Arlet Junior Zé (born 22 March 2006) is a Swiss-Cameroonian professional

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who plays for

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. He plays mainly in the position as left winger, but also as

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. He has been Swiss youth international at various levels.

Career

Junior Zé played his youth football with

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and during the winter break of 2020–21 season he moved to youth department of

. He was a member of the FCB U-18 team that celebrated winning the Swiss championship at the end of June 2023. On 21 July the club announced that he would join Basel's first team for their 2023–24 FC Basel season under head coach

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. After appearing in three test games Junior Zé played his

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debut for the club in the home game in the

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on 30 July, as he was substituted in during the match that Basel won 5–2 against

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. He scored his first goal for his new team in the

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away game on 20 August. It was the last goal of the game as Basel won 8–1 against amateur club FC Saint-Blaise. At the same time Junior Zé remained part of the U-19 team that was playing in the UEFA Youth League. On 25 October during the

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match between Basel and

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he scored the goal to the final score in the 2–0 win. In the Swiss Super League match against St. Gallen on 26 November Junior Zé suffered a broken toe and had to undergo an operation. He was not able to play football again until the New Year.

References

Sources

Arlet Junior Zé at FCB.ch

External links

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Arlet Junior Zé at Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Junior Zé, Arlet Living people 2006 births Swiss men's footballers Footballers from Zürich Men's association football wingers Men's association football midfielders Switzerland men's youth international footballers Swiss Super League players FC Basel players