Samuel Christopher Bastien Binda (born 26 September 1996) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River ...

. Born in Belgium, he represents the DR Congo national team.

Club career

Bastien emerged from

R.S.C. Anderlecht Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht (, , ) or RSCA (, , ), is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht, Brussels Capital-Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian First Division A and is the most successful B ...

's youth system. He made his first team debut on 3 December 2014, in the

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against

K.R.C. Mechelen K.R.C. Mechelen is a Belgian association football club from Mechelen in the Antwerp province. It is a long-time rival of KV Mechelen. The club's best position ever is a second place in the first division 1951–52. KRC Mechelen also reached th ...

, replacing

Youri Tielemans Youri Marion A. Tielemans (born 7 May 1997) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Leicester City and the Belgium national team. Tielemans began his career at Anderlecht, where he made 185 official appearances ...

after 79 minutes, in a 4–1 home win. On 31 August 2015, Bastien was loaned to

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. He made his debut for the Irpinian team on 12 September 2015 against

Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...

, replacing Mariano Arini after 53 minutes. On 26 August 2016, Bastien signed with

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side

A.C. ChievoVerona Associazione Calcio ChievoVerona, commonly referred to as ChievoVerona or simply Chievo , is a former professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 4,500 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a ...

, who paid a €2.5 million transfer fee to Anderlecht. On 14 June 2018, Bastien signed with

Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (; nl, Standard Luik ; german: Standard Lüttich ) or simply Standard in Belgium, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Liège. They are one of the mo ...

. On 5 July 2022, he joined

, newly relegated to the

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, on a three-year contract.

International career

Born in Belgium, Bastien is of Congolese descent. He was a youth international for Belgium. However, he decided to represent DR Congo national team. He debuted for his home country in a 2–0

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win over

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on 7 October 2021.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Burnley *

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bastien, Samuel Living people 1996 births Footballers from Namur (province) Belgian sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Democratic Republic of the Congo men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Democratic Republic of the Congo men's international footballers Belgium men's youth international footballers Belgium men's under-21 international footballers Belgian Pro League players Serie A players Serie B players R.S.C. Anderlecht players US Avellino 1912 players AC ChievoVerona players Standard Liège players Burnley F.C. players Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers Belgian expatriate men's footballers Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Italy Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in England Belgian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England English Football League players