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Michel Bastos was born on 2 August, 1983 in Pelotas, Brazil, is a Brazilian footballer (born 1983). Discover Michel Bastos's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 40 years old?
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2 August |
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Pelotas, Brazil |
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Brazil
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Michel Bastos Height, Weight & Measurements
At 40 years old, Michel Bastos height is 1.79 m .
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Michel Bastos Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Michel Bastos worth at the age of 40 years old? Michel Bastos’s income source is mostly from being a successful Player. He is from Brazil. We have estimated Michel Bastos's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Michel Bastos Social Network
Timeline
Michel Fernandes Bastos (born 2 August 1983) is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who mainly played as a left winger.
Bastos started his career at hometown club Pelotas before moving to the Netherlands, where he played for Feyenoord and Excelsior.
He then returned to Brazil, where he played for Atlético Paranaense, Grêmio and Figueirense.
In 2001, he moved to the Netherlands joining Dutch club Feyenoord Rotterdam playing for the Jong Feyenoord, the club's reserve section.
Following a loan stint at nearby Excelsior Rotterdam, he returned to Brazil joining Atlético Paranaense.
Bastos later played for Grêmio and Figueirense (loan) before deciding to return to Europe.
He moved to French club Lille in 2006 before transferring to Lyon in 2009.
Bastos joined French club Lille OSC in July 2006 and made his league debut in the club's opening match of the 2006–07 season against Rennes playing 65 minutes before taken off.
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, Lyon, and Lorient to help Lille finish in a respectable seventh place.
During this season, Bastos began alternating between the left-back and left winger position.
He was awarded the Trophée du Meilleur Passeur and became the only player in Ligue 1 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 Team of the Year.
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 Le Mans.
Two weeks later, he scored in the club's 2–1 win over Bordeaux 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 Marseille, Lorient, Toulouse, Nice, and Le Havre.
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 UEFA Cup 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 Ligue 1.
On 15 July 2009, Lille president Michel Seydoux revealed that the club had accepted an €18 million offer from Lyon.
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 Anderlecht in the UEFA Champions League.
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.
He was a starter at the 2010 World Cup, playing as a left-back.
Bastos was known to be a free kick specialist throughout his career.
Bastos was born in the Brazilian city of Pelotas and began his career playing for hometown club Esporte Clube Pelotas.
On 21 February 2010, Bastos scored a 21-minute hat-trick against Sochaux, as Lyon won the match 4–0 to move into the Champions League spots.
Bastos acquired French nationality by naturalization in 2011.
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 Saint-Étienne on 9 December 2012, smashing in a 25-yard free-kick, to keep Lyon at the top of Ligue 1 with a five-point gap over PSG.
After unsuccessful spells at Schalke 04, Al Ain and Roma, he moved back to Brazil to play for São Paulo in 2014.
He joined Palmeiras 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.