Rafael Bastos

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

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

Rafael Bastos

Bastos with CFR Cluj in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth	(1985-01-01) 1 January 1985 (age 40)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder forward
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 as of 21 November 2023

Career

Bastos with Consadole Sapporo

Early career

Bastos was born in Rio de Janeiro. 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, Rafael Bastos signed for Braga from Japanese club Consadole Sapporo until June 2011. Unfortunately, because of a conflict with the head coach, he played only eight 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]

Career statistics

As of match played on 25 June 2018

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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[a]	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[b]	0	30	4
	2011–12[12]	Liga I	27	3	0	0	—		27	3
	2012–13[12]	Liga I	16	3	2	1	10[b]	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[c]	0	3	1
Figueirense	2015[12]	Série A	25	1	6	0	10[d]	3	41	4
América Mineiro	2016[12]	Série A	5	1	5	1	14[d]	1	24	3
Chapecoense	2016[12]	Série A	6	0	0	0	1[e]	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[f]	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