Bruno_Moraes_(footballer,_born_1984)

Bruno Moraes (footballer, born 1984)

Bruno Moraes (footballer, born 1984)

Brazilian footballer

Bruno dos Santos Moraes (born 7 July 1984) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a striker.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is dos Santos and the second or paternal family name is Moraes.
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He spent most of his professional career in Portugal, starting in 2003 with Porto.

Club career

Born in Santos, São Paulo, Moraes arrived at only 19 to FC Porto in Portugal, from Santos FC. His career with the northern club would be marred by constant injuries – he made two Primeira Liga appearances in his debut season, and none whatsoever in 2005–06 and 2007–08.[2][3]

Moraes' most productive season at Porto came in the 2006–07 campaign, as the Dragons won the national championship for the second year running. He appeared in 18 matches and scored three goals across the domestic league and the UEFA Champions League, notably taking part in both group-stage fixtures against Hamburger SV and netting in the second, a 3–1 away win 1 in November 2006.[4][5]

Moraes spent 2004–05 on loan to Vitória de Setúbal,[6] where he appeared regularly, and started 2008–09 on loan with the same team, but the second spell was soon cut short due to injury.[7][8] In January 2010, with a contract running until June, he returned to Porto, trying to persuade manager Jesualdo Ferreira to add him to the squad of the four-time national champions;[9] he did not and was loaned one more time, now to Rio Ave F.C. of the same league.[10]

In mid-February 2011, Moraes signed for Associação Naval 1º de Maio also in Portugal.[11] He featured regularly during his four-month spell in Figueira da Foz, but they could not finally avoid top-flight relegation.[12] In July, after an aborted transfer to Al Ahly SC in Egypt, he joined another Portuguese top-tier side, U.D. Leiria,[13] meeting the same fate at the end of the season.[14]

On 8 October 2012, Moraes moved clubs and countries again, signing a one-year deal with Újpest FC in Hungary.[15] In July 2015, after totalling only 11 games for Gil Vicente F.C. and Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, he joined Varzim S.C. of the Portuguese Segunda Liga.[16]

Personal life

Moraes' younger brother, Júnior Moraes, was also a footballer and a striker. He too represented Santos as a senior, as well as Gloria Bistriţa. Their father also played for that club as well as Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, whilst a sister ended her career early on due to injury. Moraes' mother won the São Paulo State tennis championship.[17]

Honours

Porto

Vitória Setúbal

References

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    "Bruno Moraes" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. [2]
    Saffer, Paul (17 October 2006). "Porto primed for 'must-win' match". UEFA. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
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    Cunha, Pedro Jorge (11 July 2009). "Bruno Moraes: os ficheiros clínicos em seis anos de F.C. Porto" [Bruno Moraes: the clinical records in six years of F.C. Porto] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
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    Saffer, Paul (17 October 2006). "López leads Porto stroll". UEFA. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
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    Alf, Andreas (1 November 2006). "Clinical Porto wreck Hamburg hopes". UEFA. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
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    "Dragões cedem Edson e Bruno Moraes" [Dragons loan Edson and Bruno Moraes]. Record (in Portuguese). 12 July 2008. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  7. [7]
    "Bruno Moraes quase de volta" [Bruno Moraes almost back]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 December 2008. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  8. [8]
    "Bruno Moraes quer jogar" [Bruno Moraes wants to play]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 June 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  9. [9]
    "Bruno Moraes tenta agradar a Jesualdo" [Bruno Moraes tries to please Jesualdo]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 January 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  10. [10]
    "Bruno Moraes emprestado até ao final da época" [Bruno Moraes loaned until end of the season] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  11. [11]
    Anjinho, Jorge (3 April 2011). "Naval: Bruno Moraes marca mais de quatro anos depois" [Naval: Bruno Moraes scores more than four years later] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
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    "Naval 1º Maio e Portimonense descem de divisão" [Naval 1º Maio and Portimonense are relegated] (in Portuguese). TSF. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  13. [13]
    Frederico, Francisco (14 July 2011). "U. Leiria: Bruno Moraes quer «realizar a melhor época de sempre»" [U. Leiria: Bruno Moraes wants to "record best season ever"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
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    "União de Leiria. É sempre a descer" [União de Leiria. Downhill]. i (in Portuguese). 30 April 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  15. [15]
    "Bruno Moraes assina pelo Ujpest" [Bruno Moraes signs for Ujpest]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 8 October 2012. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  16. [16]
    "Bruno Moraes é jogador do Varzim" [Bruno Moraes is a player of Varzim] (in Portuguese). Varzim S.C. 26 July 2015. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  17. [17]
    "Júnior Moraes: "O să-l fac uitat pe Bogdan Stancu!"" [Júnior Moraes: "I'll make people forget about Bogdan Stancu!"]. Adevărul (in Romanian). 23 January 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
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