Bassey Akpan is a Nigerian football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 player currently with Hoàng Anh Gia Lai in Vietnam

Vietnam

Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

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Career

Akpan wears size 7½ or small 8 boot and loves jersey number 18. He has a Nigerian FA Cup

Nigerian FA Cup

The Nigerian FA Cup is the main football single-elimination tournament in Nigeria. It was created in 1945 as the "Governor's Cup", succeeding the War Memorial Challenge Cup that had been limited to teams from Lagos.- Winners :War Memorial Challenge Cup*1942 : ZAC Bombers 1-0 Services*1943 : Lagos...

 bronze medal with the Sunshine Stars F.C.

Sunshine Stars F.C.

Sunshine Stars F.C. is a Nigerian football club based in Akure. They play in the top division in Nigerian football, the Nigerian Premier League...

 of Akure in 2002. On 3 August 2008 left Bayelsa United F.C. and move on loan to Heartland F.C.

Heartland F.C.

Heartland F.C is a Nigerian soccer club based in Owerri. They play their home games at Dan Anyiam Stadium. With local rivals Enugu Rangers, they are one of two Nigerian teams that have never been relegated....

, returning in September to Bayelsa.
He rejoined Heartland ahead of the 2010-11 season after Bayelsa was relegated. He signed for Hoang Anh Gia Lai Club in Vietnam on a one year contract in October 2011.

International career

In 2001, he was in the Nigerian U-17

Nigeria national under-17 football team

-History:The team won the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 1985 , 1993 and 2007. They also won the African Under-17 Championship in 2001 and 2007, and were runners-up in 1995....

 squad at the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship

2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship

The FIFA U-17 World Championship 2001 was held in the cities of Port of Spain, Malabar, Marabella, Couva, and Bacolet in Trinidad and Tobago between 13 September and 30 September 2001. Players born after 1 January 1984 could participate in this tournament...

that took place in Trinidad & Tobago which lost in the final game to earn a well-deserved silver medal, earning Akpan the best goalkeeper award of the tournament.

He made his full senior debut on March 3, 2010 as a late substitute in the 5-2 win over Congo DR. He was also Nigeria's number one goalkeeper in the 2010 WAFU Cup and won the Gold Medal