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Michaël Chrétien Personal information Full name Michaël Basser Chrétien Date of birth July 10, 1984 Place of birth Nancy, France Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) Playing position Right back Club information Current club Bursaspor Number 20 Youth career Nancy Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2002–2011 Nancy 258 (10) 2011– Bursaspor 5 (0) National team‡ 2006– Morocco 22 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2009Michaël Basser Chrétien (born 10 July 1984 in Nancy, Lorraine) is a French-Moroccan footballer. Born to a Moroccan father and a French mother, he is a right-sided fullback who plays for Spor Toto Süper Lig side Bursaspor.
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Career
AS Nancy
Chrétien has only ever played for his local club, having been linked with AS Nancy since the age of five. After leaving for two years to attend the Medina academy in Meuse, FC Metz and AJ Auxerre showed an interest in signing him, but he chose to remain loyal to Nancy. However, it was not until February 2004 that he signed his first professional contract with the club, only making his league debut in November 2002. When he plays for Nancy he uses his mother's maiden name Chrétien, but when representing Morocco, he uses his father's surname Basser. His current contract lasts until 30 June 2010.
On January 11, 2009, Chrétien was linked with a move to the English Premier League club Blackburn Rovers in the English media, with Rovers boss Sam Allardyce said to be interested in the right-back.
Bursaspor
On 1 September 2011, Chrétien left his hometown side Nancy to join the 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.
External links
- Career stats at lfp.fr
- Official club profile
Morocco squad – 2008 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Lamyaghri • 2 Chrétien • 3 Mahdoufi • 4 Ouaddou • 5 El Karkouri • 6 Erbati • 7 Alloudi • 8 Kissi • 9 El Moubarki • 10 Sektioui • 11 Zerka • 12 Fouhami • 13 Kharja • 14 Chahiri • 15 Safri • 16 Mokhtari • 17 Chamakh • 18 Kabous • 19 Alioui • 20 Hadji • 21 El Kaddouri • 22 Bagui • 23 Aboucherouane • Coach: Michel
Bursaspor – current squad 1 Yavuz · 3 Kiriţă · 4 Ömer · 5 Stepanov · 6 Vederson · 7 N'Diaye · 8 Insúa · 9 Šesták · 10 Batalla · 12 Carson · 13 Svensson · 19 Teteh · 20 Chrétien · 21 Adem · 22 Turgay · 23 Serdar · 24 Deniz · 25 Emre · 28 Tagoe · 30 Musa · 32 Cemal · 33 Ozan · 35 İsmail Haktan · 38 İbrahim Öztürk · 55 Ramazan · 66 Ahmet · 89 Harun · 90 Mehmet · 94 Sercan · Head Coach: Sağlam
Categories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- Moroccan footballers
- Morocco international footballers
- 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- AS Nancy players
- Moroccan expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Süper Lig players
- Bursaspor footballers
- Association football fullbacks
- French people of Moroccan descent
- People from Nancy
- France youth international footballers
- Moroccan football biography stubs
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