/22	UEFA Champions League Qualifying	0	0	0	0	0	0
21/22	Africa Cup of Nations Qualification	5	0	0	0	0	342
2025	African Nations Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0
2025	Africa Cup of Nations	6	0	0	3	0	525
2024	Africa Cup of Nations	7	0	1	2	0	578
2022	Africa Cup of Nations	0	0	0	0	0	0
20/21	Scottish FA Cup	1	0	0	1	0	90
20/21	Scottish Premiership Top Six Split	1	0	0	0	0	11
20/21	Scottish League Cup	2	1	0	1	0	147
20/21	Scottish Premiership	7	0	0	0	0	383
20/21	UEFA Europa League Qualifying	1	0	0	0	0	16
20/21	UEFA Europa League	3	0	0	1	0	57
19/20	World Cup Qualification Africa	2	0	0	0	0	104
19/20	Premier League International Cup U21	2	0	0	0	0	180
19/20	EFL Trophy	6	0	1	0	0	540
19/20	Premier League 2	16	0	0	2	0	1278
19/20	UEFA Europa League	0	0	0	0	0	0
18/19	Premier League International Cup U21	3	0	1	0	0	254
18/19	EFL Trophy	3	0	1	0	0	192
18/19	Premier League 2	13	1	1	0	2	809
18/19	Premier League Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	Premier League International Cup U21	0	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	EFL Trophy	2	0	0	0	0	50
17/18	Premier League 2	0	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	U18 Premier League	18	1	0	2	0	1613
17/18	FA Youth Cup	1	0	0	0	0	120
16/17	Premier League International Cup U21	0	0	0	0	0	0
16/17	U18 Premier League	19	0	1	0	0	1652
16/17	FA Youth Cup	2	0	0	0	0	210
16/17	UEFA Youth League	4	1	0	0	0	288
16/17	U18 Premier League - National Final	7	0	0	1	0	630

National Team Matches (70)

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result	Competition	Min	G	A	YC
2026-06-03	Nigeria	✈	2:2	International Friendlies	45	0	0	0
2026-05-30	Nigeria	✈	0:3	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2026-05-26	Zimbabwe	🏠	2:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2026-03-31	Nigeria	✈	2:2	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2026-03-27	Nigeria	✈	1:2	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2026-01-17	Nigeria	✈	2:4	Africa Cup of Nations	-	0	0	0
2026-01-14	Nigeria	✈	4:2	Africa Cup of Nations	120	0	0	1
2026-01-10	Nigeria	✈	0:2	Africa Cup of Nations	90	0	0	0
2026-01-05	Nigeria	✈	0:4	Africa Cup of Nations	90	0	0	1
2025-12-30	Nigeria	✈	1:3	Africa Cup of Nations	45	0	0	1
2025-12-27	Nigeria	✈	2:3	Africa Cup of Nations	90	0	0	0
2025-12-23	Nigeria	✈	1:2	Africa Cup of Nations	90	0	0	0
2025-12-16	Nigeria	✈	2:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2025-11-16	Nigeria	✈	4:3	World Cup Qualification Africa	120	0	0	0
2025-11-13	Nigeria	✈	1:4	World Cup Qualification Africa	120	0	0	0
2025-10-14	Benin	🏠	4:0	World Cup Qualification Africa	90	0	0	0
2025-10-10	Nigeria	✈	1:2	World Cup Qualification Africa	90	0	0	0
2025-09-09	Nigeria	✈	1:1	World Cup Qualification Africa	90	1	0	0
2025-09-06	Rwanda	🏠	1:0	World Cup Qualification Africa	90	0	0	0
2025-08-19	Nigeria	✈	0:2	African Nations Championship	-	0	0	0
2025-08-12	Nigeria	✈	4:0	African Nations Championship	-	0	0	0
2025-08-05	Nigeria	✈	1:0	African Nations Championship	-	0	0	0
