Personal information | |||
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Full name | Norman Jaquy Bassette Van Acker | ||
Date of birth | 9 November 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Arlon, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Mechelen (on loan from Caen) | ||
Number | 70 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2021 | Virton | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Caen | 14 | (1) |
2021– | Caen B | 26 | (10) |
2023– | → Mechelen | 15 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2021–2022 | Belgium U18 | 11 | (3) |
2022– | Belgium U19 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 January 2023 |
Norman Jaquy Bassette (born 9 November 2004) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian Pro League club Mechelen, on loan from Ligue 2 club Caen.[1]
Norman Bassette rose through the ranks of Royal Excelsior Virton of the Belgian second division. When financial troubles (not even being awarded a professional license for the 2020–21 season) struck Virton, Bassette joined the French Ligue 2 side of Stade Malherbe Caen in the summer of 2020. He started playing with the under-17, during a season where very few youth games were played because of the covid pandemic. He signed a full-time 3-years contract with the Norman club at the end of the season.[2][3]
Having started the 2021–22 season playing with the National 2 reserve team,[4] Bassette was soon called to the first team, in late August 2021.[3] He made his professional debut for Caen on the 11 September 2021, replacing Johann Lepenant in a 2-1 home Ligue 2 loss against Pau FC.[5][6]
Bassette received his first call to the Belgium under-18 team on the 23 August 2021,[7] playing the two games against Norway and Sweden as a starter in early September.[8]
Norman Bassette mainly plays as a centre-forward, soon proving to be a very prolific goalscorer in Caen's youth teams, where he was compared to his young teammate Andréas Hountondji.[3]
Caen U18