Bruno Patacas

Bruno Patacas
Personal information
Full name Bruno Alexandre dos Santos Patacas
Date of birth (1977-11-30) 30 November 1977
Place of birth Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Right back
Youth career
1988–1996 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1996–2000 Sporting CP 7 (0)
1996–1997 → Lourinhanense (loan) 15 (0)
1999 → Lourinhanense (loan) 17 (1)
1999–2000 → Santa Clara (loan) 23 (1)
2000–2002 Campomaiorense 52 (0)
2002–2011 Nacional 229 (4)
Total 343 (6)
National team
1997–1998 Portugal U20 14 (0)
1998–2000 Portugal U21 17 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Bruno Alexandre dos Santos Patacas (born 30 November 1977) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a right back.

After unsuccessfully starting his career with Sporting, he went to represent other clubs before settling with Nacional, where he remained for nearly one decade whilst appearing in almost 300 official games.

Football career

A Sporting Clube de Portugal youth graduate, Patacas was born in Vila Franca de Xira, Lisbon, and spent his first professional season with feeder club Sporting Clube Lourinhanense, not being very successful upon his return to the alma mater (three games during parts of 1997–98 and four more in the following, while also spending time at Lourinhanense).

After one more loan stint, with C.D. Santa Clara, Patacas was released, moving on to S.C. Campomaiorense – both these teams were also in the top flight – and then Madeira's C.D. Nacional in the 2002–03 campaign, being an undisputed starter and often the only Portuguese player in the side's starting XI, in a squad filled with Brazilians. He was also eventually awarded club captaincy.

In 2007 a transfer was almost arranged with PFC CSKA Sofia, but Patacas ultimately stayed at Nacional, amassing a further 55 league appearances in the following two seasons combined for the Madeirans and qualifying to the UEFA Europa League in the second.

At the end of the 2010–11 campaign Patacas announced his retirement due to injuries, at the age of 33. He was immediately appointed Nacional's director of football.[1]

References

  1. ↑ ""Terminar a carreira agora foi a melhor decisão" – Patacas" ["To end my career now was the best decision" – Patacas] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.

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