Jonas Adjetey
{{Short description|Ghanaian footballer (born 2003)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jonas Adjetey
| image =
| full_name = Jonas Adjei Adjetey
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|12|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Accra, Ghana
| height = 1.88 m
| position = Centre-back
| currentclub = Basel
| clubnumber = 32
| youthyears1 = 2013–2019
| youthclubs1 = Teshie Football Academy
| youthyears2 = 2019–2020
| youthclubs2 = Great Olympics
| youthyears3 = 2020–2022
| youthclubs3 = Berekum Chelsea
| youthyears4 = 2022
| youthclubs4 = Basel
| years1 = 2022–
| clubs1 = Basel U21
| caps1 = 32
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2023–
| clubs2 = Basel
| caps2 = 43
| goals2 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2022
| nationalteam1 = Ghana U20
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2024–
| nationalteam2 = Ghana
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 15 June 2025
| nationalteam-update = 15 October 2024
}}
Jonas Adjei Adjetey (born 13 December 2003) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Swiss Super League side FC Basel and the Ghana national team. He plays mainly in the position of centre-back, but can also play as full-back on either side.
Club career
Born in Accra, Ghana, Adjetey played his youth football with the local clubs in that area. In 2020 he moved from the youth department of Great Olympics to the youth of Berekum Chelsea.
At the end of June 2022 FC Basel started their new training week with the Ghanaian guest Adjetey, following which he was offered a contract and thereafter joined the U-21 team, who played in the Promotion League, the third tier of Swiss football.{{cite web | first = Tilman | last = Pauls | author-link = | date = 20 June 2022 | url = https://www.4-4-2.com/super-league/fc-basel/fc-basel-test-ghanaischer-innenverteidiger-jonas-adjei-adjetey/ | title = Der FC Basel testet den ghanaischen Innenverteidiger Jonas Adjei Adjetey | format = | work = | trans-title = FC Basel is testing Ghanaian central defender Jonas Adjei Adjetey | publisher = 4-4-2.com | language = de-ch | access-date = 16 November 2023}} That Autumn he played 16 of the U-21's 19 matches, then, during the winter break, he was brought up to Basel's first team for the second half of their 2022–23 FC Basel season. However, apart from test matches, he never had any competition appearances with the first team during this time.
Then at the beginning of their 2023–24 season Adjetey played his Swiss Cup debut for his new team in the away game on 20 August. Adjetey (19) played centre-back over the full 90 minutes, in a chain of three defenders, with the likewise young Nasser Djiga (20) and Finn van Breemen (20) on his sides. Both Djinga and van Breemen each scored a goal during the first half, as Basel went on to win 8–1 against amateur club FC Saint-Blaise.{{cite web | first = | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" | author-link = | date = 20 August 2023| url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=31826 | title = FC Saint-Blaise - FC Basel 1:8 (1:5) | format = | work = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" | access-date = 16 November 2023}}{{cite web | first = Jakob | last = Weber | author-link = | date = 20 August 2023 | url = https://www.bzbasel.ch/sport/fc-basel/debutantenball-im-jura-ld.2501941 | title = Debütantenball im Jura und weitere Erkenntnisse nach dem 8:1 des FC Basel gegen 2. Ligist Saint-Blaise | format = | work = | trans-title = Debutant party in the Jura and further insights after FC Basel's 8-1 win against 6th division Saint-Blaise | publisher = bz – Zeitung für die Region Basel | language = de-ch | access-date = 16 November 2023}}
Following this Adjetey returned to the U-21 team, so that he could obtain more playing experience, and he played nine further matches with them. Then, after playing in two test games for the first team, he played his domestic league debut for the club in the home away game in the Swissporarena on 17 December as Basel won 1–0 against Luzern.{{cite web | first = | last = red. | author-link = | date = 17 December 2023 | url = https://sport.ch/fc-basel-1893/1212040/massive-personalprobleme-bescheren-fcb-youngster-sein-cssl-debuet | title = Massive Personalprobleme bescheren FCB-Youngster sein CSSL-Debüt | format = | work = | trans-title = Massive personnel problems mean FCB youngsters are making their CSSL debut | publisher = sport.ch | language = de-ch | access-date = 17 December 2023}}{{cite web | first = | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" | authorlink = | date = 17 December 2023 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=31844 | title = FC Luzern - FC Basel 0:1 (0:0) | format = | work = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" | accessdate = 17 December 2023}}
International career
Adjetey was called up to the Ghana U-20 team for the first time in May 2022, to represent them in the 2022 Maurice Revello Tournament.{{cite web | first = | last = Ghana Football Association | author-link = | date = 29 May 2022 | url = https://www.ghanafa.org/black-satellites-squad-for-2022-maurice-revello-tournament-in-france | title = Black Satellites squad for 2022 Maurice Revello tournament in France | format = | work = | trans-title = | publisher = Ghana Football Association | language = en | access-date = 16 November 2023}} He made his debut for them, and played the full 90 minutes, on 30 May 2022 against Mexico U-23.{{cite web | first = | last = red. | author-link = | date = 30 May 2022 | url = https://www.tournoimauricerevello.com/festival/detail_actualite.php?id=5011 | title = Le Mexique s'impose dans la douleur face au Ghana | format = | work = | trans-title = Mexico wins painfully against Ghana | publisher = tournoimauricerevello.com | language = fr | access-date = 16 November 2023}} In the tournement's second match against Indonesia U-20 he came on as substitute.
Adjetey made his Ghana national team debut on 15 October 2024 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sudan at the Benina Martyrs Stadium in Libya. He substituted Mohammed Salisu in the 73rd minute, as Sudan won 2–0.{{cite web|publisher=ESPN|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/commentary/_/gameId/722063|title=Sudan v Ghana game report|date=15 October 2024}}
In the World Cup qualifiers against Madagascar played in Morocco on 24th March 2025, Adjetey replaced injured Jerome Opoku in the 83rd which Ghana won 3-0.
Honours
References
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External links
- [https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/spieler?command=detail&id=10265 Profile at FC Basel Archiv]
- {{WorldFootball.net|jonas-adjetey}}
{{FC Basel squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Adjetey, Jonas}}
Category:Ghanaian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football central defenders
Category:Ghana men's youth international footballers
Category:Ghana men's international footballers
Category:Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
Category:Swiss Super League players
Category:Swiss Promotion League players