Adrián Bastía

Adrián Bastía
Personal information
Full name	Adrián Jesús Bastía
Date of birth	December 20, 1978 (age 43)
Place of birth	, Argentina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–2003	Racing Club
2003	Espanyol
2004	FC Saturn
2005	Estudiantes de La Plata
2006–2008	Racing Club
2008–2011	Asteras Tripolis
2011–2013	Colón
2013–2015	Atlético de Rafaela
2016–2019	Colón
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Adrián Jesús Bastía (born 20 December 1978 in , Santa Fe) is an Argentine retired football midfielder.

Career[]

Bastía started his playing career in 1997 with Racing Club. He was part of the squad that won the 2001 Apertura, Racing Club's first league title in 35 years and their first major title of any description since 1988.

In 2003, Bastía joined Espanyol in Spain but only played eight games for the club before joining FC Saturn in Moscow in 2004, where he was once suspended for eight games.^[1]

In 2005 Bastía returned to Argentina, playing for Estudiantes de La Plata, before returning to Racing Club in 2006. In 2008, playing for Asteras Tripolis in Greece, Bastía received international fame when, on an away match against Panathinaikos FC, he tackled a pitch invader and received a red card.^[2]

In 2011, Bastía returned to Argentina, after three years in Greece, joining Colón. In 2013, joined Atletico de Rafaela after not being taken account by Colón coach Rubén Forestello.^[3]

At the end of April 2019, Bastá terminated his contract with Colón and retired.^[4]

Honours[]

Season	Team	Title
2001 Apertura	Racing Club	Primera División Argentina

Notes[]

^ Adrián Bastía, en primera persona elgrafico.com.ar
^ Bastia receives red card after tripping a pitch invader
^ Adrián Bastía joins Atlético Rafaela
^ "Adrián Bastía rescindió su contrato y dejó de ser jugador de Colón" [Adrián Bastía terminates his contract and ceases to be a Colón player]. santafedeportivo.com (in Spanish). 29 April 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

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[1] Adrián Bastía, en primera persona elgrafico.com.ar

[2] Bastia receives red card after tripping a pitch invader

[3] Adrián Bastía joins Atlético Rafaela

[4] "Adrián Bastía rescindió su contrato y dejó de ser jugador de Colón" [Adrián Bastía terminates his contract and ceases to be a Colón player]. santafedeportivo.com (in Spanish). 29 April 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

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