Cédric Baseya (born 19 December 1987) is a former professional

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who played as a forward. Born in France, he made one appearance for the DR Congo U20 national team.

Club career

Baseya was born in Brétigny-sur-Orge,

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in the English

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. On 17 November 2007, he made his debut with

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after signing for them on loan for one month the previous day. He made his Southampton debut as a last-minute substitute against

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on 1 March 2008 but did not touch the ball in the short time he was on the pitch. Baseya moved to

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on a Bosman on 2 July 2008, and was loaned out on 10 August 2009 to

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. On 21 September 2011, Baseya signed a 12-month contract with

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. On 24 November 2011, he was loaned out on a short-term deal to

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side Barnet, making his debut on 25 November in a 2–1 home win against

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when he came on as a second-half substitute for Mark Marshall. At the end of the season, 2 May 2012, Baseya was released by

. In November 2013 Baseya joined Bulgarian

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side

PFC Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv 1929 ( bg, Локомотив 1929) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently plays in the First League, the top tier of Bulgarian football. Founded as Railway Sports Club in 1929, and refou ...

on a two-year contract. Baseya scored on his Lokomotiv debut, coming on as a 57th-minute substitute and scoring in the 69th minute, in a 2–1 defeat against Chernomorets Burgas. Baseya made his first start for Lokomotiv in their next game, a 2–0 away win over

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia ( bg, ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home groun ...

in which he scored the first goal, in the second leg of the second round of the

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. Baseya played for Monza in 2015.

International career

Although born in France, he qualifies to play for the

Democratic Republic of Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

via his parents. He was called up for their full international side but the game was cancelled and he has since represented them at Under 20 level in a 2–1 defeat by Argentina.

References

External links

Player profile on Southampton's website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baseya, Cedric 1987 births Living people People from Brétigny-sur-Orge French sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Citizens of the Democratic Republic of the Congo through descent French footballers Footballers from Essonne Association football forwards Democratic Republic of the Congo footballers Ligue 1 players English Football League players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Southampton F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Lille OSC players AS Cherbourg Football players Reading F.C. players Barnet F.C. players FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players A.C. Monza players French expatriate footballers Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in England Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in France Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy Black French sportspeople