Alex Bass

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Alex Bass
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Personal information
Full name Alexander Michael Bass[1]
Date of birth (1998-04-01) 1 April 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth Eastleigh, England[2]
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Bradford City
(on loan from Portsmouth)
Number 12
Youth career
0000–2016 Portsmouth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Portsmouth 18 (0)
2016–2017 → Salisbury (loan) 37 (0)
2018 → Torquay United (loan) 8 (0)
2021 → Southend United (loan) 1 (0)
2022– → Bradford City (loan) 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:04, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

Alexander Michael Bass (born 1 April 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bradford City, on loan from Portsmouth.

Club career[]

Born in Eastleigh, Bass progressed through Portsmouth's youth categories. He first appeared on the first team bench on 7 March 2015 at the age of 16, he went onto feature on the Portsmouth bench a further 36 times before making his debut in a 3–2 defeat at Coventry City in the EFL Cup on the 9 August 2016.[4]

On 16 August 2016, Bass was loaned to Southern League South & West side Salisbury in an initial one-month deal, before returning to Portsmouth at the end of the season.

On 5 May 2018, Bass made his first league start for Pompey, keeping a clean sheet in the 2–0 home win in their final League One game of the season against Peterborough.[5] Four days later, the club took up the option of extension on his contract and renewed it for a further year.[6][7]

On 9 July 2018, Bass signed a new three-year contract at Portsmouth and moved on loan to National League South side Torquay United for their 2018–19 title winning season.[8]

He moved on loan to Bradford City in January 2022.[9]

Honours[]

Club[]

Portsmouth

Career statistics[]

As of match played 5 February 2022.[11]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Portsmouth 2016–17 League Two 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2017–18 League One 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
2018–19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2019–20 15 0 3 0 0 0 7 0 25 0
2020–21 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 5 0
2021–22 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 7 0
Total 18 0 4 0 3 0 16 0 41 0
Salisbury (loan) 2016–17 SFL - Division One S&W 37 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 46 0
Torquay United (loan) 2018–19 National League South 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Southend United (loan) 2020–21 League Two 1 0 — — — 1 0
Bradford City (loan) 2021–22 League Two 4 0 — — — 4 0
Career total 68 0 4 0 3 0 25 0 100 0

References[]

  1. ^ "Club list of registered players" (PDF). The Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Trio offered professional contracts". Portsmouth FC. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016. Right-back Davies and midfielder Oxlade-Chamberlain (below) hail from Portsmouth, while goalkeeper Bass is from Eastleigh.
  3. ^ "Alex Bass-Player Profile". Eurosport. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Coventry City 3 Portsmouth 2". Portsmouth FC. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Pompey 2 Peterborough 0". Portsmouth FC. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Four Players Set To Leave Pompey". Portsmouth FC. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Kai Naismith exits Portsmouth, who release trio of Jez Bedford, Nicke Kabamba and Theo Widdrington". BBC Sport. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  8. ^ "New Deal And Loan Move For Bass". Portsmouth FC. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Bradford sign Pompey goalkeeper Bass" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. ^ Williams, Adam (31 March 2019). "Portsmouth 2–2 Sunderland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  11. ^ Alex Bass at Soccerway
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