Felix Bastians

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Felix Bastians
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Personal information
Full name Felix Bastians
Date of birth (1988-05-09) 9 May 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Bochum, West Germany
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Position(s) Centreback, Wingback, Winger
Team information
Current team
 VfL Bochum
Number 5
Youth career
0000–1997 SG Wattenscheid 09
1997–2002 VfL Bochum
2002–2003 Borussia Dortmund
2003–2005 Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Nottingham Forest 14 (0)
2006–2007 → Northwich Victoria (loan) 4 (1)
2007 → Halifax Town (loan) 9 (4)
2007 → Gillingham (loan) 5 (1)
2007 → Chesterfield (loan) 12 (1)
2008 → Notts County (loan) 5 (0)
2008 → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) 0 (0)
2008–2009 Young Boys 20 (2)
2009–2011 SC Freiburg 79 (1)
2012–2014 Hertha BSC 24 (0)
2013 → Hertha BSC II 2 (0)
2013–2014 → VfL Bochum (loan) 13 (0)
2015– VfL Bochum 32 (1)
International career
2006 Germany U18 7 (2)
2007 Germany U19 3 (0)
2009–2010 Germany U21[1] 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:26, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

Felix Bastians (born 9 May 1988) is a German footballer. He can play as either a centreback, wingback or winger.

Career

Early career

Bastians began his career with SG Wattenscheid 09 and VfL Bochum before moving to Borussia Dortmund.[2] In November 2003 at 15 years old he signed for English club Nottingham Forest.[3]

England

Bastians spent most of his time in England on the bench. He played as a defensive midfielder in the earlier stages of his career, always managing to get up for corners and head the ball goalways, Forest boss Colin Calderwood named him as an upcoming talent and already a huge asset to the club. He had a successful debut, assisting a goal in Forest's 3–2 defeat against Woking F.C. in the Football League Trophy November 2005.

He joined Northwich Victoria on loan from Nottingham Forest in November 2006, scoring once in four appearances.[4] He then joined Gillingham on 22 March 2007 on a loan until the end of the 2006–07 season. He made his Gillingham debut in the 5–0 away defeat to Carlisle United on 24 March 2007 and scored his first goal in a 3–2 away defeat to Rotherham United on 7 April 2007.

Bastians was part of the successful Forest reserve side who won the Pontins Holiday League Championship title for the 2006–07 season, beating Rotherham 2–0 in the play-off final, Bastians scored a number of goals throughout the season to help his side lift the title.

He joined Chesterfield on a month's loan in October 2007.[5] He impressed in his spell at Chesterfield, scoring one goal in thirteen appearances. His loan spell there ended on 2 January 2008.[6] Bastians signed for Notts County two days later on a month's loan.[7] On 14 February 2008 he joined another League Two club, MK Dons, once again on a month's loan.[8] He later returned to The Reds, but failed to earn himself a new deal at the club and was released by mutual consent by manager Colin Calderwood on 21 May 2008.

Bastians ended his forest career having played 33 games and scoring five goals in the process. He is the third youngest player ever to play for Forest, behind Gary Mills and Craig Westcarr.

Young Boys Bern

Bastians had been linked with FC Schalke 04, Leeds United and League One newcomers Hereford United. But he eventually made a move to Swiss Super League side Young Boys Bern.

On 10 August 2008, he scored his first goal for his new team, the equaliser in a 2–1 win against Neuchâtel Xamax in front of over 16,000 supporters at the Stade de Suisse in Bern.

SC Freiburg

After just one year with Young Boys Bern he left on 7 July 2009 in order to transfer to SC Freiburg. Since his return to Germany, Bastians has swapped his position as a Winger to a defender, being mainly used as a centre back alongside Pavel Krmaš.

Hertha BSC

On 28 January 2012, Bastians completed a move to Hertha BSC which would see him there until the summer of 2016.[9]

VfL Bochum

On June 2013, he was loaned out to VfL Bochum. After the loan spell Bastians returned to Hertha BSC. On 9 October 2014 Hertha BSC bought Bastians out of his contract and released him into free agency.[10] On 17 November 2014 the VfL Bochum announced signing Bastians starting 1 January 2015.[11]

Statistics

As of 20 June 2015[12]

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
England League FA Cup Europe Total
2005–06 Nottingham Forest League One 11 0 1 0 — 12 0
2006–07 Northwich Victoria Conference National 4 1 1 0 — 5 1
2006–07 Halifax Town 9 4 0 0 — 9 4
2006–07 Gillingham League One 5 1 0 0 — 5 1
2006–07 Nottingham Forest 2 0 0 0 — 2 0
2007–08 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
2007–08 Chesterfield League Two 12 1 1 0 — 13 1
2007–08 Notts County 5 0 0 0 — 5 0
2007–08 Milton Keynes Dons 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Switzerland League Swiss Cup Europe Total
2008–09 Young Boys Bern Super League 20 2 4 0 4 0 28 2
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
2009–10 SC Freiburg Bundesliga 34 1 2 0 — 36 1
2010–11 29 0 2 0 — 31 0
2011–12 16 0 1 0 — 17 0
2011–12 Hertha BSC 13 0 1 0 — 14 0
2012–13 2. Bundesliga 11 0 1 0 — 12 0
2012–13 Hertha BSC II Regionalliga Nordost 2 0 — — 2 0
2013–14 VfL Bochum 2. Bundesliga 13 0 0 0 — 13 0
2014–15 15 0 0 0 — 15 0
2015–16 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total England 49 7 3 0 0 0 52 7
Switzerland 20 2 4 0 4 0 28 2
Germany 118 1 7 0 0 0 125 1
Career total 187 10 14 0 4 0 205 10

International career

He has represented Germany at U-15, U-16, U-17 and U-19 level and is an U-21 international where he has yet to win his first cap. Bastians has a sweet left foot, although he can competently use his right, and can play in a number of positions in midfield, on the wing or up front. His main attributes are his pace and strength and he is able to hold the ball up well as well as turn a defender with his pace.

References

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