2025-06-06	Nigeria	✈	1:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2025-05-31	Nigeria	✈	6:7	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2025-05-28	Nigeria	✈	1:2	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2025-03-25	Zimbabwe	🏠	1:1	World Cup Qualification Africa	90	0	0	0
2025-03-21	Nigeria	✈	0:2	World Cup Qualification Africa	90	0	0	0
2024-11-18	Rwanda	🏠	1:2	Africa Cup of Nations Qualification	-	0	0	0
2024-11-14	Nigeria	✈	1:1	Africa Cup of Nations Qualification	90	0	0	0
2024-10-15	Nigeria	✈	0:3	Africa Cup of Nations Qualification	-	0	0	0
2024-10-11	Libya	🏠	1:0	Africa Cup of Nations Qualification	90	0	0	0
2024-09-10	Nigeria	✈	0:0	Africa Cup of Nations Qualification	90	0	0	0
2024-09-07	Benin	🏠	3:0	Africa Cup of Nations Qualification	63	0	0	1
2024-06-10	Nigeria	✈	2:1	World Cup Qualification Africa	90	0	0	0
2024-06-07	South Africa	🏠	1:1	World Cup Qualification Africa	90	0	0	0
2024-03-26	Nigeria	✈	2:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2024-03-22	Nigeria	✈	1:2	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2024-02-11	Nigeria	✈	2:1	Africa Cup of Nations	90	0	0	0
2024-02-07	Nigeria	✈	2:4	Africa Cup of Nations	120	0	0	0
2024-02-02	Nigeria	✈	0:1	Africa Cup of Nations	90	0	0	1
2024-01-27	Nigeria	✈	0:2	Africa Cup of Nations	90	0	1	0
2024-01-22	Nigeria	✈	0:1	Africa Cup of Nations	90	0	0	1
2024-01-18	Nigeria	✈	0:1	Africa Cup of Nations	90	0	0	0
2024-01-14	Nigeria	✈	1:1	Africa Cup of Nations	8	0	0	0
2024-01-08	Nigeria	✈	2:0	International Friendlies	17	0	0	0
2023-11-19	Nigeria	✈	1:1	World Cup Qualification Africa	90	0	0	0
2023-11-16	Lesotho	🏠	1:1	World Cup Qualification Africa	90	0	0	0
2023-10-16	Nigeria	✈	2:3	International Friendlies	15	0	0	0
2023-10-13	Nigeria	✈	2:2	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2023-09-10	São Tomé and Príncipe	🏠	6:0	Africa Cup of Nations Qualification	90	0	0	0
2023-06-18	Nigeria	✈	2:3	Africa Cup of Nations Qualification	1	0	0	0
2023-03-27	Nigeria	✈	0:1	Africa Cup of Nations Qualification	-	0	0	0
2023-03-24	Guinea-Bissau	🏠	0:1	Africa Cup of Nations Qualification	90	0	0	0
2022-11-17	Nigeria	✈	4:0	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2022-11-10	Nigeria	✈	2:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2022-09-27	Nigeria	✈	2:1	International Friendlies	90	0	0	1
2022-06-13	Nigeria	✈	0:10	Africa Cup of Nations Qualification	71	0	0	0
2022-06-09	Sierra Leone	🏠	2:1	Africa Cup of Nations Qualification	90	0	0	0
2022-06-03	Nigeria	✈	1:0	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2022-05-29	Nigeria	✈	2:1	International Friendlies	90	0	1	0
2022-03-29	Ghana	🏠	1:1	World Cup Qualification Africa	88	0	0	0
2022-03-25	Nigeria	✈	0:0	World Cup Qualification Africa	16	0	0	0
2022-01-23	Nigeria	✈	1:0	Africa Cup of Nations	-	0	0	0
2022-01-19	Nigeria	✈	0:2	Africa Cup of Nations	-	0	0	0
2022-01-15	Nigeria	✈	1:3	Africa Cup of Nations	-	0	0	0
2022-01-11	Nigeria	✈	0:1	Africa Cup of Nations	-	0	0	0
2021-11-16	Cape Verde	🏠	1:1	World Cup Qualification Africa	-	0	0	0
2021-11-13	Nigeria	✈	0:2	World Cup Qualification Africa	-	0	0	0
2021-10-10	Nigeria	✈	0:2	World Cup Qualification Africa	-	0	0	0
2021-10-07	Central African Republic	🏠	0:1	World Cup Qualification Africa	-	0	0	0