Ollie Bassett

Ollie Bassett
Bassett with Atlético Ottawa in 2024
Personal information
Full name Oliver Jacob Bassett[1]
Date of birth (1998-03-06) 6 March 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Packington, England[2]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Tampa Bay Rowdies
Number 8
Youth career
–2014 Aston Villa
2014–2015 Southampton
2015 Yeovil Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Yeovil Town 2 (0)
2016–2017 → Dorchester Town (loan) 18 (3)
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 5 (2)
2020 Nuneaton Borough 4 (1)
2021 Pacific FC 20 (2)
2022–2024 Atlético Ottawa 81 (22)
2025– Tampa Bay Rowdies 0 (0)
International career‡
2016 Northern Ireland U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:33, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Oliver Jacob Bassett (born 6 March 1998) is a professional football player who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the USL Championship.

Club career

Early 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]

Yeovil Town

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]

Coalville Town

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

Waitakere United

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

Pacific FC

Following a stint with Nuneaton Borough, Bassett signed with Canadian Premier League side Pacific FC on 29 April 2021.[15] In his season with the Tridents, Bassett contributed with 2 goals and 3 assists as Pacific won the league. After a strong start to the season, Bassett started to see his minutes decrease as the season progressed, and did not play a single minute in the playoffs. Despite interest from the club to trigger his club option for next season, Bassett preferred to move on and find an opportunity to play more regular minutes elsewhere.[16] In January 2022, Pacific confirmed that Bassett had left the club.[17]

Atlético Ottawa

In January 2022, Bassett switched to Canadian Premier League side Atlético Ottawa signing a two-year contract with an option for a third year.[18] On Jun 9, 2022, capping off a hot start to the season, Bassett was named the CPL's Player of the Month for the month of May 2022.[19] Bassett played a crucial role for Ottawa, and led to the team to finish as regular season champions, but they ultimately lost in the final to Forge FC. On October 28, 2022, he was awarded the CPL's Player of the Year and Player's Player of the Year awards.[20][21] In 2023, Bassett, along with Cavalry's Myer Bevan, led the league in scoring with 11 goals.[22] After the 2024 season, he announced his departure from the club.[23]

Tampa Bay Rowdies

On 27 November 2024, the Tampa Bay Rowdies announced that they had signed Bassett as their first new player ahead of the 2025 season.[24]

International career

In August 2016, Bassett was called up to the Northern Ireland under-19 side for a training camp.[25] 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.[26][27] On 6 October 2016, Bassett made his debut for Northern Ireland under-19s against Slovakia in a 1–0 defeat.[28]

Career statistics

As of match played 3 November 2024[29]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Playoffs National Cup[a] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Yeovil Town 2015–16 League Two 2 0 — 0 0 0 0 2 0
2016–17 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2 0 — 0 0 0 0 2 0
Dorchester Town (loan) 2016–17[30] Southern League Premier Division 18 3 — 0 0 3[b] 1 21 4
Coalville Town 2017–18 Northern Premier League Premier Division 13 0 — 1 0 3[c] 0 17 0
Gresley (loan) 2017–18 Northern Premier League Division One South 15 4 — — 1[d] 0 16 4
Waitakere United 2018–19 New Zealand Football Championship 18 4 — — — 18 4
Team Wellington 2019–20 10 6 — — — 10 6
St Albans Saints 2020[31] National Premier Leagues Victoria 5 2 — — — 5 2
Nuneaton Borough 2020–21[30] Southern League Premier Division Central 4 1 — 2 1 2[e] 0 8 2
Pacific FC 2021 Canadian Premier League 20 2 0 0 0 0 — 20 2
Atlético Ottawa 2022 Canadian Premier League 27 8 3 0 1 0 — 31 8
2023 27 11 — 2 1 — 29 12
2024 27 3 2 1 3 2 — 32 6
Total 81 22 5 1 6 3 — 92 26
Career total 186 44 5 1 9 4 9 1 209 50
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup and Canadian Championship
  2. ^ Two appearances and one goal in FA Trophy, one appearance in Dorset Senior Cup
  3. ^ One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance in Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, one appearance in Leicestershire and Rutland Senior Cup
  4. ^ Appearance in Derbyshire Senior Cup
  5. ^ Appearances in FA Trophy

Honours

Pacific FC

Atlético Ottawa

References

  1. ^ "Retained List 2016-17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "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. ^ Jack Longo (29 April 2021). "Pacific FC Sign Northern Irish Midfielder Ollie Bassett". Pacific FC. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Why I Decided To Leave CPL Champions Pacific For Atletico Ottawa". Footy 258. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  17. ^ "Thank you, Ollie Bassett, Isaac Boehmer, Robert Boskovic and Duran Lee!". Pacific FC. 13 January 2022.
  18. ^ "ATO Signing Day: Ollie Basset joins Atlético Ottawa". Atlético Ottawa. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  19. ^ "Atlético Ottawa's Ollie Bassett named CanPL Player of the Month for May". Canadian Premier League. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  20. ^ "Atlético Ottawa's Ollie Bassett named 2022 CPL Player of the Year". Canadian Premier League. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  21. ^ "Atlético Ottawa's Ollie Bassett named 2022 Players' Player of the Year". Canadian Premier League. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  22. ^ "Ten players who could win the Canadian Premier League's 2023 Player of the Year Award". Canadian Premier League. 7 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  23. ^ Jacques, John (13 November 2024). "'Time To Say Goodbye': CPL Stalwart Ollie Bassett To Leave Ottawa". Northern Tribune.
  24. ^ "Rowdies Add Midfielder Ollie Bassett for 2025". Rowdies. Tampa Bay Rowdies. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  25. ^ "Bassett Given International Training Camp Call-Up". Ciderspace (an independent Yeovil Town FC website). 16 August 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  26. ^ "Bassett called up for Northern Ireland under-19 qualifiers". ytfc.net. Yeovil Town F.C. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  27. ^ "Men U19s begin Euro qualifiers on Thursday". irishfa.com. Irish Football Association. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  28. ^ "Under-19 2017 – Northern Ireland–Slovakia". uefa.com. UEFA. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  29. ^ Ollie Bassett at Soccerway
  30. ^ a b "Ollie Bassett Profile". aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  31. ^ "Player statistics for Oliver Bassett". National Premier Leagues Victoria. SportsTG. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  32. ^ "Sights & Sounds: Forge FC 0-1 Pacific FC – 2021 CPL Final". CanPL.ca. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  33. ^ "Atlético Ottawa win 2022 CPL regular season title". CanPL.ca. 8 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  34. ^ "Ollie Bassett wins 2022 CCSG Golden Scarf". CCSG.com. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  35. ^ "Atlético Ottawa's Ollie Bassett named 2022 CPL Player of the Year". Canadian Premier League. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  36. ^ "Atlético Ottawa's Ollie Bassett named 2022 Players' Player of the Year". Canadian Premier League. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  37. ^ "Ollie Bassett & Myer Bevan win 2023 Canadian Premier League Golden Boot". Canadian Premier League. 7 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.