Chikosi Basden

{{short description|Bermudian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Chikosi Basden

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| full_name = Chikosi Basden{{cite web |url=http://cloudfront.bernews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019_Concacaf_Gold_Cup_Preliminary_Lists_May_20.pdf |title=40-Player National Team Roster: 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup: Bermuda |publisher=CONCACAF |format=PDF |page=1 |accessdate=20 May 2019 |via=Bernews}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|2|1}}

| birth_place = Bermuda

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| position = Right-back

| currentclub = Redbridge

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| youthyears1 = 2011–2012 | youthclubs1 = Stoke City

| youthyears2 = 2012–2016 | youthclubs2 = Enfield Town

| years1 = 2016–2017 | clubs1 = Chesterfield | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 2018 | clubs2 = Hertford Town | caps2 = 4| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2018 | clubs3 = Cockfosters | caps3 = 1| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2018–2019 | clubs4 = Hatfield Town | caps4 = 7| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2019– | clubs5 = London Colney | caps5 = 8| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2020– | clubs6 = Redbridge

| nationalyears1 = 2012 | nationalteam1 = Bermuda U20 | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2019– | nationalteam2 = Bermuda | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals2 = 0

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| club-update = 10:52, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

| ntupdate = 21 June 2019

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Chikosi Basden (born 1 February 1995), sometimes known as Kosi Basden, is a Bermudian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Redbridge and the Bermuda national football team

Club career

Basden moved to England from Bermuda at the age of 15, an began playing football in the academy of Stoke City. He had brief spells in the lower divisions of England with Enfield Town and Chesterfield.{{cite web|url=http://www.royalgazette.com/soccer/article/20170113/forgotten-man-basden-waiting-for-call-up|title='Forgotten man' Basden waiting for call-up - The Royal Gazette:Bermuda Soccer|first=Stephen|last=Wright|website=The Royal Gazette}} After playing for Hertford Town and Cockfosters,{{Cite web |url=http://www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk/players/chikosi-basden |title=Chikosi Basden Profile - Aylesbury United FC |publisher=Aylesbury United F.C. |access-date=29 March 2020}} Basden signed for Hatfield Town in November 2018.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hatfieldtownfootballclub.com/news/beck-adds-7-players-to-town-squad-2372185.html |title=BECK ADDS 7 PLAYERS TO TOWN SQUAD |last=Maloney |first=Chris |date=28 November 2018 |publisher=Hatfield Town F.C. |access-date=29 March 2020}} He played for London Colney during the 2019–20 season.{{Cite web |url=http://fulltime-league.thefa.com/DisplayStatsForPlayer.do?id=404759602 |title=Kosi Basden - Spartan South Midlands Football League |website=fulltime-league.thefa.com |access-date=29 March 2020}}

International career

Basden made his senior debut with the Bermuda national football team in a 2–2 friendly tie with Cuba on 22 February 2019.{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/22460/Cuba_Bermuda.html|title=Cuba vs. Bermuda (2:2)|first=Benjamin|last=Strack-Zimmermann|website=www.national-football-teams.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.royalgazette.com/soccer/article/20190220/fresh-faces-given-chance-against-cuba|title=Fresh faces given chance against Cuba - The Royal Gazette:Bermuda Soccer|first=Lawrence|last=Trott|website=The Royal Gazette}}

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