Rafael Bastos

For the Brazilian footballer who played in Indonesia, see Rafael Bastos (footballer, born 1982).

Rafael Bastos

Bastos with CFR Cluj in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Rafael Bastos
Date of birth	(1985-01-01) 1 January 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward, Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Jacuipense
Youth career
2004–2006	Bahia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2007	Bahia	20	(7)
2007–2008	Cruzeiro	–	(0)
2007–2008	→ Belenenses (loan)	12	(0)
2008	Nacional	7	(0)
2009	Vitória	12	(2)
2009	Consadole Sapporo	17	(1)
2010	Braga	8	(0)
2010–2013	CFR Cluj	66	(10)
2013–2014	Al Nassr	20	(11)
2014	Levski Sofia	8	(0)
2014–2015	Kuwait SC	0	(0)
2015	Figueirense	41	(4)
2016	América Mineiro	24	(3)
2016	Chapecoense	6	(0)
2016–2017	Hatta Club	9	(0)
2017	Buriram United	9	(4)
2018	CRB	0	(0)
2018	Remo	5	(0)
2018–2019	Mumbai City	19	(5)
2019	Juventude	12	(2)
2020–2021	Jacuipense	18	(3)
2023–	Vitória da Conquista
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023

Rafael Bastos (born 1 January 1985 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Brazilian League club Jacuipense. ^[1]

Career

Rafael Bastos with Consadole Sapporo.

Early career

His previous club is Esporte Clube Bahia in Brazil. He won the league, called the Baiano League in 2007 with Esporte Clube Bahia. In August 2007, he was signed by C.F. Os Belenenses and under contract until 2008 with the Portuguese side.

Braga

On 1 January 2010, Braga have signed the Brazilian attacking midfielder from Japanese club Consadole Sapporo until June 2011. Unfortunately, because of a conflict with the head coach, Rafael played only 8 matches for the team in 2010, even he started as regular in January. In July, Braga agreed with the release of the player. Then, Rafael Bastos signed with the Romanian team CFR Cluj.

CFR Cluj

On 20 September 2012, CFR 1907 Cluj enjoyed a dream start to UEFA Champions League group stage campaign against S.C. Braga, with Rafael Bastos scoring twice against his former club. ^[2]

Al Nassr

On 22 December 2012, it was announced that Bastos signed a two-and-a-half-year contract worth $800k per year with Al Nassr FC for an undisclosed fee, though media report estimated it to be €2.7 million. ^{[3] [4]}

In February 2015, he returned to Brazil signing for Figueirense. ^[5]

Buriram United

It was announced that Bastos would sign for Thai League club Buriram United on 19 May 2017. ^[6]

Return to Brazil

Bastos returned to Brazil and joined Brasil on 19 December 2017 for the 2018 season. ^[7] He struggled in getting playing time during his stint in the club. ^[8] Subsequently, on 22 May, he switched to Remo. ^[9]

Mumbai City

On 20 August 2018, Bastos joined Indian Super League franchise Mumbai City FC on a one-year deal. ^[10]

Club statistics

As of match played on 25 June 2018

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Belenenses	2007–08 [11]	Primeira Liga	12	0	2	0	0	0	14	0
Nacional	2008–09 [11]	Primeira Liga	7	0	2	0	—		9	0
Vitória	2009 [12]	Série A	0	0	0	0	12 [lower-alpha 1]	2	12	2
Consadole Sapporo	2009 [12]	J2 League	17	1	0	0	—		17	1
Braga	2009–10 [12]	Primeira Liga	7	0	2	1	—		9	1
CFR Cluj	2010–11 [12]	Liga I	23	4	2	0	5 [lower-alpha 2]	0	30	4
	2011–12 [12]	Liga I	27	3	0	0	—		27	3
	2012–13 [12]	Liga I	16	3	2	1	10 [lower-alpha 2]	2	28	6
	Total		66	10	4	1	15	2	85	13
Al Nassr	2012–13 [12]	Saudi Professional League	11	7	2	1	—		13	8
	2013–14 [12]	Saudi Professional League	9	4	2	0	—		11	4
	Total		20	11	4	1	—		24	12
Levski Sofia	2013–14 [12]	A PFG	8	0	2	0	—		10	0
Al-Kuwait	2014–15 [12]	Kuwaiti Premier League	0	0	1	1	2 [lower-alpha 3]	0	3	1
Figueirense	2015 [12]	Série A	25	1	6	0	10 [lower-alpha 4]	3	41	4
América Mineiro	2016 [12]	Série A	5	1	5	1	14 [lower-alpha 4]	1	24	3
Chapecoense	2016 [12]	Série A	6	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 5]	0	7	0
Hatta Club	2016–17 [12]	UAE Pro-League	9	0	0	0	—		9	0
Buriram United	2017 [12]	Thai League T1	9	0	0	0	—		9	0
CRB	2018 [12]	Série B	0	0	10	0	10 [lower-alpha 6]	1	20	1
Remo	2018 [12]	Série C	5	0	0	0	—		5	0
Mumbai City	2018–19 [12]	Indian Super League	19	5	0	0	—		19	5
Career total			196	24	38	5	64	9	298	38

1. Appearances in Campeonato Baiano
2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
3. Appearances in AFC Cup
4. Appearances in Campeonato Catarinense
5. Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
6. Appearances in Campeonato Alagoano

References

1. "Mumbai City Fc sign Brazilian Rafael Bastos". Goal.
2. "CFR's Bastos revels in 'amazing' Braga return". UEFA. 20 September 2012.
3. "Rafael Bastos va evolua la echipa Al Nassr SC!" (in Romanian). CFR 1907 Cluj official website. 22 December 2012. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013.
4. "Oficial! CFR confirmă că Bastos pleacă la Al Nassr" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 22 December 2012.
5. "Rafael Bastos passa por exames e é integrado ao grupo do Figueirense". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 March 2015.
6. OFFICIAL : ปราสาทคว้า ราฟาเอล บาสโต๊ส แทนโควต้า คูตินโญ่ ลุยเลกสอง Archived 7 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine at https://www.fourfourtwo.com/th 19 May 2017 Retrieved 19 May 2017
7. "Alagoano: CRB acerta com meia Rafael Bastos, ex-Chape, Figueira e América-MG" [Alagoano: CRB signs Rafael Bastos, former Chape, Figueirense and America MG] (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
8. "Rafael Bastos fala sobre má fase no CRB: "Eu nunca me escondi e não vai ser agora"" [Rafael Bastos talks about bad phase in CRB: "I never hid and will not be now"] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
9. "Remo apresenta Rafael Bastos, que se coloca à disposição no meio e no ataque" [Remo introduces Rafael Bastos, who is available in the middle and in attack] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
10. "Islanders get Rafael Bastos on-board". Indian Super League. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
11. "Rafael Bastos". Foradejogo. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
12. "Rafael Bastos". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

External links

• CBF at archive.today (archived 31 December 2012)(in Portuguese)
• Rafael at Liga Portugal at archive.today (archived 22 October 2008)(in Portuguese)
• Rafael Bastos at LevskiSofia.info
• Rafael Bastos at ZeroZero
• Rafael Bastos at J.League ( archive ) (in Japanese)
• Rafael Bastos – UEFA competition record ( archive )
• Rafael Bastos at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Rafael Bastos at WorldFootball.net