Michaël Chrétien Basser

Michaël Chrétien
	Chrétien with Bursaspor in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Michaël Chrétien Basser
Date of birth	July 10, 1984 (age 37)
Place of birth	Nancy, France
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
	Nancy
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2011	Nancy
2011–2014	Bursaspor
2015	Strasbourg
2015–2018	Nancy
National team‡
2007–2012	Morocco
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:48, 5 August 2018 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 July 2016

Basser Chrétien (Michaël Chrétien: French pronunciation: [mi.ka.ɛl kʁe.tjɛ̃]; Arabic: ميكائيل كريتيان بصير; born 10 July 1984) is a Moroccan footballer. Born to a Moroccan father and a French mother, he is a right-sided fullback.

Career[]

AS Nancy[]

Chrétien joined AS Nancy at the age of five. He attended Madine academy in Meuse briefly before he made his league debut in November 2002. He became a contracted player in February 2004.

In November 2006, Chrétien had a penalty saved by FC Basel striker Mladen Petrić after Basel goalkeeper Franco Costanzo was sent off in an UEFA Cup group stage match.

Bursaspor[]

On 1 September 2011, Chrétien joined Turkish side Bursaspor on a three-year contract.

International career[]

A French youth international, Chrétien earned his first call-up from his father's native Morocco in a friendly against Tunisia on 7 February 2007. He was a member of the Morocco squad that participated in the 2008 African Cup of Nations.

References[]

External links[]

Profile at Soccerway
Profile at L'Équipe