Norman Bassette

Norman Jaquy Bassette is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for German club 1. FC Kaiserslautern on loan from club Coventry City and the Belgium national team.

Club career

Norman Bassette rose through the ranks of Virton of the Belgian second division. When financial troubles struck Virton, Bassette joined the French Ligue 2 side of Caen in the summer of 2020. He started playing with the under-17, during a [2020–21 Stade Malherbe Stade Malherbe Caen|Caen season|season] where very few youth games were played because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He signed a full-time three-year contract with the Norman club at the end of the season.
Having started the 2021–22 season playing with the National 2 reserve team, Bassette was soon called to the first team, in late August 2021. He made his professional debut for Caen on 11 September 2021, replacing Johann Lepenant in a 2–1 home Ligue 2 loss against Pau FC.
On 21 August 2024, Bassette joined Championship side Coventry City for an undisclosed fee, signing a four-year deal.
On 1 September 2025, Bassette joined Ligue 2 club Reims on loan for the 2025–26 season. On 6 January 2026, Bassette moved on a new loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the German second tier.

Bassette received his first call to the Belgium under-18 team on 23 August 2021, playing the two games against Norway and Sweden as a starter in early September.
Bassette made his debut for the Belgium national team on 17 November 2024 in a Nations League game against Israel at the Bozsik Aréna in Hungary. He substituted Arne Engels in added time, as Israel won 1–0.

Bassette mainly plays as a centre-forward and was a very prolific goal-scorer for Caen's youth teams, where he was compared to his young teammate Andréas Hountondji.

Caen U18