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 full-back on either side.
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)
Team information
Current team
Number
32
Youth career
0000–2020
2020–2022
2022
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2022–
32
(0)
2023–
11
(0)
International career
2022–
2
(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024
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]
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.