Jonas Adjetey
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jonas Adjei Adjetey | ||
| Date of birth | 13 December 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2019 | Teshie Football Academy | ||
| 2019–2020 | Great Olympics | ||
| 2020–2022 | Berekum Chelsea | ||
| 2022 | Basel | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | Basel U21 | 32 | (0) |
| 2023–2026 | Basel | 58 | (0) |
| 2026– | VfL Wolfsburg | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Ghana U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2024– | Ghana | 7 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2025 | |||
Jonas Adjei Adjetey (born 13 December 2003) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for German Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg and the Ghana national team. He plays mainly in the position of centre-back, but can also play as full-back on either side.
Club career
FC Basel
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 2023 as Basel won 1–0 against Luzern.[4][5]
Adjetey extended his contract with FC Basel until 2028 on 29 August 2024.[6]
VfL Wolfsburg
On 2 February 2026, Adjetey signed for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg on a contract until summer 2030, for a undisclosed fee reported to be around €10,000,000.[7]
International career
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.[8] He made his debut for them, and played the full 90 minutes, on 30 May 2022 against Mexico U-23.[9] In the tournament's second match against Indonesia U-20 he came on as substitute.
Adjetey made his Ghana national team debut on 15 October 2024 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sudan at the Benina Martyrs Stadium in Libya. He substituted Mohammed Salisu in the 73rd minute, as Sudan won 2–0.[10]
In the World Cup qualifiers against Madagascar played in Morocco on 24 March 2025, Adjetey replaced injured Jerome Opoku in the 83rd which Ghana won 3-0.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 7 March 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Berekeum Chelsea | 2021–22 | Ghana Premier League | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Basel U21 | 2022–23 | Swiss Promotion League | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Swiss Promotion League | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 0 | — | — | — | 32 | 0 | |||||
| Basel | 2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Swiss Super League | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 0 | |||
| 2025–26 | Swiss Super League | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7[a] | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | ||
| Total | 58 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 0 | ||
| Wolfsburg | 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 95 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 0 | ||
- ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of match played 18 November 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | |
Honours
Basel
References
- ^ Pauls, Tilman (20 June 2022). "Der FC Basel testet den ghanaischen Innenverteidiger Jonas Adjei Adjetey" [FC Basel is testing Ghanaian central defender Jonas Adjei Adjetey] (in Swiss High German). 4-4-2.com. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (20 August 2023). "FC Saint-Blaise - FC Basel 1:8 (1:5)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ Weber, Jakob (20 August 2023). "Debütantenball im Jura und weitere Erkenntnisse nach dem 8:1 des FC Basel gegen 2. Ligist Saint-Blaise" [Debutant party in the Jura and further insights after FC Basel's 8-1 win against 6th division Saint-Blaise] (in Swiss High German). bz – Zeitung für die Region Basel. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ red. (17 December 2023). "Massive Personalprobleme bescheren FCB-Youngster sein CSSL-Debüt" [Massive personnel problems mean FCB youngsters are making their CSSL debut] (in Swiss High German). sport.ch. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (17 December 2023). "FC Luzern - FC Basel 0:1 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv".
- ^ "Der FCB verlängert mit Jonas Adjetey bis Sommer 2028" (in German). FC Basel. 28 August 2024.
- ^ "Wolfsburgs Angebot zu gut: Basel lässt Adjetey zum VfL ziehen". kicker (in German). 2 February 2026. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
- ^ Ghana Football Association (29 May 2022). "Black Satellites squad for 2022 Maurice Revello tournament in France". Ghana Football Association. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ red. (30 May 2022). "Le Mexique s'impose dans la douleur face au Ghana" [Mexico wins painfully against Ghana] (in French). tournoimauricerevello.com. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "Sudan v Ghana game report". ESPN. 15 October 2024.
- ^ "Thousands celebrate the championship title in Basel during the ESC". blue News.
External links
- Jonas Adjetey at Soccerway
- Jonas Adjetey at Swiss Super League
- Profile at FC Basel Archiv
- Jonas Adjetey at Basel