Michel Fernandes Bastos (born 2 August 1983) is a Brazilian retired professional

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who mainly played as a left winger. Bastos started his career at hometown club

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before moving to the Netherlands, where he played for

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and Excelsior. He then returned to Brazil, where he played for

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, Grêmio and

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. He moved to French club

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in 2006 before transferring to

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in 2009. After unsuccessful spells at Schalke 04,

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and

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, he moved back to Brazil to play for

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in 2014. He joined

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in 2017 and had a spell at Sport do Recife in 2018. He signed for América (MG) in 2019. Bastos has won 10 caps and scored 1 goal for the Brazil national team. He was a starter at the

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, playing as a left-back. Bastos was known to be a free kick specialist throughout his career.

Club career

Bastos was born in the Brazilian city of

and began his career playing for hometown club Esporte Clube Pelotas. In 2001, he moved to the Netherlands joining Dutch club

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playing for the

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, the club's reserve section. Following a loan stint at nearby Excelsior Rotterdam, he returned to Brazil joining

. Bastos later played for Grêmio and

(loan) before deciding to return to Europe.

Lille

Bastos joined French club

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in July 2006 and made his league debut in the club's opening match of the 2006–07 season against

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playing 65 minutes before taken off. Lille won the match 2–1. Bastos scored his first goal for the club against Lens in the annual Derby du Nord and finished the season with a total of three goals. Over the next two seasons, his goal tally quickly increased. He scored eight league goals during the 2007–08 season, including goals against Rennes,

, and

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to help Lille finish in a respectable seventh place. During this season, Bastos began alternating between the left-back and left winger position. For the 2008–09 season, he was installed in the left winger role permanently. He scored his first goal in just the second match of the season in a 1–3 loss to

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. Two weeks later, he scored in the club's 2–1 win over

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and, a week later, scored again, this time in a 1–1 draw with Sochaux, he also scored in a 2–2 draw against Lyon. From 11 November 2008 onwards, Bastos scored in five straight matches. He scored goals against

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, and

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. Lille accumulated two wins and three draws in that span. Several weeks later, he began another streak scoring a goal in six straight matches. With Lille winning all of those matches, they moved into the European places in the standings and eventually finished fifth earning a

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spot on the final day of the season. In total that season, Michel appeared in 41 matches and scored 16 goals, 14 in the league and also assisted on nine goals, which led

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. He was awarded the ''Trophée du Meilleur Passeur'' and became the only player in

history to appear in the top five of both the goalscorers' table and the assists' table since the creation of the assists' table for the 2007–08 season. He was also nominated for the Ligue 1 Player of the Year Award and named to the league's

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Lyon

On 15 July 2009, Lille president Michel Seydoux revealed that the club had accepted an €18 million offer from

. On 16 July, Bastos successfully passed his medical and agreed to a four-year contract making him Lyon's second signing of the summer following Argentine Lisandro López. He was presented to the media, along with fellow new signing Aly Cissokho, on 20 July and was assigned the number 7 shirt. Michel scored his first goal for Lyon in the first leg of the club's playoff round match against

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in the

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. In the club's 5–1 victory, he scored the third goal, coming in from the right side and unleashing a left-footed strike into the top left corner. On 21 February 2010, Bastos scored a 21-minute

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against Sochaux, as Lyon won the match 4–0 to move into the Champions League spots. Despite constant speculation linking Bastos with clubs around Europe, he remained an integral part of Lyon's first team, featuring regularly in Champions League, Coupe de France and Ligue 1 fixtures. He netted the only goal of the game against local rivals

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on 9 December 2012, smashing in a 25-yard free-kick, to keep Lyon at the top of

with a five-point gap over PSG.

Loan to Schalke 04

On 29 January 2013, Bastos joined German side Schalke 04 on loan until the end of the 2013-2014 season, with option to sign him outright. He was given the number 9 shirt. Bastos made his Schalke debut on 2 February against Greuther Fürth and opened the scoring two minutes after half-time, but Schalke fell to a 2–1 defeat. In his third game in the 2012–13 Bundesliga, Bastos bagged a brace as Schalke twice came from behind to secure a 2–2 draw with

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on 16 February.

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Schalke did not exercise the option to sign Bastos on a permanent basis, and on 5 August 2013 Bastos was sold to a UAE club

for €4 million.

Loan to Roma

On 20 January 2014, Italian side

announced that Bastos had signed a loan contract until the end of the season for a fee of €1.1 million, with the option of buying the full rights at the beginning of the 2014–15 season, for €3.5 million.

São Paulo

On 13 August 2014, Bastos returned to his homeland and signed a one-and-a-half-year deal with Brasileirão club

. On 28 December 2016, Bastos and

, under a mutual agreement, cancel the contract, that would run until December 2017.

Palmeiras

On 31 December 2016, Bastos and

signed a contract until 2018, with a one more year option. Bastos is the fifth signing of ''Verdão'' to 2017 season.

Loan to Sport Recife

On 30 April 2018, Sport Recife announced that Bastos had signed a loan contract until the end of the season.

América Minerio

On 27 May 2019,

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announced the signing of Bastos until the end of the season. However on 12 September 2019 the club and player announced the friendly termination of the contract. On 8 October 2019 he announced his retirement from professional football.

International career

Prior to joining Lyon, Bastos had never been called up to the Seleção. Bastos cited his move to Lyon as an important factor in attempting to earn a spot on Brazil's

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team. On 27 October 2009, Bastos was selected, for the very first time, by the national team for friendly matches against

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and

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. He made his national team debut in the England match starting in the left back position. Bastos later started in the same position in Brazil's next two friendly matches against Oman and the

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in February 2010 and, on 11 May 2010, was subsequently named to the 23-man squad to participate in the

Career statistics

Club

International goals

:''Score and result list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Bastos goal''.

Honours

Lyon * Coupe de France: 2011–12 * Trophée des Champions:

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Individual * Ligue 1 Team of the Year 2008–09

References

External links

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