Fortune Bassey

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Fortune Bassey

| full_name = Fortune Akpan Bassey

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|10|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Benin City, Nigeria

| height = 1.86 m

| currentclub = Ferencváros

| clubnumber = 14

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Eagle's Wing

| youthyears2 = 2018 | youthclubs2 = Bohemians 1905

| years1 = 2018–2019 | clubs1 = Olympia Radotín | caps1 = 33 | goals1 = 24

| years2 = 2019–2020 | clubs2 = Ústí nad Labem | caps2 = 28 | goals2 = 5

| years3 = 2020–2022 | clubs3 = České Budějovice | caps3 = 25 | goals3 = 9

| years4 = 2021 | clubs4 = → Vlašim (loan) | caps4 = 14 | goals4 = 4

| years5 = 2022– | clubs5 = Ferencváros | caps5 = 15 | goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2022 | clubs6 = → Viktoria Plzeň (loan) | caps6 = 12 | goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2023 | clubs7 = → Degerfors (loan) | caps7 = 11 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2023–2024 | clubs8 = → Hapoel Petah Tikva (loan) | caps8 = 31 | goals8 = 5

| years9 = 2024–2025 | clubs9 = → DAC 1904 (loan) | caps9 = 9 | goals9 = 3

| club-update = 16 June 2025

}}

Fortune Akpan Bassey (born 6 October 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Hungarian club Ferencváros.

Club career

Bassey is a youth product of the Nigerian academy Eagle's Wing and the Czech club Bohemians 1905. He began his senior career in the Czech Republic in the third division with Olympia Radotín, scoring 24 goals in 33 games. He then had a stint with Czech National Football League side Ústí nad Labem in 2019-20, before moving to the first division with České Budějovice.

On 17 January 2022, Bassey moved to the Hungarian side Ferencváros in a record sale from České Budějovice.{{Cite web|url=https://www.idnes.cz/fotbal/prvni-liga/ceske-budejovice-fortune-bassey-prestup-ferencvaros.A220119_112044_fotbal_par|title=Bassey už není k smíchu. Exbudějovický fotbalista jde za snem|date=19 January 2022|website=iDNES.cz|language=cs}} He finished his debut season in Hungary with 5 goals in 23 matches in all competitions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/ftc-a-qarabag-bl-ellenfelehez-tavozott-kolcsonbe-a-tamado-hivatalos-2907977|title=FTC: a Qarabag BL-ellenfeléhez távozott kölcsönbe a támadó – hivata|first=D.|last=Á|date=12 August 2022|website=NSO.hu}} In his debut season with Ferencváros he won the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and Magyar Kupa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nemzetisport.hu/labdarugo_nb_i/nb-i-ferencvaros-ujpest-rangado-2888583|title=NB I: Ferencváros–Újpest rangadó - NSO|first=BORBOLA BENCE (összefoglaló), BACSKAI JÁNOS (percről|last=percre)|date=24 April 2022|website=NSO.hu}} He returned to the Czech Republic on a loan with Viktoria Plzeň on 12 April 2022. After half year Bassey returned to Ferencváros.{{Cite web|last=Neumann|first=Robert|url=https://www.sport.cz/clanek/fotbal-ceska-1-liga-plzen-opousti-utocnik-bassey-se-vraci-do-ferencvarose-3977586|title=Plzeň opouští útočník. Bassey se vrací do Ferencvárose|date=14 February 2023|website=sport.cz|language=cs}}

On 4 March 2023, Bassey moved on a new loan to Degerfors in Sweden until the end of 2023.{{cite web|publisher=Degerfors|url=https://www.degerforsif.se/fortune-bassey-klar-for-degerfors/|title=Fortune Bassey klar för Degerfors|trans-title=Fortune Bassey ready for Degerfors|date=4 March 2023|access-date=13 March 2023|language=sv}}

On 7 September 2024, Bassey was loaned by DAC 1904 in Slovakia.{{cite web|publisher=DAC 1904|url=https://www.dac1904.sk/sk/clanek.asp?id=DAC-ziskal-na-hostovanie-utocnika-z-Ferencvarosu-10441|title=DAC získal na hosťovanie útočníka z Ferencvárosu|trans-title=DAC acquired a striker from Ferencváros on loan|date=7 September 2024|access-date=6 October 2024|language=sk}}