Christian Armel Bassila was born on 5 October 1977 and is a French former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder or centre-back.
10 Facts About Christian Bassila
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Christian Bassila is the director of INF Clairefontaine's youth sector.
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Christian Bassila was on the bench when Strasbourg won the 2005 Coupe de la Ligue Final.
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Christian Bassila signed a two-year contract with newly promoted Premier League side Sunderland in the last week of the 2005 summer transfer window.
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Christian Bassila later transferred to Energie Cottbus and French Ligue 2 club Guingamp.
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Whilst at Guingamp, then in Ligue 2, Christian Bassila captained his team in the 2009 Coupe de France Final in which they beat Rennes.
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In 2006, Christian Bassila was called up to represent the Congo national football team by coach Noel Tosi.
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Since Christian Bassila had represented France at under-21 level FIFA ruled against this as he should have applied for the change in his national status before 31 December 2005.
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In 2009, after a change in the FIFA rules concerning an age of limit to switch the national allegiance, Christian Bassila was called again to the national squad together with Lucien Aubey, Albin Ebondo and Matt Moussilou, all newly eligible for the Congo national team.
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In 2015, Christian Bassila was hired as responsible for the development of the U12, U13 and U14 teams of Olympique Lyonnais, where he functioned as a coach for several of the teams.