Michel Bastos

Michel Bastos embodies the romance of Brazilian football for me, the left winger who rose from hometown Pelotas to test himself abroad. His move to the Netherlands with Feyenoord and Excelsior, then a return to Grêmio and Atlético Paranaense, reads like a restless, blood-and-soul journey rather than a tidy career arc. At 179 cm and left-footed, I can picture the dribbling that cut defenses open. Players like him are easy to overlook beside bigger names, yet the connoisseurs know better. I hold a quiet respect for craftsmen who let their feet do the talking.

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Name (English)

Michel Bastos

Name (Japanese)

ミシェル・バストス

Reading

みしぇる・ばすとす

Born

August 2, 1983 (age 43)

Origin

Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Height

179 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Boar

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel%20Bastos
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310697

Tags

• Rio Grande do Sul
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.