Bruno Aguiar

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Bruno Aguiar
Personal information
Full name Bruno João Morais Aguiar
Date of birth February 23, 1981 (1981-02-23) (age 27)
Place of birth    Lisbon, Portugal
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position Central midfielder
Club information
Current club Heart of Midlothian
Number 8
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1998-2006
2001-2002
2002-2003
2004-2006
2006-2007
2006-2007
2007-present		 SL Benfica
→ Gil Vicente (loan)
→ FC Alverca (loan)
→ SC Beira-Mar (loan)
FBK Kaunas
→ Hearts (loan)
Hearts
03 (0)
29 (4)

00 (0)
34 (3)   
National team2
2002-2004 Portugal U-21s

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 10:07, 9 June 2007 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 23:45, 27 March 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Bruno João Morais Aguiar (born February 23, 1981, in Lisbon) is a Portuguese footballer, who plays as a central midfielder for Heart of Midlothian in the Scottish Premier League.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Benfica

Aguiar started his career with Portuguese giants SL Benfica at the age of 9, eventually graduating through their youth system to the B side in 1998. To continue his development, he was then loaned to several smaller Portuguese clubs, firstly Gil Vicente, then FC Alverca and finally SC Beira-Mar.

In 2004, Giovanni Trapattoni was appointed as Benfica's new coach and the Italian recalled Aguiar to the Estádio da Luz. Aguiar soon made his Benfica debut against RSC Anderlecht in a UEFA Champions League qualifier and would make an important contribution to the Eagles successful 2004-05 campaign, in which they won the League and reached the Portuguese Cup final.

The following season Ronald Koeman replaced Trapattoni as Benfica head coach and, as he re-modelled the side, Aguiar fell from favour.

[edit] Heart of Midlothian

In January 2006 Aguiar signed for FBK Kaunas, who then immediately loaned him to Heart of Midlothian[1], both clubs being owned by Vladimir Romanov. He made his debut for Hearts in a 2-1 defeat by Aberdeen in February 2006 and made a further 11 appearances before the end of the season, helping the side to finish in second place in the Scottish Premier League and victory in the Scottish Cup[2].

The 2006-07 season did not start so well for Aguiar, as he was sent off in the first leg of Hearts' Champions League Third Round Qualifying match against AEK Athens. He was dismissed in the 66th minute of the game after receiving a second yellow card for throwing the ball away, at a stage when Hearts were leading 1-0. AEK Athens utilised their subsequent one man advantage to eventually win 2-1.[3]

[edit] Honours

[edit] References

  1. ^ Romanov delivers big style, Scotsman.com Sport, 1 February 2006.
  2. ^ Hearts 1-1 Gretna (4-2 on pens), BBC Sport, 13 May 2006.
  3. ^ Hearts 1-2 AEK Athens, BBC Sport, 9 August 2006.

[edit] External links

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Heart of Midlothian F.C. – current squad

2 Neilson • 3 Wallace • 4 Berra • 6 Gonçalves • 8 Aguiar • 10 Kingston • 11 Driver • 13 Banks • 14 Nadé • 15 Mäkelä • 16 Mikoliūnas • 18 Česnauskis • 20 Thomson • 21 Jónsson • 22 Elliot • 23 Stewart • 25 Karipidis • 26 Žaliūkas • 27 Pinilla • 28 Ivaškevičius • 29 Ksanavičius • 31 Basso • 40 Divine • 42 Robinson • 43 Mole • 44 Palazuelos • 47 Bjornsson • 48 Kostadinov • 52 McGowan • 53 Rapnik • 60 Glen • — D. Armstrong • — J. Armstrong • — Doherty • — MacDonald • — Pelosi • — Sives • Caretaker Manager: Banks


Persondata
NAME Aguiar, Bruno
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Portuguese footballer
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Lisbon, Portugal
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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