Festus Baise

Festus Baise (Chinese: 法圖斯; born 11 April 1980) is a former Nigerian-born Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a centre back.

Festus Baise
法圖斯
Festus with Citizen in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-04-11) 11 April 1980
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Mutual
2005 South China 6 (1)
2005–2014 Citizen 151 (24)
2014–2015 Pegasus 16 (4)
2015–2016 Eastern 5 (1)
2016–2019 Guizhou Hengfeng 87 (10)
International career
2015–2019 Hong Kong 28 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2021
Festus Baise
Traditional Chinese法圖斯
Simplified Chinese法图斯

Club career

Early career

Festus Baise was born in Lagos, Nigeria and was advised to go to Hong Kong and have tryouts with top tier clubs Happy Valley and Sun Hei. He would receive an offer from second tier club Mutual where he started his football career in the 2004–05 league season.[1] Baise would join top tier club South China half way through the season and played in six games, scoring one goal.[2]

Citizen

On 16 December 2011, Baise scored an own goal, described as a reverse scorpion kick, past his goalkeeper Tse Tak Him in a 3–2 win over Sun Hei in the league match. It was selected as the 5th best own goal of all time by the Daily Telegraph's Steve Wilson.[3]

On 21 March 2012, Baise struck a last-minute winner as Citizen edged out Myanmar's Yangon United 2–1 at Mongkok Stadium to record a first win of the 2012 AFC Cup campaign in Group G.[4]

Guizhou Hengfeng

On 13 December 2015, Chinese club Guizhou Hengfeng signed Baise from Eastern, citing his performances against China in two matches during 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.[5] He arrived at the club on 1 January 2016.

On 1 March 2018, Guizhou announced that Baise had signed a new contract through the end of 2019.[6] He left the club after his contract expired.

International career

Baise was born in Nigeria, and is of Ghanaian descent.[7] In December 2012, Baise confirmed that he had applied to the Hong Kong Immigration Department for naturalisation as a Chinese citizen.[8] He was granted the Hong Kong SAR Passport on 7 March 2015 and Baise made his international debut for Hong Kong against Guam on 28 March 2015.

Career statistics

Club
As of 31 December 2019.[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mutual2004–05Hong Kong Second Division League----
South China2004–05Hong Kong First Division League610000-0[lower-alpha 1]061
Citizen2005–061940000-0[lower-alpha 1]0194
2006–071740000-0[lower-alpha 1]0174
2007–082410000-0[lower-alpha 1]0241
2008–092120000-0[lower-alpha 1]0212
2009–10500000-0[lower-alpha 1]050
2010–111520000-0[lower-alpha 1]0152
2011–121641022610[lower-alpha 1]0257
2012–131851000-7[lower-alpha 1]2267
2013–141622000-0[lower-alpha 1]0182
Total 151244022617217029
Pegasus2014–15Hong Kong Premier League1640031-2[lower-alpha 2]1216
Eastern2015–16510010-1[lower-alpha 1]071
Guizhou Hengfeng2016China League One28600---286
2017Chinese Super League23300---233
201814000---140
2019China League One22100---221
Total 8710000000008710
Career total 2654040636110329147
  1. Appearances in Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield
  2. One appearance in Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield, One appearance and one goal in AFC Cup Play-off

International
As of 11 June 2019.
National teamYearAppsGoals
Hong Kong 2015100
201660
201750
201862
201910
Total282

International goals
Scores and results list Hong Kong's goal tally first.[2]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.16 October 2018Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang, Indonesia Indonesia1–11–1Friendly
2.16 November 2018Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan Mongolia4–15–12019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship qualification

Personal life

Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Baise is of Ghanaian descent.[10] In December 2012, Baise confirmed that he had applied to the Hong Kong Immigration Department for naturalisation as a Chinese citizen.[11] He was granted a Hong Kong SAR passport on 7 March 2015. His brother, Henry Baise Okwara (or 亨利, born Apr 16, 1992), is also a footballer. He is a Ghanaian citizen who came to Hong Kong with him and was granted a Hong Kong SAR passport. On 1 January 2012, he transferred from Wing Yee to Citizen in the Hong Kong First Division, and has been at the club ever since. He is a right-footed centre-back who can also play as a defensive midfielder, and he is 1.78 metres (5.8 ft) tall.

Honours

Club
Citizen
Eastern

References
  1. "Festus Baise". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  2. "Festus Baise". nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  3. Top 10 own goals of all time By Steve Wilson. Daily Telegraph. 20 December 2011.
  4. Citizen 2–1 Yangon United The-AFC.com. 21 March 2012.
  5. Man, Sum Tak. "東方大勝元朗歡送楊正光 法圖斯加盟中甲貴州". Sports Road. Retrieved 13 December 2015. (in Chinese)
  6. Mak, King Zi. "法圖斯續約貴州恆豐至2019年底". Sports Road. Retrieved 1 March 2018. (in Chinese)
  7. "域陀摩西斯無礙捧尼日利亞封王". Hong Kong Jockey Club. 2013. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  8. "申請入籍". Apple Daily. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  9. "法图斯". sodasoccer (in Chinese).
  10. "域陀摩西斯無礙捧尼日利亞封王". Hong Kong Jockey Club. 2013. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  11. "申請入籍". Apple Daily. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
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