Jonas Adjetey

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Jonas Adjetey
Personal information
Full name Jonas Adjei Adjetey
Date of birth (2003-12-13) 13 December 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender, Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Basel
Number 32
Youth career
0000–2020 Great Olympics
2020–2022 Berekum Chelsea
2022 Basel
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– Basel U-21 32 (0)
2023– Basel 11 (0)
International career
2022– Ghana U-20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024

Jonas Adjei Adjetey (born 13 December 2003) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Swiss Super League side FC Basel. He plays mainly in the position of centre-back, but can also play as defender on either side.

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Football 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. [1] 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. [2] [3]

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. [4] [5]

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. [6] He made his debut for them, and played the full 90 minutes, on 30 May 2022 against Mexico U-23. [7] In the tournement's second match against Indonesia U-20 he came on as substitute.

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References

  1. ↑ Pauls, Tilman (20 June 2022). "Der FC Basel testet den ghanaischen Innenverteidiger Jonas Adjei Adjetey" [FC Basel is testing Ghanaian central defender Jonas Adjei Adjetey] (in Swiss High German). 4-4-2.com. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  2. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (20 August 2023). "FC Saint-Blaise - FC Basel 1:8 (1:5)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  3. ↑ Weber, Jakob (20 August 2023). "Debütantenball im Jura und weitere Erkenntnisse nach dem 8:1 des FC Basel gegen 2. Ligist Saint-Blaise" [Debutant party in the Jura and further insights after FC Basel's 8-1 win against 6th division Saint-Blaise] (in Swiss High German). bz – Zeitung für die Region Basel. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  4. ↑ red. (17 December 2023). "Massive Personalprobleme bescheren FCB-Youngster sein CSSL-Debüt" [Massive personnel problems mean FCB youngsters are making their CSSL debut] (in Swiss High German). sport.ch. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  5. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (17 December 2023). "FC Luzern - FC Basel 0:1 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  6. ↑ Ghana Football Association (29 May 2022). "Black Satellites squad for 2022 Maurice Revello tournament in France". Ghana Football Association. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  7. ↑ red. (30 May 2022). "Le Mexique s'impose dans la douleur face au Ghana" [Mexico wins painfully against Ghana] (in French). tournoimauricerevello.com. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
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